Procurement Officer

1- Health care services in accordance with the civil service employee regulations

2- Pension contribution payable under the Pension Act of the Maldives.

3- Overtime payment in accordance with the civil service employee regulations

Main work

1- Implementing the decisions of the Bid Committee, preparing minutes, obtaining the supervisor's approval and collecting the signatures of the members. Also, making the decisions within 03 (three) days of the Bid Committee's meeting.

2- Obtaining quotations and preparing purchase orders for procuring goods and services through shopping procedures, and, when the goods are received, handling stock and goods, checking and verifying the related bills, paying the money with the related documents, and handing over to the section concerned with the matter.

3- Filing the section's documents and entering the information of filed documents into the register.

4- Receiving estimates submitted in response to the announcement for procuring goods and services, checking the estimates, verifying the figures given in the estimates, and carrying out tasks assigned in teamwork to prepare the documents to submit to the Bid Committee.

5- Carrying out what is required for holding the Bid Committee meeting, and carrying out tasks assigned in teamwork to prepare documents relating to the decisions made by the Bid Committee.

6- Checking whether there are complaints from parties who submitted estimates regarding the Bid Committee's decisions, sending written replies to those parties, sharing the complaints received from those parties with the team, and, once the related stages are complete, carrying out tasks assigned in teamwork to proceed with the preparation of contracts for procuring works or services.

7- Under the supervisor's direction, updating the procurement information register, and publishing the information of parties to whom procurements are assigned in the Government Gazette and on the Ministry's website.

1. Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Law, Logistics Management, Operations Management, Procurement Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Procurement Management, Project Management, Purchasing, Quantity Surveying, Supply Chain Management, from a recognised institution, holding a Level 7 or 8 degree on the National Qualifications Framework of Maldives or a Bachelor's Honours degree.

Post Scope of Work

1. Environmental-related works
2. Technical works related to business transaction matters and research works
3. Financial accounting and records management work

1- Completed job application form (this form will be available from the Civil Service Commission website, the Ministry's website www.defence.gov.mv, the Ministry's counters, and the link below.) https://www.csc.gov.mv/download/2023/51/Annex%202%20-%20Application%20form1pnd4eve.a2u.docx

2- Applicant's details (including a contact phone number and email address).

3- A copy of the applicant's Maldivian identity card (even if expired) showing the front and back legibly, or, if the ID card is lost, a birth certificate, passport or driving licence copy.

4- For those already employed under a civil service or government employment agreement who are selected for the post, a letter from the office where they currently work confirming it has no objection to them leaving their current job.

5- Copies of educational certificates obtained:

(a) Copies of certificates issued by a higher education institution outside the Maldives that have been assessed and graded by the Maldives Qualifications Authority, with transcript copies; or, where no certificate is held, a copy of the course completion letter, a copy of the AQA assessment report issued by the Maldives Qualifications Authority, and a transcript copy.

(b) Copies of educational certificates issued by a higher education institution in the Maldives, with transcript copies; or a copy of the course completion letter with a transcript copy.

6- Copies of documents relevant to the following categories showing work experience:

(a) Previous experience gained in a civil service post, in a state institution, or in a company in which the government holds shares, including the duration of the post (stated in years, months and days) and the main responsibilities (even where posts within the same institution were held), issued by that office as a separate statement.

(b) Previous experience gained in civil service, where the duration of the experience not shown on /https://myaccount.csc.gov.mv is clarified, including the post held and the duration of the post (stated in years, months and days) and the main responsibilities (even where posts within the same institution were held), issued by that office as a separate statement.

(c) Where the post was held in a private company or private institution, the post held, the duration of the post (stated in years, months and days) and the main responsibilities (even where posts within the same institution were held), stated separately, together with the number of employees of the workplace, issued by that office as a separate statement.

(d) Where the post was held in a national or international organisation or body, the post held, the duration of the post (stated in years, months and days) and the main responsibilities (even where posts within the same institution were held), stated separately, issued by that organisation. (This statement must indicate whether the post held was a salaried post or not; otherwise, an official letter issued by that organisation confirming this must be submitted.)

(e) Where the post was held in a dissolved government institution, or a dissolved private company or private institution, or in a national or international organisation or body, and no statement from that office is available stating the post held, the duration of the post (stated in years, months and days) and the main responsibilities (even where posts within the same institution were held), then the Reference Check Form for Experience at Dissolved Institutions in Schedule 8 of the Recruitment Policy.

- Basic criteria fulfilment 30%

- Education above the basic requirements 5%

- Points awarded to a relevant core or preferred discipline certificate 5%

- Experience above the basic requirements 5%

- Assessment (examination or practical) 20%

- Interview 35%

Note:

1- Obtaining a total of 60 (sixty) points from all criteria set for the post.

Documents to be submitted for the post (job application form and documents) must be submitted to this Ministry before 14.00 on Tuesday, 27 October 2026. Job application documents may also be checked by email at ([email protected]). In addition, if you wish to submit the job application form online to this Ministry, you may submit it through the "GOV.MV" messaging platform. The link to this platform is: https://message.gov.mv/en/messages. Also, if the Government declares a new public holiday before the announcement deadline, the job application form will be accepted for the number of days so declared. Also, if the Government declares a new public holiday before the announcement deadline, the job application form will be accepted for the number of days so declared.

From among the applicants for this post, the 10 applicants with the highest marks, based on educational qualifications, experience and assessment results, who have reached the interview stage, may be shortlisted.

The examination and interview to select a person for this post will be held between 29 October 2026 and 5 November 2026, at the Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs.

Publication of the Sheet Showing Points Awarded to Applicants Who Reached the Interview Stage (Form A2) .

Within 3 non-holiday days after the interview, the "Sheet Showing Points Awarded to Applicants Who Reached the Interview Stage" (A2 Sheet) may be published so that it is visible at this office and on the office's website. If there is a complaint about the points awarded to applicants who reached the interview stage, the complaint must be submitted to this office within 3 non-holiday days from the day the A2 Sheet is published.

For enquiries about this announcement, please call 3313724. To send an email, write to [email protected].

The criteria, principles and procedures for recruiting and appointing persons to civil service posts, and all documents relating to these procedures, are available from the Civil Service Commission website under Policies and Procedures > "Recruitment Policy" (https://www.csc.gov.mv/Policy/Index/51).