Overview

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption is recruiting 85 Office Assistants (Grade III, Primary Service level, non-technical) on an open basis. Applications must reach the Commission on or before 16 November 2026.

Salary

  • Scale: Rs. 40,500 – 10 x 450 – 10 x 490 – 7 x 540 – 15 x 590 – 62,530 (starting basic Rs. 40,500)
  • Salary code AC-PL-1-2025
  • Allowances approved by Parliament on 17 March 2026 for this post are paid on top of the basic salary

Age limit

Between 21 and 32 years.

Education

  • G.C.E. (O/L): six subjects passed in no more than two sittings, including at least two credit passes

Experience and professional qualifications

None required.

Other requirements

  • Sri Lankan citizen
  • Good character
  • Physical and mental fitness to carry out the duties of the post and to serve in any part of Sri Lanka

Selection process

Recruitment is 100% on an open basis, through a written examination and a structured interview.

  • Paper I, General Knowledge: 1 hour 30 minutes, 100 marks, pass mark 40. It covers Sri Lanka’s political, social, cultural and economic setting, the education system and national and international current affairs
  • Paper II, Aptitude Test: 1 hour 30 minutes, 100 marks, pass mark 40. It tests reasoning ability
  • The written examination is held in Colombo, in Sinhala, Tamil or English. You sit it in one language only, and that language becomes your medium of recruitment. You cannot change it later
  • You must sit both papers
  • Those who score at least 40% in each paper are called for the interview. The number called equals the vacancies plus 50% of the vacancies
  • Written marks are not given to the interview board

Structured interview (100 marks)

  • Additional educational qualifications: 20
  • Professional knowledge: 20
  • Extracurricular activities: 20
  • Service experience: 10
  • Performance at the interview: 30
  • You need at least 60 marks to be considered
  • Final selection follows the order of merit from the combined written and interview marks

Terms of service

  • Permanent post with Employees’ Provident Fund and Employees’ Trust Fund benefits
  • Three-year probation. Confirmation depends on satisfactory work, conduct and passing the efficiency bar
  • You must pass the efficiency bar within 3 years of recruitment, as set in the recruitment procedure
  • Your performance is appraised every year, and increments and promotions use that appraisal
  • Officers recruited through a medium other than a national language must gain the prescribed official language proficiency during probation
  • The post follows the Commission’s rules, Establishments Code Volume II, Financial Regulations and circulars

Examination fee

Rs. 1,000. Pay it into account 7040057 of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption at the Bank of Ceylon, Torrington branch. The fee is not refunded for any reason. Stick the original receipt on your application and keep a photocopy.

සිංහලෙන්

Office Assistant Grade III vacancy at the Bribery Commission in Sinhala

අල්ලස් හෝ දූෂණ චෝදනා විමර්ශන කොමිෂන් සභාවේ කාර්යාල කාර්ය සහායක III ශ්‍රේණියේ තනතුරු 85ක් සඳහා විවෘත පදනමින් අයදුම්පත් කැඳවා ඇත. අයදුම්පත් 2026 නොවැම්බර් 16 වන දිනට හෝ ඊට පෙර ලැබිය යුතුය.

  • වැටුප් පරිමාණය: රු. 40,500 – 10×450 – 10×490 – 7×540 – 15×590 – 62,530 (ආරම්භක වැටුප රු. 40,500)
  • වයස: අවුරුදු 21 ත් 32 ත් අතර
  • අ.පො.ස. (සා/පෙළ) විභාගයේ දෙවරකට නොවැඩි වාර ගණනකදී සම්මාන දෙකක් ඇතුළුව විෂයයන් හයක් සමත් විය යුතුය
  • ශ්‍රී ලාංකික පුරවැසියෙකු විය යුතුය. වෘත්තීය සුදුසුකම් හෝ පළපුරුද්ද අවශ්‍ය නැත
  • තේරීම: ලිඛිත විභාගය (සාමාන්‍ය දැනීම සහ අභියෝග්‍යතාවය, කොළඹදී) සහ ව්‍යුහගත සම්මුඛ පරීක්ෂණය
  • විභාග ගාස්තුව රු. 1,000

How to apply

Fill in the application in the model format printed at the end of the notice. Complete it in English only, on A4 paper.

Send it by registered post to: Director General, Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, P.O. Box 1431, No. 36, Malalasekara Mawatha, Colombo 07. It must arrive on or before 16 November 2026. Applications received after that date are rejected.

Write “කාර්යාල කාර්ය සහායක III ශ්‍රේණියට බඳවා ගැනීම” in the top left corner of the envelope.

A school principal of a government school, a Justice of the Peace, a Commissioner for Oaths, an Attorney-at-Law, a Notary Public, a commissioned officer of the tri-forces, or a permanent government or provincial public service officer drawing a consolidated monthly salary of Rs. 71,240 or more must certify your signature on the application.

Documents to attach

  • Certified photocopy of your National Identity Card
  • Certified photocopy of your birth certificate
  • Certified copies of the certificates for the basic qualifications above
  • Certified copies of 2 recent character certificates
  • The examination fee receipt

Bring the original documents and the certified copies to the interview.

Complaints about applications lost or delayed in the post are not considered. Giving false information leads to rejection before or removal after recruitment. The Commission’s decision on vacancies and recruitment is final. If the Sinhala, Tamil and English texts of the gazette differ, the Sinhala text applies.

This notice follows Extraordinary Gazette No. 2504/07 of 1 September 2026 and is dated 13 October 2026.