Senior Juvenile Justice Officer, Rank 7 – Step 1 J-395366

Juvenile Halfway House (HA. Hoarafushi)

Department of Juvenile Justice

1. Overtime pay: Overtime pay will be paid in accordance with the method set out for the days on which overtime is worked.
2. Attendance incentive: MVR 155.00 for each day attended

1. Receiving referrals from the Police of cases involving children aged between 15 and 18 who have broken the law and submitted to the Department, reviewing those cases, entering data into the database, allocating cases to case workers, and monitoring whether they work in accordance with the established procedures
2. Sharing with the Department's Planning, Research and Advocacy Division the statistical figures of cases involving young children who have broken the law and are submitted to the Department, and the information required for the Department's annual report, before the set deadline
3. Conducting risk assessments, social situation reports, other reports and action plans to understand the circumstances of children under 18 (eighteen) years of age who have broken the law, in order to rehabilitate them and return them to society, and checking that they are prepared according to the standards set. Also reviewing and updating the standards every year.
4. Ensuring that children to be presented to court during the investigation stage, and children facing criminal charges, attend the court and the Juvenile Courts in accordance with Sharia, in order to protect their interests
5. Working to obtain diversion opportunities for such children who have broken the law, outside the Sharia process, with the aim of returning them to society, and, when developing a diversion plan, referring them to the Diversion and Reintegration Unit or the Counselling and Psychosocial Support Unit, and monitoring interventions.
6. Holding case conferences concerning children who have broken the law in conjunction with the relevant institutions, and participating in case conferences conducted by other institutions. Also monitoring and encouraging that minutes of such meetings are updated and kept in case files.
7. Monitoring the situation of children held in detention during investigation and in detention to enforce a ruling.
8. Ensuring, when a criminal charge against a child is filed with the court, that the child is represented by a lawyer in accordance with Sharia, and, where the child is a person with no means to appoint a lawyer, ensuring that the Unit takes the steps needed for the State to provide a lawyer.

1. Administration of Juvenile Justice
2. Adolescent Health and Wellbeing
3. Behavioural Health Science
4. Child Advocacy and Policy
5. Child and Adolescent Development
6. Child and Adolescent Mental Health
7. Child and Adolescent Mental Wellbeing
8. Child and Community
9. Child and Family Studies
10. Child Protection and Juvenile Justice
11. Child Protection and Child Welfare
12. Child Welfare Work
13. Child Youth and Family Practice
14. Corrections and Juvenile Justice Studies
15. Counselling
16. Early Childhood and Family Studies
17. Family and Human Development
18. Family Studies
19. Family Therapy
20. Human Development and Family Studies
21. Juvenile Justice
22. Marriage and Family
23. Marriage and Family Studies
24. Marriage and Family Therapy
25. Psychology
26. Social Services
27. Social Work
28. Sociology
29. Youth Work and Criminal Justice

Areas of work for the post:

Social Services

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.

6. Copies of documents as specified below demonstrating 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.

(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.

The criteria to be considered for a person to be most suitable for this post are included in Civil Service recruitment of staff and appointment standards and procedures, number 12 of 2023.

Documents for applying for the post must be submitted before 13:00 on 19 October 2026 to Department of Juvenile Justice, H. Sakeenamanzil (4th Floor). The application form and documents may also be considered by email to [email protected]. Forms submitted by email in connection with this announcement must be sent as a single document in PDF format.

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 tests for this post will be held on a date between 21 October 2026 and 5 November 2026, at the Department of Juvenile Justice (H. Sakeenamanzil, 4th Floor).

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 of this announcement, contact the phone number 3031498. Email [email protected].

The criteria, procedures and all documents relating to the selection and appointment of persons to civil service posts will be available from the "Recruitment Procedure" in the Downloads section of the Civil Service Commission website (https://www.csc.gov.mv/Policy/Index/51).