The Provincial Council of Cáceres announces two vacancies for legal urban planning technicians

The Provincial Council of Cáceres has announced two vacancies for Technician in Urban Planning Discipline, Legal specialty, through a competitive examination process (concurso-oposición) and via the open entry system. The call is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Cáceres no. 0199, dated October 16, 2026, Section I - Local Administration, page 23551 (official reference: BOP-2026-4836), and the application period will be 20 business days starting from the publication of the summary in the Official State Gazette.

The President of the Most Excellent Provincial Council of Cáceres issued the resolution on October 13, 2026, which specifically assumes the competence to approve the rules and calls for the selection of career civil servants and permanent contractual staff, approves the rules of the process, and orders its announcement in the BOP, its summary in the BOE, and the opening of the application period. The announcement is signed in Cáceres, on October 14, 2026, by Álvaro Casas Avilés, Chief of Staff.

Regulatory Framework and Position Characteristics

The positions belong to the Special Administration Scale, Technical Subscale, Senior Technician Class, Group A, Subgroup A1, of the civil servant staff of the Provincial Council of Cáceres, and are executed within the 2025 Public Employment Offer. The rules invoke the Revised Text of the Basic Statute of Public Employees, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 5/2015, of October 30, and Law 13/2015, of April 8, on the Public Service of Extremadura, following negotiation and agreement at the Public Employees Negotiation Table.

• Position codes: 5128 and 5129.
• Number of positions: two, Legal specialty, open entry.
• Selection system: competitive examination (concurso-oposición).
• Required qualification: Degree or Licentiate in Law.
• Other requirements: Spanish nationality or nationality of an EU member state, at least 16 years of age, functional capacity, and a class B driver’s license.

On the same date, the gazette published a parallel call for two positions in the Technical specialty, with codes 5130 and 5131 (official reference: BOP-2026-4837).

Applications, Fees, and Process Development

Registration is formalized exclusively through the form accessible from the announcement on the Council’s employment website, using an electronic signature and registration at the Electronic Office, addressed to unit DIR3 LA0002659. Examination fees amount to 15 euros, payable via payment gateway or transfer to UNICAJA BANCO; persons with a disability of 33% or more are exempt, and applicants who have been unemployed for at least one month prior to the announcement in the BOE enjoy a 75% discount.

The process is scored out of 10 points and consists of two phases:

• Competitive examination: 75% of the total score (7.5 points).
• Merit competition: 25% of the total score (2.5 points), non-eliminatory.
• First exercise: multiple-choice questionnaire of 120 questions plus 10 reserve questions, in 150 minutes, with 24 questions from the common part and 96 from the specific part.
• Second exercise: two practical cases drawn from three, in a maximum of three hours, with official legal texts permitted.
• Minimum to pass each exercise: 50% of the maximum score.

In the merit competition phase, the following are valued: qualification (maximum 0.2 points), experience in Public Administrations (maximum 1.5 points, at a rate of 0.025 per month), and training (maximum 0.80 points), in addition to language proficiency up to 0.0560 points.

Tribunal, job pool, and appeals

The Selection Tribunal consists of a Presidency, members, and a Secretariat, with voice and vote, appointed in accordance with Royal Legislative Decree 5/2015 and Law 13/2015 of Extremadura; a Single Tribunal will evaluate the merits of the competition. Its headquarters are established in the Personnel Area of the Palacio Provincial, at Plaza de Santa María s/n, Cáceres. The order of appearance for candidates begins with the letter “Y”, according to the draw published in the BOP of January 20, 2026.

The call will also generate a temporary job pool, composed of those who achieve at least four points in the first exercise. The act is final in administrative proceedings: a contentious-administrative appeal may be filed before the Contentious-Administrative Courts of Cáceres within two months or, optionally, a request for reversal before the Presidency within one month.

The call reinforces the provincial urban planning discipline service with two legal profile positions and opens a stable path of public employment for candidates with a Law degree in the province of Cáceres.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Cáceres, no. 0199, of October 16, 2026, Section I - Local Administration, page 23551 (official reference: BOP-2026-4836).