Legal Officer

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. Preparing legal documents that the agency is obliged to prepare.
2. Carrying out work to provide the public with legally required information relating to the programmes run by the agency.
3. Providing staff, stakeholders and the public with information on the laws, regulations and procedures relating to the agency's work, and providing staff with information on administrative management rules and procedures relating to staff.
4. Ensuring that the agency's work and management operations proceed in line with established laws, regulations and procedures, and taking the necessary measures on matters noted otherwise.
5. Ensuring that all agreements prepared in connection with the agency's work are in line with the agreements, and that work on memoranda proceeds in line with the agreements, and taking the necessary measures on matters noted otherwise.
6. Completing the documents that must be obtained in connection with orders sent by related institutions and requests for information, and preparing the documents that must be prepared and providing them within the set deadline.
7. Carrying out the work required in connection with cases submitted to court relating to the agency.
8. Carrying out the work required to enforce court orders in cases relating to this agency, and continuing the work of maintaining case records.
9. Continuing the work required in connection with court rulings where an appeal has to be made.
10. Continuing work to enforce the provisions set out in the laws and regulations relating to this agency against parties who violate them.
11. Developing a system required to recover funds paid in excess for various reasons to parties receiving assistance under the agency's programmes, and carrying out that work.
12. Providing the legal assistance/advice required to recover funds paid in excess for various reasons, and continuing, in liaison with the Office of the Attorney General, the work required for recovering funds from these parties through the courts.
13. Ensuring that requests received through Bandhaari-Pay can be checked in accordance with the rules, sending CT to sections for lists to be recovered, and carrying out the administrative work required in connection with this.
14. Carrying out duties as a member of committees formed in connection with the agency's work, or as secretariat, if appointed to such a role.
15. Filing letters submitted to and related to the section, and copies of all letters prepared for the section, and duly updating them in the document management system.
16. Properly maintaining the details and reconciliation records of the work carried out by the section.
17. Preparing the division's budget in accordance with the set procedures and sharing it with the Administration Section.
18. Carrying out other duties assigned in connection with the division's work.

1. Holding a bachelor's degree or a bachelor's honours degree at Level 7 or 8 of the Maldives National Qualifications Framework in a educational discipline related to the duties of the post.

Educational qualifications for the post:

1. Admiralty Law
2. Agricultural Law
3. Air and Space Law
4. Animal Law
5. Anti-Trust Law
6. Arbitration Law
7. Aviation Law
8. Banking Law
9. Bankruptcy Law
10. Business Law
11. Childrens Rights Law
12. Civil Law
13. Civil Rights Law
14. Commercial Law
15. Comparative Law
16. Competition Law
17. Constitutional Law
18. Contract Law
19. Corporate Law
20. Criminal Law
21. Cyber Security Law
22. E-Commerce Law
23. Education Law
24. Employment Law
25. Entertainment Law
26. Environmental Law
27. Family Law
28. Financial Law
29. Food Law
30. Health Law
31. Human Rights Law
32. Immigration Law
33. Insurance Law
34. Intellectual Property Law
35. International Law
36. Islamic Law
37. Judiciary Law
38. Labour Law
39. Labour Relations Law
40. Law
41. Law of the Sea
42. Maritime Law
43. Medical Law
44. Mental Health Law
45. Migration Law
46. Military Law
47. Patent Law
48. Personal Injury Law
49. Public Law
50. Real Estate Law
51. Release Law
52. Sharia
53. Shariah and Law
54. Tax Law
55. Technology Law
56. Trade Law
57. Transport Law
58. Women's Law

Scope of duties of the post / related functional area

• Practical work and technical work and research work of the Legal Division

1. Completed civil service job application form (this form can be obtained from the Civil Service Commission website and the office website and counter and from 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) If work experience has been gained in a private company or private organisation, a letter from that organisation stating the work undertaken, the period of work (in years, months and days), the responsibilities of the post (if work has been undertaken in different posts in one institution, the responsibilities should be stated separately for each) and the number of staff at the workplace.

(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.

(b) If employed in a Government established agency, or a registered private company or private agency, or a registered national or international organisation or association, the written confirmation issued by the office stating the position held, duration of employment and (in years, months and days), and job responsibilities (even if work has been carried out in different positions in different departments of one agency), or if no such written confirmation can be obtained, the 'Reference Check Form for Job Applicant' 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 the post must be submitted by 13:30 on Thursday, 22 October 2026 to National Social Protection Agency (Mf. Uthuruvehi, 6th Floor, Kaneeree Magu). Application forms and documents for the job 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:

The interviews and examinations held to select a person for this post will take place between 26 October 2026 and 25 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 about this announcement, contact 1402. Email [email protected].

The criteria and principles for recruitment and appointment to Civil Service posts and all documents related to those principles can be obtained from the 'Appointment Related Policy' section ((https://www.csc.gov.mv/Policy/Index/51)) in the Downloads section of the Civil Service Commission website.