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NEWS 5 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 26 JANUARY 2022 www.planningauthority.com VACANCY DEPUTY DIRECTOR (COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT) The role entails responsibilities for compliance and enforcement services that are required to enact campaigns including compliance with all the planning legislation, surveillance, enforcement, direct action, and imposition of fines. Successful candidates must be in possession of the following: Qualifications At least a first degree or a comparable professional qualification as recognized by the MQRIC, preferably in Architecture and Civil Engineering, or Law, or Enforcement, or Environment, or Land Use Planning, or other related subject, or a post-graduate degree or a Master's degree in Management or a Master of Business Administration. Experience At least 5 years' experience in compliance and enforcement, or 7 years' experience in a management position, with a track record of achievements and exposure to strategic policy making, including setting of objectives and implementation of effective change projects. Skills Highly developed interpersonal and leadership skills, communication, business analysis, service focus and strategic thinking skills. A demonstrated track record of goal and achievement orientation. Abilities Ability to formulate recommendations and solve problems. Ability to work under pressure as part of the Planning Authority Management team. Candidates are to present scanned copies of all qualifications with their application together with proof of local equivalence, for certificates which are not issued by the University of Malta or MCAST, which equivalence documentation is issued by the Malta Further and Higher Education Authority (MFHEA). Candidates who are in possession of a foreign degree/s, are also to present a translated copy of their degree/s in English. All certificates and equivalence documentation are to be presented with the application, by the closing date for submissions. The above post is for a definite period of three (3) years. Interested candidates are advised to submit their application via email on ceooffice@pa.org.mt together with a detailed curriculum vitae in PDF format, by not later than 3rd February 2022 and addressed to: The Executive Chairman Planning Authority Ref: Deputy Director (Compliance and Enforcement) Jobsplus Permit No 54/2022 For further information visit our website www.pa.org.mt/en/vacancies councillor Janice Chetcuti and deputy mayor Elenia Desira. Hun- dreds of residents turned out for a protest against the development in December. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Entry to gyms, spas, pools, cin- emas and theatres will no longer require a valid vaccine certificate from the 14 February. The valid vaccine certificate will still be needed for mass events, sporting events, night clubs, casi- nos and travelling, even after 14 February. "We can do this because the science backs it up. Science is not always popular, but it is always right," in a swipe at the Nation- alist Party, who had come out against the measures. New measures were announced last December amid a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, and the de- tection of the Omicron variant. The health minister said more than 1,200,000 vaccine doses have been administered since the pandemic started, with 325,000 persons receiving the booster dose. "Three quarters of the popula- tion has received the booster, and that means that now is the op- timal time to start lifting meas- ures." He said that "indications are not bad" that village feasts could take place in the summer. A meeting will be held between government and the curia for feasts to be held in "a safe way". Speaking on quarantine, Fearne said the country would soon reach a point when man- datory quarantine for primary contacts can be reduced to five days from seven. "It could also be eliminated completely, but it is still early." He said 5% of primary contacts in recent weeks ended up test- ing positive for the virus, which would have meant that had the quarantine period not been in place, community transmission of the virus would have increased. The positivity rate is decreas- ing gradually, according to the minister. Chris Health minister Fearne