Don Benito announces six Administrative positions via open competitive examination

The Don Benito City Council has announced selective tests to permanently fill six Administrative positions, civil servant personnel, in the open competition system via a merit-and-examination process. The call is signed by the mayor-president Elisabeth Medina Bravo and is published in full in the Official Gazette of the Province of Badajoz (BOP) No. 198, dated October 15, 2026, under announcement 4061/2026.

The call is issued using the powers conferred by Article 21.1 g) of Law 7/1985, of April 2, Regulating the Bases of Local Government. For matters not provided for in the bases, the following shall apply: Royal Legislative Decree 5/2015, of October 30, which approves the revised text of the Law of the Basic Statute of the Public Employee (EBEP), Decree 201/1995, of December 26, of the General Regulations for the Entry of Personnel into the Service of the Autonomous Community of Extremadura, and supplementarily RD 364/1995, of March 10, together with Law 39/2015 and Law 40/2015.

The positions belong to group C, subgroup C1, General Administration scale, Administrative subscale, and are endowed with the emoluments corresponding to said group, level, and specific supplement consigned in the budget. The bases warn that these positions could be replaced by the results of definitive provision processes that may eventually take place before the selection process is completed.

Six positions divided among three job offers

The six vacancies are broken down among three public employment offer exercises, with the following Job Position Relationship (RPT) codes:

• 2024 public employment offer: code FEAD01.
• 2025 public employment offer: codes VOAD02 and VOAD05.
• 2026 public employment offer: codes ACAD01, AGAD09, and AGAD17.

The selection procedure is the merit-and-examination process provided for in Article 61.6 of the EBEP, with the particularity that the evaluation of the merit phase will be carried out once the examination phase has ended.

Requirements, applications, and fees

Applicants must meet the required conditions as of the deadline for submitting applications and maintain them throughout the process and until taking office:

• Spanish nationality or meet the requirements of Article 57 of the EBEP for nationals of other States.
• Be at least sixteen years of age and not have reached retirement age.
• Hold a Bachiller or Technician degree or equivalents, or meet the conditions to obtain them.
• Not suffer from any illness or physical defect that prevents the performance of the duties.
• Not have been dismissed through disciplinary proceedings nor be under absolute or special disqualification for public employment or office.

The deadline for submitting applications is 20 business days starting from the day following the publication of the call announcement in the Official State Gazette (BOE), once the full rules have been published in the BOP. Applications, addressed to the mayor-president, shall be submitted to the General Registry of the City Council from Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 14:00 hours or in accordance with article 16.4 of Law 39/2015.

Examination fees are set at 16.00 euros, with a 50% reduction for those who prove a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33% and for applicants in a legal situation of unemployment; these discounts are not cumulative. Failure to pay the fee within the deadline will result in exclusion, without the possibility of rectification.

Two eliminatory exercises and competition phase

The competitive examination phase consists of two eliminatory exercises, scored from 0 to 10 points, with a minimum of 5 required to pass:

• First exercise: a questionnaire of 80 multiple-choice questions with three alternative answers, based on the common and specific subject matter of Annex II, with a maximum of 100 minutes and 10 additional reserve questions. It is graded at 0.125 points per correct answer, with a penalty of one correct answer for every three errors and one correct answer for every six blank questions.
• Second exercise: resolution of one or several cases, multiple-choice, short answer, or a combination of both, based on topics 26 to 40 of Annex II.

After each exercise, a period of 5 business days is opened for appeals. Those who pass the competitive examination will have 5 business days to submit the merits for the competition phase, valued according to the scale in Annex III. In the event of a tie, priority will be given, successively, to the higher score in the competitive examination, professional experience, and training.

Board, job bank, and taking office

The Qualifying Board shall be presided over by a public employee appointed by the Mayor’s Office, with the Secretary of the Corporation or an employee to whom they delegate, and shall include a public employee member from the Regional Government of Extremadura and three public employees designated by the Mayor’s Office. Representatives of each union with a presence in the City Council may attend as observers, with a voice but without a vote.

The Board will also draw up a waiting list or job bank consisting of those who, without passing the process, have passed at least the first exercise, ordered by the number of exercises passed and the score. The appointment proposal will be submitted to the mayor-president, who will make the appointment and notify the taking of office, with an oath or promise in accordance with Royal Decree 707/1979, of April 5. An optional appeal for reversal may be filed against the rules within one month or, directly, a contentious-administrative appeal.

The call for applications strengthens the municipality’s administrative staff with six structural positions and opens a new pathway to local public employment for those with a High School diploma or Technical degree. Furthermore, the creation of a job bank will allow for the filling of temporary vacancies, substitutions, and fixed-term contracts at the Don Benito City Council.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Badajoz, no. 198, October 15, 2026, Local Administration, page 1 of 14 (official reference: announcement 4061/2026).