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13 NEWS maltatoday | SUNDAY • 17 JANUARY 2021 Call for Applications for the post of Director in the Asset Recovery Bureau Jobsplus Permit No. 21/2021 Nomenclatures denoting the male gender include also the female gender The Ministry for Justice, Equality and Governance invites interested applicants for the post of Director in the Asset Recovery Bureau. 1. Reporting to the Board of the Bureau, the ideal candidate should: i. Define strategies and provide leadership to initiate, lead and manage all initiatives in fulfilling the Bureau's mission; ii. Ensure respectful and effective communication with the Board on the general running of the Bureau and of the general outcome of investigations and operations concluded by the Bureau; iii. Lead and develop the ARB Directorate for maximum performance; iv. Be result driven and to act in terms of the ARB Regulations (LN357/2015) and any superseding legislation. 2. Ideal Candidate should have: i. A university degree with experience in a Senior Executive position; ii. Effective team management skills; iii. Executive presence to effectively represent ARB in public whilst giving presentations and networking; iv. Ability to master a broad range of stakeholder relations in both the public and private sectors; v. Exceptional leadership, interpersonal; and communication skills. Experience in asset recovery practices will be deemed beneficial. Applications in the form of a motivational letter in line w ith the above-indicated objectives and a Europass curriculum vitae, should be addressed to the Selection Board and sent by email on jobopportunities.justice@gov.mt. Any queries are also to be addressed to the Selection Board on email jobopportunities.justice@gov.mt. Applications close on Monday, 1st February 2021 (noon). Late submissions will not be considered. what their outlook on their personal fi- nances is. Just over half (53.2%) expect their per- sonal financial situation to be better in 2021, while 23.8% expect it to remain the same and 7.1% to worsen. Another 15.5% are unsure. The more optimistic are the young and pensioners with 56% and 55.7% respec- tively believing their personal financial situation will be better in 2021. Once again, Gozitans are the most opti- mistic with 77.3% prospecting a personal financial situation that will be better in 2021. Findings from a survey published last week showed that a significant 61% of Gozitans saw their personal finances worsen in 2020. The swing is possibly a reflection of the island's dependence on tourism and the hope that the new year will bring with it a resurgence of the sector that was decimat- ed by the pandemic. The least optimistic about their per- sonal finances are people living in the South-Eastern and Southern Harbour re- gions with 44.7% and 43.5% believing their personal financial situation will be better. A breakdown by political allegiance shows that 60.1% of Labour voters and 40.2% of PN voters expect their personal finances to take a turn for the better in 2021. PN voters were twice as likely as Labour- ites to prospect a worsening financial sit- uation. The findings showed that 4.8% of PL voters and 11.6% of PN voters believe their finances will worsen in the new year. There were 21.3% and 27.1% of PL and PN voters respectively, who said their fi- nancial situation will likely remain the same as last year. PN voters were more likely to be unsure of the future with 20.2% unable to forecast how their personal finances will shape up in 2021. In a similar predicament were 13.8% of PL voters. Just over a third of people are planning a holiday abroad in 2021 as the rays of hope colour the new year. The survey found that 36.3% of people are planning an overseas holiday, while 51.2% are not. Another 12.4% were un- sure whether their vacation will take them abroad. The highest numbers of those planning an overseas holiday are found among those aged between 18 and 50, while only 13.7% of pensioners are doing likewise. There was no marked difference between PL and PN voters. Methodology The survey was carried out between Monday 30 November 2020 and Friday 4 December 2020. 641 respondents opted to complete the survey. Stratified random sampling based on region, age and gender was used to replicate the Maltese demo- graphic. The estimated margin of error is 4.9% for a confidence interval of 95% for the overall results. Demographic and sub- group breakdowns have significantly larg- er margins of error.