annoncement

The Ambassador of Italy in Yangon;

  CONSIDERING the D.P.R. 5.1.1967, n. 18, concerning the administration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and eventual amendments and integration, with specific reference to D.Lgs. 7 April 2000, n. 103, which has replaced Title VI of the D.P.R. n. 18/67 concerning the employees staffed at the foreign missions;

  CONSIDERING the D.M. 16.3.2001, n. 032/655, registered by the Auditor General on the 27.4.2001 (Reg. 4; Fg. 296), which pertains to “requirements and means of recruitment of staff employees for the Diplomatic Missions, Consulates and Italian Institutes of Culture”;

  BASED on the authorization granted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with message MAE0091399 dated 19^th February 2013;

  CONSIDERING the possibility to reduce the terms for the presentation of the applications to 15 days, in accordance with art.5 of D.M. n. 655/2001;

ANNOUNCES

That the Embassy of Italy has opened the procedures for the selection of 2 (two) local employees for the position of Administrative Assistant (Secretariat, Archives, Accounts).

1. GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS

To be admitted to the selection, candidates must meet the following requirements:

1)  To be over 18 years old (at the date of this announcement);

2)  To be in good health;

3)   To hold the secondary school or equivalent education certificate;

4)  to have been residing in Myanmar at least for the last two years;

The above requirements, except for the age limit, must be fulfilled at the date specified in the next paragraph 2 as closing date for this position.

2. TO APPLY

  Applications to the above vacancy notice, to be filled in according to the format available at the Embassy of Italy in Yangon, shall be presented within March the 19^th, 2013 (12 p.m.), in a written form, addressed to:

Embassy of Italy in Yangon

3, Inya Myaing, Golden Valley

Bahan Township, Yangon.

Applications shall be deemed accepted within the said deadline if shipped by that specified date as at point 2, considering as a proof the date impressed upon the postal stamp.

To be admitted to the selection, cendidates must declare under their own responsability:

a)  Family name, name, date and place of birth and residence;

b)  Address for official communications;

c)  To be in good health;

d)  The citizenship/s of birth or eventually acquired;

e)  How long they have been residing in Myanmar;

f)   Criminal record, including convictions abroad and cases pending in Myanmar or abroad;

g)  The position related to compulsory military service (if applicable);

h)  To have an education degree at least equivalent to the one specified at paragraph 3 of the previous point 1;

For the purpose of additional scores, as per point “6-Evaluation of qualifications”, candidates could declare:

i)   Education degrees exceeding the minimum required above, attaching a copy of certificates to the application form;

j)   Previous work experiences in the same field, attaching proper proof of it and indicating the causes of termination;

k)  To be intended to participate in the Italian language test.

3. EXCLUSION

Will not be admitted to the selection:

a)  Candidates who, based on their application date, do not fulfill the requirements indicated above;

b)  Candidates who have not signed their application;

c)  Candidates who have submitted their application after the closing date indicated at point 2.

4. SELECTION PROCEDURES

Candidates fulfilling all the requirements will undergo the selection tests, written and oral, consisting in:

1)  Written translation, without dictionary, of an official text, from Burmese to English, to be completed in one hour;

2)  An oral test consisting in: a) conversation in English, aimed at verifying excellent language skills, proficiency of the candidate to carry out the professional job description and his/her high familiarity with the local environment. During said oral test there will be also questions on applicants’ knowledge of the activities performed by Diplomatic Missions and Consulates abroad; b) conversation in Burmese aimed at assessing its knowledge, during which applicants will be asked to perform an oral simultaneous translation, without dictionary, of a short official text from Burmese to English; c) if the candidate declared to be intended to participate in the Italian language test, a conversation in Italian aimed at evaluating the knowledge of this language;

3)  A practical test aimed at verifying the Personal Computer proficiency in order to carry out office tasks;

4)  A practical simulation of mainly secretarial job, archive handling, accounting tasks.

5. MINIMUM SCORE

  In order to qualify, candidates must obtain a final score of at least 70/100, with scores not below 60/100 in each test.

6. ADDITIONAL SCORE

For the purpose of final ranking, further point will be added to the average marks for the candidates with any education qualifications higher than the minimum required and/or with prior work experience and by candidates who participated in the Italian language test, within these limits:

a)  For each education degree higher than the one requested: score 1/100, up to a maximum score of 2/100;

b)  For each year served without fault with a job assignment at least equivalent to the ones requested by this Announcemnet (or immediately lower in case of employed candidates): score 1/100, up to a maximum of 3/100;