Senior Desk Officer

- Attendance allowance: for each official working day attended, MVR 250.00

- Special duty allowance: MVR 1,964.00

- Supporting cost allowance: MVR 700.00

- Pension contributions will be paid under the Pension Act of the Maldives.

- Foreign service employees will be paid overtime in accordance with the established procedure.

1. Ministry email, Zimbra, network, and other access provision work required by employees.
2. Taking server backups, maintaining security, network security, email security, and resolving problems with software used in systems.
3. Identifying equipment within the network that requires maintenance and carrying out service work on that equipment.
4. Work relating to licence renewal for the various software used in the Ministry.
5. Handling issues arising in the Ministry's communication services and reviewing and correcting matters in need of improvement in network performance.
6. Providing network cable and telephone cable and similar items required when setting up Ministry workstations, and preparing stations.
7. Scanning the Ministry's systems for viruses and resolving problems that arise in the system.
8. Providing assistance from the IT sector to the various departments of the Ministry on matters they require.
9. Reviewing day-to-day transactions relating to the department's work and taking action in line with established procedures and the opinions of superiors.
10. Work such as preparing reports, annual reports, work plans, information needed for the budget and pending matters, and maintaining filing and records in order.
11. Assisting other departments' work in the Ministry's official work, under the guidance of superiors.
12. Carrying out all duties assigned in connection with the office's official work.

1. Holding a Level 5 or 6 certificate from the Maldives National Qualifications Framework in a field related to the post.

or;

1. Holding a Level 4 certificate from the Maldives National Qualifications Framework in a field related to the post, together with 4 years' work experience in a related field of the post.

Educational qualifications for the post:

- Information Technology

- Computer Science

Scope of duties of the post

- Information Technology

- Computer Science

1. A completed application form for the post (available from this ministry's counter and through the link below).

https://foreign.gov.mv/index.php/en/media-center/resources/downloads/110-foreign-service-job-application-form-pdf/file

1. Details of the applicant (including contact phone number and email address).
2. A photocopy of both sides of a Maldivian identity card of the applicant (even if expired), in which the written text can be read; or, if the ID card is lost, a copy of the applicant's birth certificate, passport or driving licence.
3. Where a candidate employed under a service agreement with the government is selected for the post, a letter from the office where they currently work confirming that it has no objection to their resignation from that post.
4. Copies of obtained educational certificates.

(a) A copy of educational certificates issued by a higher education institution outside the Maldives whose level has been determined and graded by the Maldives Qualifications Authority, and a copy of the transcript; or, where no certificate exists, a copy of the letter confirming course completion and a copy of the assessment report issued by the Maldives Qualifications Authority, and a copy of the transcript.

(b) A copy of educational certificates issued by a higher education institution in the Maldives and a copy of the transcript; or a copy of the letter confirming course completion and a copy of the transcript.

1. Copies of short-term courses and training certificates related to the field of work.
2. Copies of letters showing work experience that meet the criteria below.

(a) A letter issued by an office confirming separately the job held if employed in a government agency or a company partly owned by the government, the period of employment (stating years, months and days), and the responsibilities of the job (even if different posts were held within one agency).

(b) If the applicant has worked in a government agency or a company partly owned by the government, the job held, and a letter issued by that office stating separately the period of employment (stating years, months and days) and the responsibilities of the job (even if different posts were held within one agency).

Note: link to a sample of how the letter confirming work experience should be:

https://www.foreign.gov.mv/index.php/en/media-center/resources/downloads/54-reference-letter-sample/file

(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.

(c) If the applicant has worked in a national or international organisation or body, a letter issued by that place stating separately the job held, the period of employment (stating years, months and days), and the responsibilities of the job (even if different posts were held within one agency). This letter must state whether the post held was a salaried post or not; alternatively, an official letter from that place stating this must be submitted.

Note: An international organisation/body is taken to be one that represents the Maldives outside the country.

(d) If the applicant has worked in a dissolved government agency, or a dissolved private company or private agency, or a dissolved national or international organisation or body, and a letter from that office stating separately the job held, the period of employment (stating years, months and days), and the responsibilities of the job (even if different posts were held within one agency) is not available, the Reference Check Form for Job Applicants in Schedule 8 of the Recruitment Procedure (which must be downloaded from the link below) must be submitted. Link: https://bit.ly/3V8Jyyb

(e) During education or for a course, points may be awarded as work experience for periods of internship programmes other than those completed as a requirement, in line with the procedure set out in this regulation. If an internship was completed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, its period will also be awarded points as work experience.

A candidate may be appointed to the post only if they obtain at least 45% (forty-five percent) of the total points.

Documents for the application must be submitted to the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before 14:00 on Thursday, 22 October 2026. The application form and documents may also be submitted by email to [email protected].

If the government declares an additional public holiday before the announcement deadline, the deadline for the application form will be extended by the number of days so declared.

Candidates shortlisted from those applying for this post will be those who obtain the highest points based on education, work experience and examination results.

The examination, interview and presentation to select a person for this post will be held on a day between 28 October 2026 and 12 November 2026, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

If, due to unforeseen circumstances, the date on which the examination, interview and presentation are to be held is changed, the Ministry will inform the applicants for the post by email.

Within 3 non-holiday days after the examination, presentation and interview are held, the "Score Sheet of Applicants for the Post" will be published on the Ministry's website so that it can be seen publicly. If there is a complaint about the scores given to applicants for the post, the complaint must be submitted to this Ministry within 3 non-holiday days, counting from the day the sheet is published. Complaints must be submitted by email to [email protected].

Link to view the "Score Sheet of Applicants for the Post": https://foreign.gov.mv/index.php/en/ministry/careers

For clarification regarding this announcement, please contact 3323400. To send an email, write to [email protected].