KemenPAN-RB: Civil Service Career Opportunities Open for Researchers and Engineers
Jakarta — Indonesia’s Deputy Minister for Human Resources at the Ministry of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform (KemenPAN-RB), Aba Subagja, has stated that career opportunities for civil servants (ASN) are widely available in science and technology fields, particularly for researchers and engineers.
Speaking in Jakarta on Tuesday, Aba noted that Indonesia currently has approximately 6.5 million civil servants, with the largest proportion holding functional positions. Structural positions account for only about 5% of the total ASN workforce.
“This means that civil service career opportunities are actually much more widely open in functional positions, including functional positions in science and technology fields such as researchers and engineers,” he said.
Aba stated that strengthening science and technology human resources, including in the nuclear field, requires support through a more targeted reform of the civil service employment system.
At the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), for example, he noted that research and development advancement depends heavily on researchers and engineers who form the backbone of the organisation.
He added that the ministry is currently undertaking restructuring of ASN human resources requirements, including through the development of personnel structures at BRIN to ensure a more proportional composition of staffing needs.
With this approach, he continued, the need for specialist personnel in particular fields, including nuclear specialists, can be planned more systematically over the medium term.
Beyond new recruitment, Aba stated that human resources needs can also be filled through talent mobility schemes for civil servants, utilising employees with relevant competencies to transfer to required fields or positions.
He emphasised that strengthening talent management is essential for science and technology human resources in government institutions to develop and remain sustainable in the long term.
“Science and technology talents need to be properly managed, from requirements planning and competency development to career management,” said Aba Subagja.