Assistant Registrar

• Job allowance: MVR 11,570.00
• Attendance allowance: (per day of leaving) MVR 315.00
• Judiciary Contingency Allowance: MVR 220.00 (under the prescribed procedure)
• Pension payments provided under the Maldives pension law

1- Arranging the processes for receiving court case application forms, and for ruling on applications for detention orders and other court orders, studying documents submitted to the court, identifying cases the court will and will not hear, responding to the parties who file cases, and arranging for cases the court will hear to be referred to the Judicial Research Bureau.

2- Taking all administrative measures to receive cases submitted to the court or to return them.

3- Arranging for recording and maintaining rulings made on cases decided by the court during the appeal stage.

4- Maintaining the register of cases submitted to the court.

5- Preparing and publishing the court calendar based on the advice of the Judges' Council.

6- Managing and maintaining the arrangements for publishing the schedule of cases the court must hear.

7- Publishing the court's judgments, orders and rulings on the website so the public can see them, and maintaining records of such matters.

8- Studying changes to laws, proposing to the relevant parties the amendments that must be made to the regulations drafted for the codification of laws, and managing and maintaining the provision of these to judges.

9- Studying the court's regulations and policies and carrying out all the work needed to make the required improvements.

10- Reviewing the work of staff who must be supervised as part of their job responsibilities, and giving guidance to those parties.

11- Ensuring that administrative arrangements relating to forms for applications for detention orders and other court orders submitted by the enforcement agency are in place, and maintaining records relating to this.

12- Keeping reports, judgments and criminal records of cases decided by the court up to date and accurate on a day-to-day basis, and ensuring that letters required to be sent in connection with decided cases are sent without delay to agencies such as the Office of the Prosecutor General, the Maldives Police Service and the Maldives Custodial Service.

1. A first degree at Level 7 of the Maldives National Qualifications Framework in Sharia, law, or a field of law, and at least 2 (two) years' experience of case registration work in a tribunal, court or enforcement agency.

1. Legal Field

Preferred Disciplines:

None

Core Disciplines of the Post:

1. Sharia and Law

Note: If an applicant holding a qualification related to a core discipline applies for the post, that applicant will be awarded the points allocated for the core discipline in the criteria.

1. At the time of applying for the post: the person must be 18 years of age or older.

2. Not being a close relative of an employee of the court (or agency) or of a judge (or adjudicator) to whom the post is assigned. Close relatives are considered to be the following persons.

   (a) Aunt or uncle (including step-aunt and step-uncle); or

   (b) Mother or father (including step-mother and step-father); or

   (c) Sister or brother (including half-sister or half-brother, or sister or brother through step-relations); or

   (d) Son or daughter; or

   (e) Child (including nephew and niece and grandchild).

1. A completed application form for a Sharia field job. (This form will be available from the Department of Judicial Administration website, the agency website, its counters, and the link below.) www.judiciary.gov.mv
2. Details of the applicant (including contact phone number and email address).
3. A copy of both sides of an identification card showing the applicant is a Maldivian citizen, with clear written details, or a legible copy of written documents. If the ID card is lost, a copy of the birth certificate, passport or driving licence of that person.
4. If the applicant is a civil servant with an agreement to serve the government, a written confirmation from the office where the applicant is employed that there is no objection to leaving the current position.
5. Copies of educational certificates obtained;

(a) Copies of educational certificates and transcripts issued by institutions outside the country that are recognized by the Maldives Qualifications Authority and are at the level prescribed by the Authority; or in cases where there is no certificate, a copy of the letter of course completion and a copy of the assessment report issued by the Maldives Qualifications Authority and a copy of the transcript

(b) Copies of educational certificates and transcripts issued by a domestic secondary education institution; or copies of letters of course completion and transcripts.

6. Copies of letters showing experience to the following standard:

(a) If employed in a government institution or a government-backed enterprise, a letter issued by that office stating the position held, the duration of the post (in years, months and days), and the responsibilities of the post (with each responsibility in different posts in the same department listed separately).

(b) If employed in a private enterprise or private institution, a letter issued by that office stating the position held, the duration of the post (in years, months and days), and the responsibilities of the post (with each responsibility in different posts in the same department listed separately).

(c) If employed in a national or international organisation or association, a letter issued by that organisation stating the position held, the duration of the post (in years, months and days), and the responsibilities of the post (with each responsibility in different posts in the same department listed separately) (this letter must state whether the position held was a salaried post or not; or alternatively, official correspondence from that organisation stating the matter should be submitted).

(d) If employed in a government-appointed institution, or a government-appointed private enterprise or private institution, or a government-appointed national or international organisation or association, and no letter is obtained from that office stating the position held and the duration and responsibilities of the post (as described for each department separately), the "Reference Check Form for Demonstrating Experience in Appointed Positions" in Schedule 6 of the Recruitment Regulations.

Documents to submit for this post must be submitted to the Department of Judicial Administration by 13:30 on Sunday, 26 October 2026. The job application form and letters may also be considered via email at [email protected].

Additionally, if the government declares a public holiday before the deadline of this announcement, the application form may be submitted up to the specified number of additional days after that declared holiday.

Interviews, tests and presentations for filling this post will be held between 27 October 2026 and 28 November 2026 at the Department of Judicial Administration.

Interviews will be conducted with those who obtain 50% or more of the total marks in the test.

Upon completion of the screening process, a "Sheet of Marks Awarded to Applicants for the Post (Sheet A2)" will be made public on the Department's website. If there is any objection to the marks awarded to applicants for the post, such objection must be submitted to this department within 3 days from the date the A2 Sheet is made public, excluding official holidays.

• To clarify information about this announcement, call 3341014 / 3340852. To send an email, write to [email protected].
• · Forms sent by email in relation to this announcement will be considered only as a single document in PDF (pdf) format. Forms alone have been mentioned, or if documents are sent separately, it is recommended to attach the documents to one email.
• Applicants for the post who do not submit all the documents required to be submitted with the application form as specified in this announcement will have their application forms rejected.
• Candidates shortlisted for interview will be notified only to those who have been shortlisted. Candidates shortlisted for interview are requested to bring original certificates and documents submitted at the time of the interview.

For this post, an objection will not be raised by this Department to obtaining a reference report from the office where the person has previously worked and from the office where he/she is currently working, describing how the person has performed in his/her work.