Director, Welfare Benefits

1. Basic service as assigned to civil service employees.
2. Pension contribution received under the Pension Act of the Maldives.
3. Additional allowance to employees as determined by the Government Pay Framework provisions.

1. Carrying out all work required to implement social protection assistance programmes by providing the Section's staff with the technical guidance needed to run the programmes established under the Social Protection Act (the financial assistance programme for single parents or guardians living in poverty, the financial assistance programme for children cared for by someone other than their parents and without parental support who live in poverty and for the person caring for them, and the financial assistance programme for persons living in poverty to buy food).
2. Coordinating the work of the committee as a member of the social protection assistance committee and giving technical opinion for deciding on applications submitted to the committee.
3. Coordinating the work of the committee as a member of the committee on financial assistance for persons with kidney failure and the committee on therapy financial assistance, and giving technical opinion for deciding on applications submitted to the committee.
4. Processing applications for the financial assistance programme for persons undergoing treatment for thalassaemia on a monthly basis, ensuring the financial assistance is collected, coordinating the work of the committee, and giving technical opinion for deciding on applications submitted to the committee.
5. Coordinating, in connection with the social protection programmes run by the agency, the work to be carried out with stakeholders in and outside the Maldives, the Programme Section providing the information those parties need in relation to the programmes, and preparing technical documents and reports that the agency must prepare.
6. Creating a system to maintain accounts related to the financial assistance programme under the social protection programmes run by the agency, preparing the required reports, and ensuring they are shared with the relevant parties within the stipulated periods.
7. In drafting the rules and policies required for all social protection programmes run by this agency, giving the technical opinion needed to address challenges arising in programme implementation to the Policy Section, and working jointly with the Policy Section in setting policies and rules to review the changes that need to be made and carry out all the work required to make those changes.
8. Creating a system that allows decisions made by the committee on forms submitted for social protection assistance to be updated from day to day in the database, and giving the staff the guidance needed to ensure this can be done.
9. Ensuring changes needed to the Social Protection Information System used to process social protection programme forms are made, and identifying the matters needed to further develop the system and giving direction to the Chief Executive Officer's software developer on the basis of the CEO's opinion so that those matters can be added to the database.
10. Creating a system to carry out, through the software developer, the technical opinion and guidance related to changes to the Social Protection Information System that arise from changes to the rules and policies of programmes run under the Social Protection Act.
11. Identifying difficulties arising in implementing the social protection assistance programme and giving the Chief Executive Officer the technical opinion needed to resolve them.
12. Carrying out all the responsibilities of staff appointed to committees.
13. Managing the work of the staff of the agency's Programme Section, supervising their work, and preparing their performance appraisals.
14. Coordinating all work required to collect allowances on a monthly basis from the list the Ministry shares, so that the allowances can be paid to those providing temporary fostering.

1. A Doctoral degree at Level 10 of Maldives' National Qualifications Framework in a field related to the duties of the post, and a minimum of 2 years of work experience in a supervisory or management capacity related to the duties of the post.

Or

2. A Master's degree at Level 9 of Maldives' National Qualifications Framework in a field related to the duties of the post, with 4 years of work experience in the field of the duties of the post, of which a minimum of 2 years must be in a supervisory or management capacity.

Or

3. A degree or Bachelor's Honours degree at Level 7 or 8 of Maldives' National Qualifications Framework in a field related to the duties of the post, with 8 years of work experience in the field of the duties of the post, of which a minimum of 2 years must be in a supervisory or management capacity.

Educational qualifications for the post:

1. Accounting
2. Administration
3. Applied Positive Psychology
4. Applied Psychology
5. Applied Science Psychology
6. Applied Sociology
7. Business
8. Business Administration
9. Business Management
10. Counselling
11. Counselling Psychology
12. Development Studies
13. Early Childhood Education
14. Finance
15. Gender Studies
16. Insurance and Pension Management
17. Management
18. Primary Health Care
19. Psychological Counselling
20. Psychology
21. Public Administration
22. Public Administration and Management
23. Public Management
24. Rehabilitation Science
25. Social Policy
26. Social Services
27. Social Work
28. Sociology
29. Special Education

Scope of duties of the post / related functional area

1. Managerial and technical work related to social services and research work

1. Application form for a full-time position (this form can be obtained from the Civil Service Commission's website and the office's website, counter and the link below.) https://www.csc.gov.mv/download/2023/51/Annex%202%20-%20Application%20form1pnd4eve.a2u.docx
2. Details of the applicant (including contact phone number and email address).
3. A readable copy of both sides of the card proving that the applicant is a Maldivian citizen (even if the validity period has expired), or if the ID card is lost, the applicant's birth certificate, passport or driving licence.
4. If a staff member with a service agreement to serve the Civil Service / Government is transferred to this position, a letter issued by the office providing the service stating that there is no objection to leaving the position.
5. Copies of educational certificates obtained;

(a) For educational certificates issued by institutions outside Maldives that have been graded by the Maldives Qualifications Authority at a certain level, copies of the educational certificate and transcript; or: in cases where there is no certificate, a copy of the letter confirming completion of the course and a copy of the assessment report and transcript issued by the Maldives Qualifications Authority.

(b) Copies of educational certificates and transcript issued by local educational institutions in Maldives; or copies of letter confirming completion of the course and copies of transcript.

1. Copies of documents covering the following criteria providing work experience:

(a) If work experience has been gained in a civil service post, in a state institution, in a government-owned company, a letter from that office stating the work undertaken, the period of work (in years, months and days), and the responsibilities of the post (if work has been undertaken in different posts in one institution, the responsibilities should be stated separately for each).

(b) For work experience within the civil service that cannot be verified from https://myaccount.csc.gov.mv/, a letter from that office stating the work undertaken and the period (in years, months and days) confirmed by that office, and stating the responsibilities of the post (if work has been undertaken in different posts in one institution, the responsibilities should be stated separately for each).

(c) A letter issued by the office, stating separately the work performed at a private company or private institution, the period worked (showing years, months and days), and the responsibilities of the work (even where work was performed in different posts within one institution).

(d) If work has been undertaken in a national or international association or society, a letter from that organisation stating the work undertaken, and the period (in years, months and days), and the responsibilities of the post (if work has been undertaken in different posts in one institution, the responsibilities should be stated separately for each). This letter should state whether the position held is a salaried position or not, or alternatively, an official letter from that organisation confirming this.

(e) If work has been undertaken in a dissolved state institution, or in a dissolved private company or private organisation, or in a dissolved national or international society or association, and a letter from that office stating the work undertaken and the period of work (in years, months and days) and the responsibilities of the post (if work has been undertaken in different posts in one institution, the responsibilities should be stated separately for each) cannot be obtained, the "Reference Check Form for Work Experience from a Dissolved Workplace" found in Table 8 of the Recruitment Rules.

Note: To apply for the post, the applicant applying for the job must obtain a total of 60 or more points from A2 sheet completed.

Documents for this post must be submitted before 13:30 on Thursday, 29 October 2026, to the National Social Protection Agency (NSPA, Uthuruvehi, 6th Floor, Kenery Magu). Application forms and documents may also be submitted by email to [email protected].

And if the government announces a public holiday before the deadline of this announcement, applications can be received up to the number of days of the announced holiday.

Note: If submitting by email, all documents accompanying the application form must be converted into a single PDF file, and the file name must include the name of the applicant and the post title.

From the applicants for this post, based on educational level and experience, the candidates most suitable for the post will be short listed; those with the highest scores will be selected.

Interview (if there is an examination and presentation, these will also be included) will be held at the following place and time:

Interviews and examinations for this post will be held between 03 November 2026 and 30 November 2026 at National Social Protection Agency (NSPA), K. Malé.

Within three days of the interview being held, the "Sheet of Points Awarded to Job Applicants (A2 Sheet)" will be made public at this office and on the office's website. If there is any objection to the points awarded to job applicants, such objection must be submitted to this office within three days of the A2 Sheet being made public.

For clarification regarding this announcement, contact 1402. To email, write to [email protected].

The criteria and principles for appointing and qualifying people for civil service positions, and all documents related to these principles, can be found in the Civil Service Commission's website under Principles > "Recruitment Principles" (https://www.csc.gov.mv/Policy/Index/51).