Minister of Social Affairs: Time to Empower National Talents in Cooperative Jobs

- 70 vacant supervisory positions across 59 cooperatives.. Accelerating Kuwaitization to include technical, engineering, and administrative specialties

- Recording interviews with audio and video to ensure integrity, transparency, and equal opportunity for all applicants

Minister of Social Affairs, Labor, and Social Development, Dr. Amal Al-Huwaili, affirmed that the time has come to empower qualified national talents to assume positions in cooperative societies, stressing the need to accelerate the pace of Kuwaitization and provide opportunities for citizens with relevant experience and specializations to fill roles that match their qualifications and capabilities.

Speaking while monitoring today’s work of the committee responsible for Kuwaitizing supervisory positions in cooperative societies, which began conducting personal interviews for citizens who passed the qualifying exams to compete for 70 vacant positions across 59 cooperative societies, Al-Huwaili stated that these efforts are in implementation of the political leadership’s directives and align with the state’s direction toward strengthening the presence of national cadres in various sectors.

She clarified that the Ministry continues to implement the Kuwaitization plan according to well-studied stages and fixed steps, emphasizing that the current phase requires doubling efforts and accelerating procedures to achieve targets and capitalize on available job opportunities for Kuwaiti youth.

She added that the Kuwaitization plan is not limited to supervisory positions but also includes support roles in technical, engineering, and administrative specialties, ensuring the utilization of national talents and assigning positions to qualified individuals based on their expertise and specializations.

Al-Huwaili pointed out that cooperative societies represent an important work environment for attracting Kuwaiti youth, highlighting the distinguished status of the cooperative sector in Kuwait’s history and its role in serving society and meeting citizens’ needs under various circumstances and crises.

She drew attention to the notable interest from youth and women in applying for jobs in cooperative societies, stressing the importance of leveraging this interest to enhance the participation of national cadres and develop the cooperative sector.

She emphasized the necessity of adhering to uniform and clear standards for selecting candidates for supervisory positions, explaining that recording personal interviews with audio and video aims to enhance integrity and transparency, ensure the soundness of evaluation procedures, and guarantee equal opportunity among applicants.

She affirmed that candidate selection must be based on fair and objective professional criteria, free from personal considerations, thereby enhancing trust in the recruitment process and ensuring the selection of the most qualified and deserving candidates.

Al-Huwaili commended the efforts of the working teams and participating entities in implementing the Kuwaitization plan, stressing the importance of continuing coordination between the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Public Authority for Manpower, and relevant authorities to accelerate procedures and achieve desired objectives.

Personal interviews for candidates for supervisory positions in cooperative societies are scheduled to continue until November 17 of this year.