The City Council of Guadalajara announces two sports coordinator positions.

The City Council of Guadalajara has announced the competitive examination to fill, on a permanent basis, through the internal promotion route, two positions for Coordinator of Sports Activities vacant in its staff of contracted personnel. The rules, approved by Decree of 7 August 2026, are published in Official Bulletin of the Province of Guadalajara number 153, of 12 August 2026, and the notice is signed on 10 August by the Delegate Councillor for Human Resources, Isabel Nogueroles Viñes. Applications may be submitted within the 20 business days following the date of publication.

The two positions come from the public employment offer for the 2025 financial year, published in the BOP of Guadalajara number 109, of 9 June 2025, and will be joined by vacancies approved in subsequent offers before the end of the selection process. The call is governed by Royal Legislative Decree 5/2015, on the Basic Statute of Public Employees, Law 4/2011 on Public Employment of Castilla-La Mancha, Royal Decree 364/1995 and Royal Decree 2271/2004, on access to public employment for persons with disabilities.

Requirements and applications

As this is internal promotion, only permanent contracted personnel of the City Council with a minimum seniority of two years in the immediately lower category may participate. The remaining requirements are:

• Spanish nationality, without prejudice to the provisions of article 39 of Law 4/2011.
• Be at least 16 years of age and not exceed the compulsory retirement age.
• Qualification of Graduate in Compulsory Secondary Education, School Graduate, Elementary Baccalaureate, Auxiliary Technician or Intermediate Degree, or be in a position to obtain it by the end of the deadline.
• Not have been separated from service in any Administration nor be disqualified from exercising public functions.

Applications must be submitted exclusively electronically through the portal guadalajara.convoca.online, within the period of 20 business days counted from the day following publication in the bulletin. The examination fee is 18.00 euros, with a 50% discount (9.00 euros) for municipal workers who access through internal promotion, in accordance with the fiscal ordinance published in the BOP of Guadalajara number 237, of 15 December 2022. Applicants with a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33% may request adaptations of time and means, in accordance with Order PJC/804/2025.

Stages of the selection process

The system is competitive examination: the examination phase accounts for 75% of the final score (up to 150 points) and the merit phase 25% (up to 50 points), out of a maximum of 200 points.

• First exercise: questionnaire of 75 questions, plus 4 reserve questions, to be answered in 75 minutes on the syllabus in Annex I, which includes Law 39/2022 on Sport, sports facilities regulations, the Somos Deporte 3-18 program, and municipal sports subsidies.
• Second exercise: one or more practical tests of knowledge of the trade.
• Competitive phase: assessment of academic record and training (max. 15 points) and of seniority and grade (max. 35 points).
• The order of performance will begin with the letter “Q”, in accordance with the Resolution of 26 November 2025 of the General Directorate of Public Function of Castilla-La Mancha.

The selection panel, of the third category, will be chaired by the person designated by the Mayor’s Office and will include career civil servants as members, among them one designated by the Regional Ministry of Public Administrations of the Junta de Comunities of Castilla-La Mancha. Once the process is completed, a job pool will be formed with the applicants who have passed at least one exercise, which may be used to fill vacancies in similar functions.

With this call, the Guadalajara City Council consolidates, with permanent staff, the management of its municipal sports services and offers its employees a stable route for internal promotion. For the city, the process guarantees the regulated coverage of two key posts in the management of facilities, sports schools and competitions, as well as a job pool that will speed up future replacements.

Source: BOP of Guadalajara, no. 153, Wednesday, 12 August 2026, “Local Councils” section, pp. 1-19 (official reference: 2026/2167).