Assistant Secretary (Labour Tribunals) Vacancies 2026: 13 Posts for Management Service Officers Grade I
The Ministry of Justice and National Integration has called applications for 13 Assistant Secretary posts in labour tribunals around the country, but only Management Service Officers, Grade I, of the Combined Service can apply. Selection is by a structured interview that gives most marks to qualifications, seniority and experience, and the applicant must be forwarded by their own Head of Institution. This guide sets out the conditions, the full marking scheme, the tribunals with vacancies and the application steps.
Key Facts
Who Can Apply
- The only basic qualification is to be a Management Service Officer, Grade I, in the Combined Service.
- Applications from anyone else are not accepted.
- Every application must be forwarded through the Head of the institution where you are serving.
Where the 13 Vacancies Are
| Labour Tribunal | Location |
|---|---|
| No. 09 | Nuwara Eliya |
| No. 10 | Hatton |
| No. 19 | Avissawella |
| No. 26 | Kamburugamuwa (Court Complex, ලැබීම) |
| No. 28 | Halawatha (Chilaw) |
| No. 33 | Homagama |
| No. 34 | Kotapola (Galdola) |
| No. 36 | Bandarawela |
| No. 38 | Nawalapitiya |
| No. 39 | Matale |
| No. 44 | Ampara |
| Trincomalee | Court Complex, Trincomalee |
| Jaffna | 3rd floor, High Court Complex, Jaffna |
The notice says new recruits are also considered for internal transfers, so the places with vacancies may change slightly. The notice lists one entry for each place above, which gives the 13 posts. Full addresses are in the Gazette and on the Ministry's website.
How Selection Works: The Structured Interview (100 Marks)
The Secretary of the Ministry appoints an interview board. Applicants are recruited to the vacancies in order of their marks in the structured interview.
| Area | Marks | How marks are given |
|---|---|---|
| Knowledge of the Industrial Disputes Act | 10 | At the interview |
| Knowledge of the Sri Lankan judicial sector | 10 | At the interview |
| Education and vocational qualifications | 40 | See breakdown below |
| Seniority | 10 | 1 mark per year of service as Management Service Officer Grade I, up to 10 years |
| Service experience | 15 | See breakdown below |
| Skills shown at the interview | 15 | Communication 5, leadership 5, personality 5 |
| Total | 100 |
Education and vocational qualifications (40 marks)
- Certificate courses (10): From a government-recognised institution, 2 marks per certificate, up to 5 certificates.
- Training (10): Training received during your service that covers institutional code, financial regulations, human resource management, public relations, salaries, discipline, personal files and similar duty areas, 2 marks per certificate, up to 5 certificates.
- English (10): A diploma course of 6 to 12 months earns 10 marks, a certificate course of 3 to 6 months earns 5, and any other qualification earns 3. Only the highest qualification counts.
- Computer knowledge (10): The same bands as English: diploma of 6 to 12 months 10, certificate of 3 to 6 months 5, other 3. Only the highest counts.
Service experience (15 marks)
- Service as a Management Service Officer in the Labour Tribunal Secretariat or a labour tribunal: 1 mark per year, up to 10 years (10 marks).
- Service as a Chief Management Service Officer: 1 mark per year, up to 5 years (5 marks).
For seniority and experience, part-years get reduced marks. For seniority: more than 6 months but under a year gets 0.5, and more than 3 months but under 6 months gets 0.25, with nothing under 3 months. For experience: at least 6 months but under a year gets half the yearly mark, and nothing is given under 3 months. The experience notes do not say what applies between 3 and 6 months. Experience must be confirmed with documents issued by the institutions concerned.
How to Apply, Step by Step
- Download the model application form from the Ministry of Justice and National Integration's website (www.moj.gov.lk) and prepare your application in that format.
- Fill in the details in your own handwriting, clearly. The notice says forms must follow the model application.
- Have your signature attested (item 19 of the form), and give the declaration (item 18).
- Have your Head of Institution complete the certificate (item 20 of the form), which covers your service, whether you have any unresolved disciplinary matter, and whether you can be released if selected.
- Write on the top left of the envelope: Recruitment to the post of Assistant Secretary, Labour Tribunal Secretariat.
- Send it by registered post to the Secretary, Labour Tribunal Secretariat, No. 19, Sri Sangharaja Mawatha, Colombo 10, so that it arrives on or before 23 November 2026.
- Keep a copy. The notice says receipt of applications will not be acknowledged.
Applications that are incomplete, lack the basic qualification, arrive after the closing date or do not follow the model form are rejected without notice. Complaints about applications lost or delayed in the post are not considered.
What the Application Form Asks For
- Your name (with initials and in full, in Sinhala or Tamil and in English capitals), addresses, phone numbers (including WhatsApp), email address, NIC number, gender, date of birth, citizenship and marital status.
- Your present station and post, and the date you became a Management Service Officer Grade I.
- Other qualifications, as set out in the marking scheme.
- Whether you have ever been convicted by a court, and whether any disciplinary action is unresolved, with details if so.
- Three labour tribunals you would prefer to be posted to, in order. The notice says the preference does not guarantee a posting to that tribunal.
- A tick for the language medium (Sinhala or Tamil).
Applicant Guide
From the notice
- 13 permanent, pensionable posts, open only to Management Service Officers, Grade I, of the Combined Service, who apply through their Head of Institution.
- Selection is by structured interview, with marks for qualifications (40), seniority (10), service experience (15), interview skills (15), and knowledge of the Industrial Disputes Act (10) and the judicial sector (10).
- The application must be on the model form, handwritten and sent by registered post to arrive by 23 November 2026, with no acknowledgement of receipt.
- The Ministry's Secretary decides anything the notice does not cover. If the Sinhala, Tamil and English texts differ, the Sinhala text prevails.
Editor's guidance (general advice, not part of the notice)
The points below are general guidance by GovInfo.lk, not part of the official notice.
- Count your marks before you apply. Seniority and experience are worth 25 of the 100 marks, and both are counted in years, so work out your own totals from the scheme.
- Gather proof early. Experience claims must be confirmed by documents from the institutions concerned, and training and course marks need certificates, so request them well before the closing date.
- Collect your best certificates. English and computer qualifications are worth up to 10 marks each, and only a diploma of 6 to 12 months gets the full marks.
- Prepare for the interview content. Twenty marks are for knowledge of the Industrial Disputes Act and the Sri Lankan court system, so study both.
- Ask your Head of Institution early. The certificate on the form includes whether you can be released and the state of any disciplinary matter, and it must be signed and stamped.
- Choose your three preferences carefully, but treat them as preferences only.
- Post it a week early, by registered mail, and keep the receipt, since there is no acknowledgement.
🇱🇰 සිංහල සාරාංශය
- අධිකරණ සහ ජාතික ඒකාබද්ධතා අමාත්යාංශය කම්කරු විනිශ්චය සභා සහකාර ලේකම් තනතුරු 13 ක් සඳහා ඒකාබද්ධ සේවයේ කළමනාකරණ සේවා නිලධාරි I ශ්රේණියේ නිලධාරීන්ගෙන් පමණක් අයදුම්පත් කැඳවා ඇත.
- තනතුර ස්ථිර, විශ්රාම වැටුප් සහිත ය. වැටුප් පරිමාණය MN 2 – 2025: රු. 48,470 සිට රු. 82,800 දක්වා.
- ව්යුහගත සම්මුඛ පරීක්ෂණයේ ලකුණු අනුව තෝරා ගනී. ලකුණු 100 ක් (අධ්යාපන හා වෘත්තීය සුදුසුකම් 40, සේවා පළපුරුද්ද 15, ජ්යෙෂ්ඨත්වය 10, කාර්මික ආරවුල් පනත පිළිබඳ දැනුම 10, අධිකරණ ක්ෂේත්රය පිළිබඳ දැනුම 10, සම්මුඛ පරීක්ෂණයේ කුසලතා 15).
- අයදුම්පත ආදර්ශ ආකෘතියට අනුව, අත් අකුරින් සම්පූර්ණ කර, ආයතන ප්රධානියා මගින් ඉදිරිපත් කර, ලේකම්, කම්කරු විනිශ්චය සභා ලේකම් කාර්යාලය, අංක 19, ශ්රී සංඝරාජ මාවත, කොළඹ 10 වෙත ලියාපදිංචි තැපෑලෙන් 2026.11.23 දිනට හෝ ඊට පෙර ලැබිය යුතුය.
- අයදුම්පත් ලැබුණු බව දැනුම් නොදේ. නැතිවීම් හෝ ප්රමාද වීම් ගැන පැමිණිලි සලකනු නොලැබේ.
🇱🇰 தமிழ் சுருக்கம்
- நீதி மற்றும் தேசிய ஒருங்கிணைப்பு அமைச்சு Labour Tribunal (தொழில் நியாய சபை) உதவிச் செயலாளர் பதவிகள் 13 இற்கு, இணைந்த சேவையின் முகாமைத்துவ சேவை அதிகாரி தரம் I அதிகாரிகளிடமிருந்து மட்டும் விண்ணப்பங்களைக் கோரியுள்ளது.
- பதவி நிரந்தரமானது, ஓய்வூதியத்துடன் கூடியது. சம்பளப் படி MN 2 – 2025: ரூ. 48,470 முதல் ரூ. 82,800 வரை.
- கட்டமைக்கப்பட்ட நேர்முகப் பரீட்சையில் பெறும் புள்ளிகளின் அடிப்படையில் தெரிவு செய்யப்படும். மொத்தம் 100 புள்ளிகள் (கல்வி மற்றும் தொழில்சார் தகைமைகள் 40, சேவை அனுபவம் 15, சிரேஷ்டத்துவம் 10, கைத்தொழில் தகராறுகள் சட்ட அறிவு 10, நீதித்துறை அறிவு 10, நேர்முகப் பரீட்சைத் திறன்கள் 15).
- விண்ணப்பத்தை மாதிரிப் படிவத்தின்படி கையெழுத்தில் பூரணப்படுத்தி, நிறுவனத் தலைவர் ஊடாக, செயலாளர், Labour Tribunal Secretariat, இல. 19, ஸ்ரீ சங்கராஜ மாவத்தை, கொழும்பு 10 முகவரிக்குப் பதிவுத் தபாலில் 2026.11.23 அன்று அல்லது அதற்கு முன் கிடைக்கக்கூடியதாக அனுப்ப வேண்டும்.
- விண்ணப்பங்கள் கிடைத்தமை அறிவிக்கப்படமாட்டாது. தபாலில் தொலைந்தமை அல்லது தாமதம் தொடர்பான முறைப்பாடுகள் பரிசீலிக்கப்படமாட்டாது.
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Source: Ministry of Justice and National Integration, "Recruitment to the post of Assistant Secretary, Labour Tribunals – 2026", notice dated 7 October 2026, Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka No. 2,512 of 23 October 2026, Part I, Section (IIA), pages 4 to 9 (Sinhala edition). View the Sinhala PDF. 29.10.2026
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Last reviewed: 29.10.2026
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