Benefits Inspector

STATE SOCIAL INSURANCE AGENCY (Reg. No. 90001669496; www.vsaa.gov.lv) The State Social Insurance Agency (VSAA) is a state direct administration institution under the supervision of the Minister of Welfare. The VSAA's objective is to implement state policy in the field of social insurance and state social benefits, as well as to administer state pensions and state-funded pension schemes. Our values: RESPONSIBILITY – COLLABORATION – DEVELOPMENT VSAA announces a competition for Benefits Inspector, Group 1, Benefits Division, Zemgale Department, Riga City – a state civil service official position (vacancy for a fixed-term period) ____________________________________________________________________ If you: enjoy working with people, wish to acquire knowledge about state social insurance services, have the ability to evaluate information, analyze data, and propose solutions, we look forward to your application! We offer: gross monthly salary from EUR 1076 to EUR 1180 (according to the assessment of individual monthly salary determination criteria); responsible work in a responsive and professional team; opportunity to enhance knowledge and practical work experience in state administration; health insurance (after three months of service); social guarantees in accordance with those established in state administration; office location – Varakļānu iela 2, Riga. Main duties: ensure customer service; process documents and enter data into the information system; prepare and issue administrative acts; monitor benefit payments. We expect: compliance with the requirements of Article 7 of the State Civil Service Law (the 4th point of the first part of this article does not apply to a person applying for an official position that is vacant for a fixed-term period); higher education (education in law, economics, or finance qualification is preferred); preferably previous work experience in the last 5 years (experience in preparing legal documents in state administration or municipal institutions will be considered an advantage); education in the state language or state language proficiency level C1; ability to apply regulatory acts, knowledge of administrative procedure and state social insurance; customer orientation; good communication skills and argumentation abilities; ability to work with office equipment and computer programs. Applicants must submit the following documents from the date of publication of this announcement in the Employment State Agency's CV and vacancies portal until September 8, 2026: a curriculum vitae (CV in Latvian) – in accordance with the Europass CV standard, available at www.europass.lv; a motivated cover letter containing information about work experience in accordance with the requirements defined for competition applicants, as well as confirming compliance with the requirements of Article 7 of the State Civil Service Law Please send application documents to the email address: [email protected] with the notation "Application for the Benefits Inspector, Group 1, Benefits Division, Zemgale Department, Riga City position". Please note that the selected candidate, upon assuming office, must present a document confirming the education obtained (for candidates who obtained education abroad, a document on the academic recognition of education in Latvia is required), as well as a document confirming state language proficiency (in case education was not obtained in the state language). Telephone for inquiries: 67600652 The candidate evaluation commission will only consider applications with all documents specified in this announcement attached. The selection competition will take place in two rounds. First round – evaluation of candidates based on information provided in the submitted documents. Second round – evaluation of candidates during interviews, using interview and practical task methodology. We will contact the candidates selected for the second round of the personnel selection process and inform the candidates invited for interviews about the competition results. If a candidate submits personal data that is not necessary within the scope of the selection process, it is considered that the candidate has consented to the processing of such personal data. Based on Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), Article 13, the State Social Insurance Agency informs that: 1) personal data specified in application documents will be processed to ensure the conduct of the selection competition; 2) the data controller is the State Social Insurance Agency, contact information: Lāčplēša iela 70A, Riga, LV-1011, email: [email protected] Additional information about personal data processing at VSAA can be obtained on the website www.vsaa.gov.lv » About us » State Social Insurance Agency Privacy Policy.

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