Daya Nueva announces a vacancy for a Local Police officer via open competition

The Daya Nueva City Council has approved the rules and the call to fill a permanent position for Local Police Officer via open competition and to establish a temporary job bank. The decision was formalized through Mayoral Resolution No. 2026-0593, dated October 7, 2026, and published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Alicante No. 196, dated October 15, 2026, within section III. Local Administration (reference 7884/2026). The deadline for submitting applications will be twenty business days starting from the day following the publication of the call summary in the Official State Gazette.

The call is governed by the specific rules approved by the City Council and the general municipal rules, and is framed within the regional police coordination regulations. The selection process is an open competition, with a single provision objective: one vacancy within the civil service staff.

One position from the 2025 employment offer

The announced position is included in the 2025 Employment Offers, published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Alicante No. 41, dated March 2, 2026, and is currently vacant within the municipality’s civil service staff. Vacancies that occur up until the date of joining the theoretical-practical training course will be added to the call.

The position is integrated into the Special Administration Scale, Special Services Subscale, Local Police and its assistants Class, Group C, Subgroup C1, in accordance with Article 76 of Legislative Royal Decree 5/2015, of October 30, and Article 37.1 d) of Law 17/2017, of December 13, on the Coordination of Local Police of the Comunitat Valenciana. The position is endowed with the salary of the aforementioned group, two extraordinary payments, triennials, and other current emoluments.

Requirements and submission of applications

Applicants must prove, with reference to the last day of the admission period, the following requirements:

• Spanish nationality and no criminal record.
• Not be disqualified from public functions by a final judgment nor separated from service through disciplinary proceedings.
• High school diploma (Bachiller) or technical degree, or equivalent qualification.
• Be at least 18 years old and not exceed the maximum compulsory retirement age.
• Minimum height of 1.65 meters for men and 1.58 meters for women.
• Commitment to carry firearms and to use them if necessary.
• Driving licenses of classes B and A2.
• Not suffer from any illness or physical defect that prevents performance, according to Decree 179/2021.

Processing is electronic, through the municipal electronic office, although physical submission is also possible at the General Registry of the City Council, at Plaza de la Constitución no. 1, 03159 Daya Nueva. The application must be accompanied by proof of payment of the fee, set at 125 euros, via deposit into the City Council’s account at Banco Sabadell ES85 0081 1449 1100 0100 9511.

Tests, selective course, and job bank

The Technical Selection Body will consist of five members: the presidency held by the head of the Local Police force, the corporation’s secretary, two members proposed by the Department competent in emergency and interior affairs, and one member from any Local Police force in the Valencian Community.

The process includes a physical aptitude test (60-meter sprint, medicine ball throw, 1,000-meter run, and 50-meter freestyle swimming), a psychotechnical test—a 50-question test with four alternative answers and a duration of one hour—a practical exercise, and a medical examination. The test and the practical exercise are graded from 0 to 50 points, with a minimum of 25 required to pass.

Those who pass the competitive examination will join the selective course of the Valencian Institute of Public Safety and Emergencies (IVASPE), with a twelve-week internship period in Daya Nueva, and will be appointed as trainee civil servants. Applicants who pass the process without obtaining a position will be integrated into a temporary job bank, with rotation across all positions and a minimum period of three months per call.

The provisional list of admitted and excluded candidates will be published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Alicante, with ten business days for corrections, and the first exercise will be held no sooner than fifteen business days after the final list.

The call for applications reinforces the Local Police staff of Daya Nueva and opens a stable path for public employment in a municipality of the Vega Baja, in addition to creating a pool that will allow for covering substitutions and temporary vacancies without resorting to extraordinary processes. For the candidates, the period of twenty business days from the announcement in the BOE marks a brief window that requires having the documentation and the fee payment ready.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Alicante, no. 196 of 10/15/2026, III. Local Administration, page 1 (official reference: 7884/2026).