Senior Environmental Conservation Officer

• Attendance Allowance: MVR 125.00 per day of attendance
• Additional allowances and other benefits as stipulated in the government pay framework applicable to civil service employees.

1. Carrying out the practical implementation of government-designed and run programmes to increase and improve the knowledge and skills of the Maldivian people, and related communication and outreach work.
2. Carrying out work at international standard relating to the species of living creatures.
3. Carrying out work under projects/programmes run by the Ministry for biodiversity conservation.
4. Carrying out practical work on programmes run to restore endangered and threatened species of living creatures and their habitats.
5. Protecting and maintaining endangered and threatened species of living creatures, including by designing and running management plans, approaches and standards for their protection and care.
6. Designing and running ex situ and in situ conservation programmes.
7. Running programmes to ensure that the species of living creatures of the Maldives and the benefits the natural environment provides are maintained in a sustainable way. In this regard, carrying out the work needed to protect and hold the value of the Maldives' natural capital and natural environment.
8. Running the management, in line with international standards for the handling of information, of the import and export of living creature species into and out of the Maldives.

1. Holding a Bachelor's Degree at Level 7 or 8 or a Bachelor of Honours Degree on the National Qualifications Framework of the Maldives, in a field related to the duties of the post.

Educational fields for the post:

1. Animal Biology
2. Biodiversity
3. Biodiversity Conservation
4. Biology
5. Botany
6. Conservation
7. Conservation Biology
8. Conservation Science
9. Ecology
10. Environmental Education
11. Environmental Management
12. Environmental Planning
13. Environmental Pollution
14. Environmental Protection and Conservation
15. Environmental Risk
16. Environmental Science
17. Environmental Studies
18. Environmental Sustainability
19. GIO Special Science
20. Marine Biology
21. Marine Science
22. Natural Resource Management
23. Plant Biology
24. Plant Conservation
25. Plant Pathology
26. Plant Science
27. Policy Control
28. Protected Area Management
29. Wildlife Biology
30. Zoology

Related job categories:

• Practical and technical work and research relating to the conservation and maintenance of the surrounding environment

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 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.

(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 the person to be most suitable for this post are specified in item 12 of the Civil Service Job Recruitment and Appointment Standards and Principles 2023 (Second Amendment).

Applications for this post must be submitted before 12:00 on Thursday, 19 November 2026, to the Ministry of Climate Change, Environment and Energy. Application forms and documents 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.

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.

The interviews and examinations held to select a person for this post will take place between 23 November 2026 and 10 December 2026, at the Ministry of Climate Change, Environment and Energy.

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 on this announcement, contact 3018329, 3018324. Email [email protected].

The guidelines and principles for recruitment to civil service posts, and all documents related to these principles, are available on the Civil Service Commission website under Principles > "Recruitment Principles" (https://www.csc.gov.mv/Policy/Index/51).