Senior Chemical Management 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- Carrying out all matters relating to granting permission to parties wishing to import chemicals into the Maldives, under Act No. 75/4.

2- Arranging and granting permission for the inspection of warehouses for storing chemicals, in coordination with the MNDA.

3- Preparing and maintaining registers such as registers of chemicals requiring monitoring and permission, chemicals not requiring permission, prohibited chemicals, and chemical sellers, in relation to chemicals imported into the Maldives under the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Prohibited Items Act and the Regulation on Hazardous Chemicals.

4- Carrying out all matters relating to the disposal of chemicals imported into the Maldives that must be disposed of under Act No. 75/4, and keeping the register of disposed chemicals updated.

5- Reviewing and studying information on chemicals proposed for import into the Maldives, classifying chemicals requiring permission and those not requiring permission, and advising on how the chemicals will be handled.

6- Developing the section's strategic action plan, preparing a budget for the section's planned activities, and working to achieve the targets set for the section.

7- Maintaining information on permitted chemicals, chemical warehouses and chemical importers in the electronic system.

8- Providing technical advice to parties drafting bills and regulations that the Ministry must prepare under the signed and ratified international agreement (Chemical Weapons Convention) and under Act No. 75/4 (Prohibited Items Act of the Maldives).

9- Carrying out the work required to implement all matters in the Regulation on Hazardous Chemicals made under Act No. 75/4.

10- Carrying out work required in coordination with other government agencies regarding the granting of permission for chemicals imported into the Maldives.

1- Advanced Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Analytical Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry, Bio-chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemical Biomolecular Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Technology, Chemical Engineering for Energy and Environment, Chemical Manufacturing Management, Chemical Risk Management, Chemical Science, Chemical Technology, Chemical Technology and Management, Chemicals and Material Engineering, Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Chemistry and Management, Chemistry Management, Computational Chemistry, Digital Chemistry, Electro Chemistry, Energy Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Geochemistry, Forensic Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Management in Chemical Technologies, Medical Bio-chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry, Solid State Chemistry, Sustainability Chemistry Management, Sustainable Chemical and Process Engineering, Synthetic Chemistry, Water Chemistry, or a Level 7 or 8 degree on the Maldives National Qualifications Framework, or a Bachelor's Honours degree.

Field of Work

Practical and technical work and studies in the field of chemical management knowledge

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: The post will be filled by the applicant who obtains a total of more than 60 (sixty) points across all criteria.

Documents to submit for the post (application form and statements) must be submitted before 14.00 on Monday, 19 October 2026, to the Ministry. Applications may also be sent by email to ([email protected]). In addition, if you wish to submit the application form online to the Ministry, you may do so through the "GOV.MV" message platform. The link to this platform is: https://message.gov.mv/en/messages. Furthermore, if the government declares an additional public holiday before the deadline of this announcement, the application form will be accepted for the number of days so declared. Furthermore, if the government declares an additional public holiday before the deadline of this announcement, the 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.

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).