Ciudad Real announces a vacancy for a multi-service operator via competitive examination

The City Council of Ciudad Real has announced a vacancy for a Multi-Services Operator, classified under group OAP, through a competitive examination system (concurso-oposición) in the open shift. The Local Government Board approved the call and the selection criteria in an ordinary session held on November 3, 2026, and the full text is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Ciudad Real on November 9, 2026, in announcement number 3620. The announced position is number 1041 and corresponds to the public employment offer for the 2024 fiscal year.

The call is supported by Article 171 of Royal Decree 781/1986, of April 18, and is governed by Law 7/1985 regulating the Bases of Local Regime, Royal Legislative Decree 5/2015 of the Basic Statute of the Public Employee, Law 4/2011 on Public Employment of Castilla-La Mancha, and Royal Decree 364/1995 on entry into the Administration. The position belongs to the Special Administration Scale, Special Services Subscale, Trade Personnel Class, with the basic remuneration of the group, two extraordinary payments, and triennials. The criteria incorporate the principle of equal treatment between women and men in access to employment and provide for adaptations of time and means for people with disabilities.

A position with no academic qualification requirement

The process is open to those who meet the requirements of the second criterion, including:

• Spanish nationality or that of a member state of the European Union, with the extensions provided for spouses and descendants.
• Functional capacity to perform the tasks.
• Being at least 16 years old and not exceeding the maximum compulsory retirement age.
• Not having been dismissed through disciplinary proceedings nor being disqualified from exercising public functions.

No academic qualification is required. The requirements must be met by the last day of the application period and maintained until the assumption of office. When the characteristics of the position require it, a certificate from the Central Registry of Sexual Offenders and Human Trafficking may be requested.

Twenty business days and a ten-euro fee

Applications shall be submitted within a period of 20 business days starting from the day following the publication of the summary announcement in the BOE. Processing will be carried out through the municipal Electronic Office, in the Employment and Selection Processes section; for groups C2 and OAP, in-person submission at the General Registry is also permitted. Regarding payment:

• General fee amount: 10 euros.
• Reduced fee of 1 euro for unemployed persons who have not received contributory benefits for at least the month prior to the approval of the call.
• Exemption for persons with a disability equal to or greater than 33%.

Failure to make full payment within the deadline will result in inadmissibility, with no possibility of subsequent rectification. After the deadline, the personnel body will publish the provisional list of admitted and excluded candidates in the Official Provincial Gazette, with ten business days provided for rectification.

Two eliminatory exercises and fifteen merit points

The total valuation is 100 points: 85 for the competitive examination (oposición) and 15 for the merit competition (concurso). The competitive examination consists of two mandatory and eliminatory exercises, both graded from 0 to 42.5 points, with a minimum of 21.25 required to pass:

• First theoretical exercise: a multiple-choice questionnaire of 50 questions with three alternative answers and 7 reserve questions, lasting 70 minutes; errors penalize one-third of the value of a correct answer.
• Second practical exercise: resolution of one or several cases related to the annexed syllabus, covering gardening, masonry, plumbing, road signaling, cleaning, cemeteries, and municipal ordinances, among other subjects.

The merit phase is not eliminatory and distributes 15 points: up to 10 for professional experience in the same category (0.5 points per full month) and up to 5 for training, with 3.5 for specific training and 1.5 for transversal training, valued at 0.02 points per hour.

Tribunal, order of appearance, and job bank

The Qualifying Tribunal will be composed of a president, four members, and a secretary with a voice but no vote, all of whom are career civil servants, with an equal number of substitutes. The order of appearance will begin with the letter “Q”, according to the draw by the General Directorate of the Civil Service of the Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha. The exercises must be completed within a maximum of nine months from the first test, and at least 72 hours and at most 45 calendar days must elapse between them. Upon conclusion of the process, a single temporary job bank will be established. The announcement is signed in Ciudad Real, on November 4, 2026, by the Head of the Support Body for the Local Government Board, Cristina Moya Sánchez.

The call opens an access route to the municipal civil service without a degree requirement, aimed at trade and multi-service profiles, and reinforces the municipal staff with one position from the 2024 offer. Interested parties must prepare the syllabus and gather the merit documentation before the deadline, as only those accredited within the application period will be valued.

Source: Official Provincial Gazette of Ciudad Real, November 9, 2026, section I (City Councils), pp. 13-25 (official reference: announcement no. 3620; CVE 6KDD5KL645mmFYMmFth6).