Ferrol announces 12 administrative positions via internal promotion from the 2024 OEP

The Ferrol City Council is calling for 12 administrative positions through the internal promotion process, one of the largest public employment calls of the year in the municipality. The resolution was issued on November 3, 2026, by the councilwoman delegated to the area of Finance and Human Resources, Susana María Sanjurjo Fraga, and is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of A Coruña number 214, dated November 9, 2026, under announcement number 2026/7202.

A call reserved for municipal staff

The positions are framed within the General Administration Scale, administrative subscale, classification group C, subgroup C1, and appear in the public employment offer of the Ferrol City Council for the year 2024, published in the BOP number 206, dated October 24, 2024. The filling of these positions will be permanent and through the competition-examination system, in accordance with the general bases approved by resolution on May 9, 2024, and published in the BOP number 104, dated May 30, 2024.

The basic remuneration corresponds to group C, subgroup C1, while the complementary payments are those fixed in the council’s job position list, approved in the BOP number 248, dated December 29, 2025. The resolution was signed using the delegation conferred by the agreement of the Local Government Board on December 11, 2023 (BOP number 241, dated December 20, 2023) and exhausts the administrative route.

Requirements and submission of applications

Persons who can prove the following conditions may apply:

• Be in possession of a high school diploma (bachillerato) or equivalent, although career civil servants of the administrative subscale C2 of the council with 10 years of seniority in that subgroup, or 5 years and the completion of a specific training course, are exempt.
• Have provided effective service as a civil servant for at least 2 years in the subgroup from which they are promoting.
• Not exceed the maximum compulsory retirement age and possess the necessary physical and psychological capacities.

Applications shall be submitted preferably electronically via the municipal electronic office, although forms provided for in article 16.4 of Law 39/2015 are also accepted. The deadline is 20 business days from the day following the publication of the summary of the call in the Official State Gazette. The examination fee is 34.54 euros, according to tax ordinance number 28, and non-payment results in exclusion without the possibility of amendment.

Prior competition of 40 points and eliminatory test

The competition phase takes place before the examination, is not eliminatory, and distributes up to 40 points among four sections:

• Seniority: maximum 15 points, at 0.08 points per full month of service in the auxiliary subscale, with up to 0.5 additional points for maternity/paternity leave, reduction of working hours, or leave for the care of relatives in the last five years.
• Consolidated personal grade: maximum 5 points, from 1 point for level 14 up to 5 points for level 18.
• Knowledge of Galician: maximum 5 points, with 2.5 for the intermediate level of administrative language and 5 for the superior level.
• Training: maximum 15 points, at 0.01875 points per accredited hour up to 800 hours.

The competitive examination is worth 60 points and consists of a test of 50 questions plus 5 reserve questions, with 75 minutes of time and a minimum of 30 points to pass; each correct answer adds 1.2 points and mistakes do not subtract. It is completed with a mandatory Galician test consisting of the translation of a text in Spanish in 45 minutes, unless exempt by Celga IV. Ties are resolved by alphabetical order starting with the letter M, according to the draw published in DOG number 16, of January 26, 2026.

Estimated calendar and syllabus

Annex III of the bases establishes an indicative calendar: the competition phase will take place in December 2026 and the first exercise of the examination in February 2027. The syllabus comprises 20 topics on administrative procedure, local regime, public sector contracts, budgets, transparency, occupational risk prevention, and linguistic standardization. The composition of the tribunal and the date of constitution will be announced with the publication of the definitive lists of admitted and excluded candidates in the BOP and on the electronic headquarters.

The call directly affects municipal personnel of Ferrol with promotion expectations, who now have one of the greatest internal opportunities of the year to consolidate their administrative career without leaving the council’s personnel staff. An optional appeal for reversal may be filed against the resolution within one month, or a contentious-administrative appeal within two months.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of A Coruña, nº 214, November 9, 2026, Local Administration, pp. 1-8 (official reference: announcement 2026/7202).