Legal Officer – Department of Probation and Child Care Services Battaramulla

Posted July 4, 2025 by Department of Probation and Child Care Services

Closing Date : July 27, 2025

Legal Officer – Department of Probation and Child Care Services

  • Recruitment for the Post of Legal Officer (Executive Category –Grade III) of the Department of Probation and Child Care Services-Open Basis - 2024
  • APPLICATIONS are invited from Sri Lankan citizens who have fulfilled the requisite qualifications mentioned in this notification to fill the vacancy (01) of Legal Officer, Executive Category Grade III of the Department of Probation and Child Care Services under the purview of the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs.

 

Educational Qualifications:

 

  • Should have taken oaths as an Attorney-at-Law in the Supreme Court. 

 

Professional Qualifications:

 

  • Should have an active professional experience of not less than three (03) years as an Attorney-at-Law subsequent to taking oaths as an Attorney-at-Law in the Supreme Court. (Documents submitted at the interview in proof of the active professional experience should clearly carry the period during which the experience was gained, date and the official seal of the attester) 

Or 

  • Should have gained not less than three years (03) of experience in the field of Law in relation to the following functions in a public institution subsequent to taking oaths as an Attorney-at-Law in the Supreme Court. (These facts should be confirmed by a letter issued by the Secretary, Head of the Department, together with documentary evidence)

 

Other Qualifications:

 

  • Should be a citizen of Sri Lanka.
  • Applicants must have excellent character.
  • Should have fulfilled the required qualifications in every aspect as of the closing date of the application. 

 

Physical Requirements:

 

  • Every candidate should be in good physical and mental order to serve in any part of the island and to discharge the duties of the post.  

 

Salary Scale:

 

  • This post is entitled to a (monthly) salary scale of Rs. 82,150 -10 x 2,400 – 8x 2,940 - 17 x 3,900 - Rs.195,970/- (salary code in the Public Administration Circular No. 10/2025 issued on 25.03.2025 is SL 1 – 2025 and payments shall be made to you as mentioned in Schedule I).  

 

Age Limit: 

 

  • Applicants should not be less than 21 years of age and not more than 45 years of age as at the closing date of the application.

 

General Conditions: 

 

  • This post is permanent and pensionable. 
  • You are subject to any policy decision taken in future by the Government in connection to the pension scheme entitled to you. 
  • You are required to make contributions to the Widows’/Widowers’ and Orphans’ Pension Scheme. 
  • Further, you are required to make the above contributions as directed from time to time by the government. 
  • This appointment is subject to a probation period of three (03) years, and you will be required to pass the First Efficiency Bar Examination specified in the Scheme of Recruitment within three (03) years of appointment. 
  • Candidates should acquire the relevant proficiency in other official language in addition to the official language he/she joined the service as per the Public Administration Circular 18/2020 dated 16.10.2020 and the circulars incidental thereto and officers who joined the service in a medium other than an official language should acquire proficiency in the prescribed official language within the probation period. 
  • This appointment will be subject to procedural rules of the Public Service Commission, Establishment Code of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Financial Regulations of the government and other departmental regulations. 
  • The language medium applied for will not be allowed to be changed later, and the language medium for which you are eligible for appointment will be the language medium mentioned by you in the application. 

 

Method of Recruitment:

 

  • Out of the applicants who have fulfilled the qualifications specified in the notification, the applicant scoring the highest marks from the Aptitude Assessment Interview conducted by an interview board appointed by the Public Service Commission, will be recruited to fill the existing vacancy. 
  • Aptitude Assessment Interview will be conducted in conformity with the marking scheme (given under No. 06) approved by the Public Service Commission. 
  • The effective date of this appointment will be determined by the Public Service Commission. 

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