Seoul Office of Education to Hire 532 New Public Officials... Facility Management Positions Selected for the First Time in 13 Years

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education will newly hire 532 local government officials this year. This is a 66% increase (212 more) compared to the 320 selected last year.

According to the Seoul Office of Education on the 2nd, the 2020 new public official recruitment will select 471 through open competition and 61 through career competition. By job category, there are 460 administrative positions (400 in educational administration, 5 in computer science, 55 librarians) and 72 technical positions (4 in engineering, 14 in facilities, 2 in health, 52 in facility management).

The Office of Education decided to select 9 candidates from specialized high schools and Meister high schools among the planned technical positions (engineering and facilities) to promote a successful era for high school graduates based on ability and to encourage early entry of excellent skilled talents into public service.

Additionally, to expand and guarantee public service opportunities for socially disadvantaged groups, they will separately recruit at least 7% (38 people) of the total planned hires as persons with disabilities, and at least 3% (16 people), higher than previous years, as low-income individuals including single-parent family protection targets.

In this appointment exam, the facility management job category will be selected for the first time in 13 years since 2007 to reduce the workload of school facility management and strengthen support for school sites. To repay the dedication and respect of national merit recipients and expand their social entry opportunities, some of the facility management positions will be specially recruited for national merit recipients (recommended by the Veterans Affairs Office).

The main subjects of the open competitive recruitment exam are set by the Ministry of Personnel Management, and subjects not set by the Ministry will be prepared by the joint examination headquarters of 17 metropolitan and provincial offices of education.

Applications for the written exam will be accepted online for five days from April 20 to 24, and the written exam will be held simultaneously nationwide on June 13. Subsequently, only those who pass the written exam will take a personality test on August 1 and an interview on August 29, with the final successful candidates announced on September 16.

Detailed information regarding additional points, eligibility conditions, and other exam-related matters can be found on the Seoul Office of Education website.

An official from the Office of Education stated, "Considering the recent spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), we will carefully prepare for the remaining period of the new appointment exam by securing additional test sites and disinfecting test sites before and after the exam," adding, "If unexpected emergency situations arise causing changes to the exam schedule, we will notify in advance to prevent confusion among examinees."

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