Gwanak-gu Creates Over 1,700 Public Jobs to Overcome COVID-19

COVID-19 Relief for Residents: 3.4 Billion KRW Supplementary Budget for Livelihood Stability and Jobs... Seoul's Largest Scale Providing Hope Jobs to Over 1,300 Residents... Establishing Employment Safety Net for Vulnerable Groups

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Jun-hee) is creating more than 1,700 public sector jobs to respond to the employment shock caused by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and to stabilize the lives of residents directly affected by unemployment and other impacts.

At the end of April, the district allocated a supplementary budget totaling 3.462 billion KRW for 28 jobs, including ▲ COVID-19 affected residents' livelihood stabilization jobs (891 million KRW) ▲ Operation of commercial district vitality keepers (274 million KRW) ▲ Youth employment support job projects (249 million KRW).

Based on this, the district will create a total of 423 jobs, including 100 personnel supporting COVID-19 response tasks, 320 departmental assistant staff such as those guiding the use of Gwanak-sarang gift certificates, and specialized personnel such as radiologists, clinical pathologists, and disaster counseling experts at the public health center.

Starting in June, 100 residents who suffered direct damage such as retirement or business closure due to COVID-19 will be deployed to public sectors including ▲ COVID-19 response department support (16 people) ▲ Recycling separation and disposal promotion (42 people) ▲ Welfare promotion and civil service guidance assistants (42 people).

Additionally, by expanding the demand for departmental assistant personnel, jobs will be provided to a total of 320 people including ▲ university student part-timers (150 people) ▲ Gwanak-sarang gift certificate usage guidance staff (25 people) ▲ Gwanaksan forest and hiking trail maintenance personnel (29 people) ▲ assistants at facilities protecting victims of violence against women (16 people) ▲ youth employment support job projects (16 people).

Furthermore, to enable constant and proactive response to infectious diseases such as COVID-19, the public health center will additionally hire specialized personnel such as radiologists and clinical pathologists, and newly recruit disaster counseling experts.

In March, to alleviate the employment shock caused by the COVID-19-induced economic downturn, Gwanak-gu additionally selected 190 people for the first half public work project, 65 people for emergency disaster living expense support, and about 30 young small business lunch support personnel, creating approximately 300 new jobs.

Moreover, in line with the large-scale public job expansion project ‘COVID-19 Overcome Hope Job Project (tentative name)’ promoted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the district plans to provide public jobs to more than 1,300 residents, the largest scale in Seoul.

The target includes vulnerable groups, unemployed persons, and those on leave or who have closed businesses due to COVID-19 and require livelihood support. The main work areas are ▲ daily quarantine support ▲ emergency public work support ▲ public rest area improvement ▲ youth support.

The district plans to speedily carry out the project from participant recruitment and selection to placement according to government guidelines to help stabilize the livelihoods of COVID-19 affected residents and strengthen the employment safety net for vulnerable groups.

Mayor Park Jun-hee said, “We are creating a large number of public jobs in various fields to recover the economic damage to families caused by COVID-19,” adding, “We will focus on the economy like quarantine efforts, strive to build an employment safety net for vulnerable groups, and do our best to restore the devastated local economy.”

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