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9 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 9 FEBRUARY 2020 NEWS The Foundaon for Tomorrow's Schools (FTS), responsible for the building and renovaon of new and exisng State schools, is searching for a Chief Execuve Officer to deliver the vision, mission and strategic objecves of the Foundaon. The selected candidate will guide and provide oversight of all FTS operaons and assure quality of service, manage performance and overall resources, set and integrate strategy and direcon, and guide the FTS towards long-term success. The CEO shall have overall responsibility for the Foundaon and ensure effecve management structures. As the highest-ranking execuve official, the successful candidate will need to promote a strong work culture, vision and values and provide visible and inspired leadership. The FTS Chief Execuve Officer has the following key responsibilies: • provide overall direcon, effecvely manage, promote and implement the organisaon's aims and objecves, and develop the Foundaon's growth plan; • ensure that the operaons and acvies of the FTS are driven firmly and fully aligned with strategic policy objecves of the Ministry for Educaon and Employment as its main client; • raise and maintain the quality of service provision; and • lead, guide and direct the senior execuve team of the organisaon, movate subordinates and advance employee engagement. Interested persons must meet the following requirements: • hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant discipline or in Business Administraon; • have proven experience in a senior management posion, with experience in the Public Service or the Public Sector being considered an asset; • be goal driven and with a proven track record for effecve team management and a high level of interpersonal, organisaonal and leadership skills; • have a strategic mindset; and • have the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines. Interested persons may apply by sending an applicaon leŒer and CV addressed to: The Human Resources and Communicaons Manager Foundaon for Tomorrow's Schools Sir Adrian Dingli Street Pembroke Closing date for applicaons is: Tuesday 18th February, 2020. VACANCY OF A CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER JOBSPLUS VACANCY PERMIT NUMBER: 480/2019 down a controversial commer- cial development consisting of retail outlets and office develop- ment on a proposed first floor. The proposal also foresaw an underground car park for 84 spaces on the same site. Subse- quently, a new application was submitted by Cilia envisaging a three-level car park for 115 cars. Plans presented with the appli- cation refer to the "relocation" of the existing statue of the Virgin Mary and 11 olive trees and two palm trees to the car park's roof, which would be turned into a garden. The 760sq.m site proposed for the car park lies in the back yard of the Carmelite convent, which is scheduled as a Grade 2 protected building and is in the immediate vicinity of the Car- melite parish church, scheduled as Grade 1. The site also includes a large Norfolk pine tree, which is not listed amongst the relocated trees. The Carmelite Order had en- tered into a 50-year lease agree- ment with Cilia in 2011 for the development of the gardens into a supermarket. When the archbishop came to know of this contract, he imme- diately filed a court injunction to stop the development. The new Carmelite prior also objected to the development. While recommending approval the case officer warns that if the declaration of ownership, as con- tained in the application form, is determined as incorrect by a court of law, the development permission may be rendered null and void. JAMES DEBONO MOST of the 161 turtles found stranded on the Maltese coast between 2012 and 2018, were injured or killed by marine litter, particularly that related to fish- ing. A report compiled by the En- v i r o n - ment and Resources Authority on the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, said that while 110 turtles were found dead, the rest were either rehabilitated or immediately re- leased. While in 35% of cases, the cause of death or injury was un- known, a large fraction of the stranded turtles (49%) showed signs of interaction with fishing gear, either because of ingestion of marine litter or entanglement in fishing lines. 10% died as a re- sult of an impact with a boat. A few cases of ingestion of oth- er plastic material (such as bags) were also recorded. Since hooks were also present in the mouth of some specimen, a number of deaths were still caused as a result of by-catch by long-lining, rather than ma- rine litter. In 2018, 10 of the 29 stranded turtles had hooks in their mouth. This contrasts with official data claiming that no turtles were caught as by-catch. The loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta is considered as the on- ly Maltese marine reptile with a stable population. As yet, there are no estimates of the population abundance of loggerhead turtles in Maltese waters. During surveys conduct- ed between 2013 and 2014, 102 and 188 turtles were recorded in each respective year. A further 62 sightings were recorded in 2015 and 81 sightings were re- corded in 2016. The majority of the turtles were observed alone, although occasional sightings with two to four turtles together were also recorded in 2015. At average sizes of less than 50cm, the population of the log- gerhead turtles in Malta is main- ly composed of juveniles. Two nesting events occurred in 2016 and 2018. In September 2016, 66 turtles hatched from a nest in Ramla tal-Mixquqa, and in August 2018, 98 turtles hatched from another nest in Ġnejna Bay. Fishing lines, nylon and hooks major cause of turtle deaths