Secrecy Officer (BS-17)

Board of Intermediate; Lahore; On-site; PKR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Board of Intermediate Lahore (BISE) seeks a Secrecy Officer (BS-17) to guard confidentiality across the full lifecycle of question papers, from manuscript receipt to secure dispatch at designated centers. The role operates within the Controller of Examinations secretariat to ensure zero-leakage compliance with board regulations and provincial acts.

The officer coordinates with printing presses, sealing teams, and district coordinators to uphold integrity of annual secondary and higher secondary

Qualifications

• Transparent merit-based selection process for Secrecy Officer role.
• Domicile, transcripts, and experience certificates are verified during document verification.
• Selection includes an MCQ written screening test covering General Knowledge, Pakistan Studies, Islamic Studies/Ethics, English, Mathematics, Computer Literacy, and Subject-Specific Secrecy/Administration syllabi.

Responsibilities

• Supervise receipt, custody, and movement of confidential question paper manuscripts within the strong-room facility.
• Coordinate with printing presses to enforce security protocols during composition, proofreading, and bulk printing operations.
• Monitor packet preparation, sealing, and labeling processes ensuring center-wise accuracy and tamper-evident packaging standards.
• Manage dispatch logistics through authorized couriers, maintaining real-time tracking records and delivery acknowledgment receipts.
• Oversee result compilation secrecy by restricting access to tabulation software, master keys, and award lists until official declaration.
• Conduct periodic internal audits of secrecy registers, access control logs, and staff undertaking compliance for regulatory adherence.

Job description

The Secrecy Officer (BS-17) at BISE serves as the custodian of examination confidentiality, overseeing the end-to-end lifecycle of question papers from manuscript receipt to secure dispatch across designated centers. This role operates within the Controller of Examinations secretariat, ensuring zero-leakage compliance with board regulations and provincial examination acts. The officer coordinates with printing presses, sealing teams, and district coordinators to maintain absolute integrity of secondary and higher secondary certification examinations conducted annually.

Daily workflows involve supervising the strong-room access logs, verifying manuscript handover receipts, monitoring CCTV-surveilled printing operations, and auditing packet-sealing registers for each examination center. The officer utilizes the Board's Examination Management Information System (EMIS) for tracking paper bundles, generates dispatch advices via courier tracking modules, and enforces the Secrecy Undertaking compliance from all engaged staff. Career progression leads to Deputy Controller (Secrecy) and Controller of Examinations positions upon qualifying departmental promotion examinations and service tenure requirements.

Selection follows a transparent merit-based pathway: a 100-mark MCQ written screening test covering General Knowledge, Pakistan Studies, Islamic Studies/Ethics, English, Mathematics, Computer Literacy, and Subject-Specific Secrecy/Administration syllabi. Candidates scoring the qualifying threshold are shortlisted three times the vacancies for document verification of domicile, academic transcripts, and experience certificates. Final merit is determined by combined written test scores and Departmental Selection Committee interview marks, adhering to provincial recruitment policy and quota rules.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Supervise receipt, custody, and movement of confidential question paper manuscripts within the designated strong-room facility
• Coordinate with approved printing presses to enforce security protocols during composition, proofreading, and bulk printing operations
• Monitor packet preparation, sealing, and labeling processes ensuring center-wise accuracy and tamper-evident packaging standards
• Manage dispatch logistics through authorized couriers, maintaining real-time tracking records and delivery acknowledgment receipts
• Oversee result compilation secrecy by restricting access to tabulation software, master keys, and award lists until official declaration
• Conduct periodic internal audits of secrecy registers, access control logs, and staff undertaking compliance for regulatory adherence