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11 NEWS maltatoday | SUNDAY • 25 FEBRUARY 2024 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Submit your application MANAGER (PROCUREMENT) Aġenzija għas-Servizzi tal-Qrati Prospective candidates must be in possession of: • a recognised Bachelor's degree at MQF Level 6 (subject to a minimum of 180 ECTS/ECVET credits or equivalent) in Procurement, or Finance, or Business plus one (1) year experience in areas relevant to the post; or • a recognised Diploma at MQF Level 5 (subject to a minimum of 60 ECTS/ECVET credits, or equivalent) in in Procurement, or Finance, or Business plus five (5) years' experience in areas relevant to the post; or • three (3) subjects at Advanced Level plus five (5) years' experience in areas relevant to the post; or • two (2) subjects at Advanced Level and three (3) subjects at Intermediate Matriculation Level plus five (5) years' experience in areas relevant to the post; or • in possession of fifteen (15) years relevant work experience, eight (8) of which must be related to the duties of this post. Candidates must also be proficient in the Maltese and English Languages and be of conduct which is appropriate to the post. This post is pegged to the Court Services Agency Grade 3. At 2024 rates, this is equivalent to €26,028 per annum, rising by annual increments of €584 up to a maximum of €31,284. The post of Manager is on a full-time indefinite basis and is subject to a probationary period of one year. Candidates are to submit their letter of application, their qualifications and experience in a Europass Curriculum Vitae Format, a copy of their relevant scanned certificates and a valid Police Conduct Certificate by e-mail on recruitment.courts@courtservices.mt. Further information and a comprehensive description of duties can be obtained by contacting the Court Services Agency on recruitment.courts@courtservices.mt. Applications will be received till Friday 8th March 2024 at 13:00 hrs. Eligibility JobsPlus Permit No.901/2023 the best chance of being iden- tified and returned to its own- er if they become lost or stolen. The permanent identification chip is inserted under the skin between the shoulder blades by means of an injection. The animal's unique chip number, together with the owner's details, are then reg- istered in the National Micro- chipping Database. This chip can be read by a scanner at veterinary clinics or by animal welfare officers, and details re- trieved from the database. Cats, ferrets and most oth- er pets can be microchipped as well but there is no legal requirement for them to be tagged like dogs. Microchipping of dogs was on a gradual rise between 2014 (5,877) to 2021 (11,358) but fell in 2022 (8,848) and 2023 (7,430). In 2021, the Commission- er for Animal Welfare Ali- son Bezzina had proposed the mandatory microchipping of cats by their owner. In a set of recommendations presented to the Animal Rights Minister Anton Refalo, she had argued that experience with dogs has proven beyond any doubt that electronic micro- chipping is the only permanent method of identifying pets, the best way of ascertaining own- ership and the most effective way of curbing abandonment. "With electronic microchip- ping not being a legal obliga- tion for cat owners, when cats get lost or injured it is almost impossible to trace their own- ers. It also makes it very easy for an owner to abandon their cat, and in some cases, feeders are stopped from neutering stray cats by people who claim ownership without proof," she had argued. Compulsory microchipping of cats has been introduced in different parts of Europe and Australia. The UK also intro- duced the microchipping of pet cats as a legal obligation in May 2021. than 89,000 dogs microchipped over past decade Dante