20,000 apply for 1200 new govt jobs

20,000 apply for 1200 new govt jobs

By Henry Mwangonde The Citizen Correspondent Dar es Salaam. A total of 20,763 applicants have sent their applications for jobs in the government through the public service secretariat in the President's Office. Deputy secretary of the secretariat Lucas Mrumapili said his office was in the process of going through the applications. He noted that the names of selected candidates would soon be posted on the government's website for interviews starting May 13, this year Mrumapili said vacancies advertised in English which had 185 posts included the National Audit Office (NAO), Mzumbe University (MU) and Local Government Training Institute (LGTI). Others are the National chemists office (GCLA), Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI),Tanzania Food and Drugs Agency (TFDA) and Tanzania Food and Nutrition Commission (TFNC). Candidates are also interested in working for the Tanzania Forest Research Institute (TAFORI),Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWILI) and Tanzania Education Authority(TEA). An overwhelming majority want to work in education at both Arusha Teachers College and Mbeya University of Science and Technology (Must) and at the College of Business Education (CBE). A portion of the 185 job openings are at the Tanzania Industrial Research and Development Organisation(TIRDO) and at the severely underserviced Office of the Attorney General(AG). Vacancies advertised in kiswahili, which had 949 posts, were from the offices of permanent secretaries in different ministries, regional commissioners and local administration at district level.