Final list of 158 career civil service applicants approved

The Official Gazette of the Autonomous City of Ceuta (BOCCE) publishes this Tuesday, in issue 6,662, the decree of the Counselor of Presidency and Governance, Alberto Ramón Gaitán Rodríguez, which approves the final list of admitted and excluded candidates for the call to acquire career civil servant status by permanent labor personnel in the service of the Ceuta City Council. The document, reference BOCCE-6662-698, also establishes the composition of the qualifying tribunal, which will be constituted on October 23, 2026, at 10:00 AM at the Human Resources Office. This resolution exhausts the administrative route.

From the provisional list to the final decree

The decree, dated October 14, 2026, and signed the following day, is issued once the period for claims against the provisional list, which ended on August 21, 2026, has concluded. The call had been announced in the Extraordinary BOCCE number 22, of June 11, 2026, and its fourth base requires the competent body in personnel matters to issue a resolution within a maximum period of one month, in accordance with Article 20 of Royal Decree 364/1995, of March 10.

The counselor acts in use of the powers conferred by the Presidency Decree of June 23, 2023 (Extraordinary BOCCE number 42). The full certified lists are displayed to the public, and a period of ten business days is opened for correction; claims submitted are understood to be accepted or rejected with this final resolution.

158 admitted in 34 professional categories

The list of admitted candidates consists of 158 municipal employees, distributed by positions. The largest groups are:

Social Worker: 29 applicants.
Administrative: 28.
Educator: 18.
Educational Assistant: 12.
A.T.S. / D.U.E. (Nursing Degree): 11.
Nursing Assistant: 8.
Degree in Psychology: 6.
Early Childhood Education Technician: 5.
Architect and Law Degree: 4 each.
Draftsman, Socio-cultural Animator, Assistant Programmer, Collector, Graphic Design Technician, Economist Technician, and Veterinarian: 2 each.

Completing the list, with a single applicant per position, are categories such as Inspection Agent, Administrative Assistant, Caregiver, Diploma in Business, Social Graduate, Computer Engineer, Industrial Technical Engineer, Medical Degree, Degree in Computer Science, Doctor, Political Scientist-Sociologist, Pharmacy Assistant Technician, Telecommunications Assistant Technician, Laboratory Technician, Electronic Equipment Maintenance Technician, and Environmental Technician.

Nine exclusions: seven due to age and two due to base 2.1.h)

The final list incorporates nine excluded applicants, with the cause coded within the decree itself:

E01, for not meeting the age requirement by exceeding the maximum compulsory retirement age (Article 56.1.c of the TREBEP): seven people, including two for the position of Graduate in Psychology, two for Social Worker, and one each for Administrative Assistant, Nursing Assistant, Educator, and Early Childhood Education Technician.
E02, for not meeting the requirement of base 2.1.h) of the call: two people, one for Social Worker and another for Watchman-Caregiver.

Qualifying Tribunal and Process Calendar

The decree designates the selection body, chaired by Francisco Martínez Racero, with Pedro del Corral Romero as alternate chair, and with Francisco Javier Marfil Lugo as titular secretary and Gema Lebrón Reina as alternate secretary. The membership corresponds to the titular and alternate members listed in the resolution.

The constitution of the tribunal will take place on October 23, 2026, at 10:00 AM, on the third floor of the Palacio Autonómico. The date, time, and location of the first exercise will be announced on the Notice Board of the City of Ceuta.

An optional appeal for reversal may be filed against the decree within one month or, alternatively, a contentious-administrative appeal before the Contentious-Administrative Courts of Ceuta within two months, in accordance with Law 39/2015, of October 1, and Law 29/1998, of July 13.

The process affects the municipal staff at a key moment for the consolidation of their professional careers: the 158 admitted applicants are vying to become career civil servants, with the guarantee of stability that this entails, while the nine excluded individuals now have the means of appeal to defend their right to participate in the tests.

Source: Official Gazette of the Autonomous City of Ceuta (BOCCE), No. 6,662, October 20, 2026, Section I “Authorities and Personnel,” pp. 3658-3661 (official reference: BOCCE-6662-698).