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7167 Ministry of Finance 9 Vacancies 23 February - 6 March 2023

GOVERNMENT OF TONGA

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

9 VACANCIES

• Principal Accountant    • Principal Legal Officer    • System Analyst    • Economist    • Clerk Class I

• Daily Paid Assistant Accountant    • Senior Economist    • Climate Change Project Development Officer    • Partner Development Officer

Title: Notice of Vacant Positions at Ministry of Finance
Reference No: 15/23/148
Date: 22/02/2023

The Ministry of Finance is seeking to engage suitably qualified and experienced applicants for the following vacant positions:

No.

Position Title / Division

Salary Band and Range

Minimum Requirements

1

Principal Accountant

Financial Framework Division

Band I: $30,210 - $46,721

  • Master’s Degree with at least 1 year experience in a similar role OR at least 3 years relevant working experience
  • Post Graduate Diploma with at least 2 years’ experience in a similar role or at least 4 years relevant working experience
  • Bachelor’s degree with at least 4 years’ experience in a similar role or at least 6 years relevant working experience

Qualifications acceptable for this role must be in Accounting, Professional Accounting or Finance, Business or Commerce with emphasis in Accounting from a recognized educational institution.

2

Principal Legal Officer

Financial Framework Division

Band I: $31,147 - $46,721

  • Master’s degree with at least 3 years relevant working experience
  • Professional Diploma in Legal Practice and bachelor’s degree with at least 5 years relevant working experience

Qualifications acceptable for this role must be in Law from a recognized common law institution jurisdiction.

3

System Analyst

Information Communication Technology Division

Band J: $27,686 - $41,530

  • Master’s Degree with no working experience
  • Post Graduate Diploma with at least 1 year experience in a similar role or at least 3 years relevant working experience.
  • Bachelor's degree with at least 3 years' experience in a similar role or at least 4 years relevant working experience

Qualifications acceptable for this role must be in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Computer Networking from a recognized educational institution.

4

Economist

Budget Division

Band L: $20,075 - $30,107

  • Bachelor’s degree with no working experience
  • Diploma Certificate with at least 2 years' experience in a similar role or at least 3 years relevant working experience

Qualifications acceptable for this role must be in Commerce, Economics or Business from a recognized educational institution

5

Clerk Class I

Financial Framework Division

Band O: $10,382 - $15,547

  • Certificate level 4 + 1 years’ work experience
  • Form 7 or equivalent of Certificate level 3 + 4 years’ work experience
  • Form 6 PSSC or equivalent of Certificate level 2 + 6 years' work experience

Current TPS employee with 5 years experience in a similar role (meeting other core competency and experience requirements specified in the job description + PMS scores of 3 or above for the past 2 consecutive years)

6

Daily Paid Assistant Accountant

Corporate Services Division

Daily Rate: $40.26

  • Certificate Level 4 + 1 years’ work experience
  • Form 7 or equivalent Certificate Level 3 + 4 years’ work experience
  • Form 6 PSSC or equivalent Certificate Level 2 + 6 years’ work experience

Current TPS employee with 5 years experience in a similar role (meeting other core competency and experience requirements specified in the job description + PMS scores of 3 or above for the past 2 consecutive years)

7

Senior Economist (Contract)

Resilient Development Financial Division

Contract

  • Postgraduate qualification Level 8 TNQAB Framework: (postgraduate diploma/BA with honors and MA) up to 1 year experience in a similar role
  • Relevant Degree + 2 years in a similar role. or 4 years relevant work experience
  • Relevant Diploma + 4 years in a similar role, or 10 years relevant work experience

Current TPS employee with 5 years experience in a similar role (meeting other core competency and experience requirements specified in the job description + PMS scores of 3 or above for the past 2 consecutive years)

8

Climate Change Project Development Officer

Duration: 2 Years

Salary Range will be between $20,000 - $30,000 per annum
  • Bachelor's Degree in relevant field with at least 3 years’ working experience or Postgraduate Diploma in Climate Change, Sustainability, International Development, etc.

9

Partner Development Officer

Duration: 2 Years

Education and Professional Qualifications sought:

  • Prefer a tertiary qualification, and in a relevant field, such as disaster risk management, GIS, environmental studies, climate change, etc.

Work experience required:

  • 3+ years of work experience.
  • Supervisory and project management experience.
  • Climate change and disaster risk management experience.
  • Facilitating training, meetings, and workshops.
  • Writing reports and presentations.
  • Engaging with stakeholders including government, private sector, community groups, and other development partners.
  • Working in the Pacific Region and in Tonga
  • Working with government, international and regional organizations.

The detailed term of reference/ job description can be downloaded from the Ministry’s website: www.finance.gov.to or send a request to recruitments [at] finance [dot] gov [dot] to. Interested candidates who wish to apply are required to submit their letter of application together with a CV, certified copies of educational qualifications and transcripts and any other supporting documents. Applications of employees of the Public Service other than the Ministry of Finance are to be endorsed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of their respective Departments.

All applications are to be forwarded to the office of the Chief Executive Officer for Finance, Ministry for Finance, St George Government Building, or send electronically to recruitments [at] finance [dot] gov [dot] to no later than 4:30pm of Monday, 6th March, 2023.

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