DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon is hoping to fill thousands of vacant positions in the agency within this year.

The agency is actively seeking young professionals to join its reform plan by conducting a nationwide campus job fair.

There are nearly 2,000 vacant positions offered across the country.

DPWH is looking forward to occupying the positions in the engineering and accountancy sectors.

The positions available for engineering are the following:

• Engineer II 
• Project Evaluation Officer

Sec. Dizon hopes to recruit principled accountants to fill the vacancies.

“Alam mo naman, ‘yung mga kalokohan, di pwedeng walang mga finance na kasabwat. So, kailangan talaga matitino ‘yung mga accountant natin.” he said

[“You know, the misconduct, it’s impossible if they have no accomplice in finance. So, we need principled accountants.”]

“At tsaka ang problema, marami ding nawawala. Marami tayong vacancies for accountants eh,” he added

[“Also, the problem is that many are also leaving. We have more vacancies for accountants.”]

Positions offered for accountancy are:

• Accountant I
• Accountant II
• Administrative Officer I
• Administrative Officer II
• Administrative Officer V

Aside from the external applicants, the available positions are also open for existing employees.

“Marami din don within.. ipo-promote natin from contractual to permanent. Pero marami din naman ngayon na pwede silang maging Project Evaluation Officers na contractual muna. Kasi typically naman sa DPWH, contractual muna hangga’t di pa pumapasa ng board.” Sed. Dizon said

[“Many from them within… we will promote them from contractual to permanent. But mostly, we can appoint them as Project Evaluation Officers for a while. Because typically in DPWH, it should begin on a contractual basis until they pass the board.”]

With reports from Jed Nerecina

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