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    Filling of Headship Position

     Reference No. OPM Circular No 5/2026


    Public Service and General Public  

    Definite  

    Headship Positions
    Published Date: 17/04/2026 11:00
    Closing Date: 04/05/2026 17:15
    Ministry: Office of the Prime Minister
    Department: People and Standards Division

Attachment
View File Ċirkulari tal-UPM Nru. 5/2026 
View File OPM Circular No 5/2026 
View File Appendix 'A' to OPM Circular No 5/2026 

Required Documents

Certificates
GP47/Certificate of Conduct 
The Senior Appointments Advisory Committee (SAAC) wishes to identify suitable public officers/public employees who could be recommended to fill a position in the Higher Executive Service, hereinafter referred to as Headship Positions1 in Grade 4 (Salary Scale 4) shown in the list marked Appendix 'A' attached to this Circular. The appointments shall be made on the basis of an Agreement for a period of four years and will be subject to a one year probationary period.


1Headship Positions include ‘Heads of Department’ and ‘Other offices with statutory powers’ listed in the Second Schedule of the Public Administration Act (CAP 595), as well as any other positions of Director General and Director not listed therein

Position
Area
Scale
Director
(Leadership Development), Institute for the Public Services, People & Standards Division, OPM*
4
Salary scale 4.

Duties

The position description for the advertised position can be viewed from this <link>.
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Eligibility

Eligibility (Public Service employees)

Appendix A - Other offices with statutory powers listed in the Second Schedule of the Public Administration Act and other positions of Director General and Director not so listed.

For applicants to be eligible in respect of these positions they must be:-

(a) senior public officers with a current or previous confirmed substantive grade in Scale 7 or higher or

(b) Senior public officers who have served for an aggregate of four (4) years in the Public Service/Public Sector in positions classified in Scale 7 or higher, and

(c) proficient and able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing in the Maltese and English languages;

Eligibility (Applicants from outside the Public Service)

The eligibility of the respective position is as follows:

(a) by the closing time and date of this call for applications, applicants must be citizens of Malta;

(b) applicants must have a proven track record of an aggregate four (4) years experience at senior management level comparable to that of positions classified in scale 7 or higher in the Public Service in addition to a pertinent MQF level 6 or above in related areas;

(c) applicants must produce a recent certificate of conduct issued by the Police or other competent authority not earlier than one (1) month from the date of application and state whether they have ever been in the Malta Government Service, giving details; and

(d) applicants must be proficient and able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing in the Maltese and English languages.

Officers currently occupying a Headship Position, and who have served at least one year of the term of their current performance agreement, may apply for the position advertised in this circular, subject to having satisfied the pertinent eligibility requirements. The one-year term eligibility criterion does not apply when one is applying for a higher position.


Ministry/Department:Office of the Principal Permanent Secretary
Contact Person:Ms Paula Zahra
Address:
Management Support Directorate
Office of the Prime Minister
Auberge de Castille
Valletta - VLT 1061
Telephone Number:2200 1510
E-mail:[email protected]


  • Note

  • In case of conflict in interpretation of any part/s of a call for applications, the final interpretation should be that of the published Maltese version of the call for applications.