Figueres announces a vacancy for a middle-level management technician for Tax Collection

The Personnel Department of the Figueres City Council has approved the regulatory bases and the call to fill, as an interim civil servant, one position for a mid-level management technician (subgroup A2) in the Collection service. The process was resolved through decree 2026LLDC007675, issued on October 1, 2026, and is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Girona (BOP) no. 192, of October 6, 2026, with the official reference BOP-2026_0_192_8620 and file PRSE2026000036. Selection will be carried out by competitive examination, in an open access turn, and includes the creation of a job bank.

The appointment responds to the need to urgently fill a temporary vacancy in the municipal Collection service, assigned to the general administration scale, management subscale, group A, subgroup A2. The position is filled as interim civil servant personnel, although the resulting job bank may also feed temporary labor contracts of the same category. The announcement is signed by the mayor of Figueres, Jordi Masquef Creus, dated October 2, 2026, and for anything not provided for in the bases, Decree 214/1990, of July 30, Royal Legislative Decree 5/2015, of October 30, and Law 39/2015, of October 1, shall apply.

An interim position in the Collection service

The main functions of the position focus on municipal tax and collection management:

• Support in the preparation, management, and processing of all registers: mechanical traction vehicle tax, cemetery fee, real estate tax, rural properties, waste collection fee, vehicle entry, economic activities tax, nurseries, telecare, home help service, and rentals.
• Economic management of voluntary collection: collections and direct debits, suspensions, cancellations, and refunds.
• Debt and non-debt reports for taxpayers, and resolution of requests regarding bank domiciliations and changes of fiscal address.
• Management and processing of seizures of AEAT refunds and current accounts, as well as files in executive proceedings.
• Monthly cash closing, monthly settlements, and annual accounting, as well as telephone and public attention.

Requirements and deadlines for application

Applicants must meet the requirements on the last day of the application period:

• Spanish nationality or nationality of a European Union member state, or states with free movement of workers.
• To be at least 16 years old and not have exceeded the compulsory retirement age.
• Official university degree (degree or diploma), or equivalent.
• Certificate of Catalan proficiency level (C1) from the Junta Permanent de Català.
• Not be disqualified or dismissed via disciplinary proceedings, and not incur causes of incompatibility.
• Pay the examination fee via self-assessment, indicating group A2 and file PRSE2026000036.

Applications shall be submitted to the general registry of the Figueres City Council or through any of the means provided by Law 39/2015, starting the day after the publication of the announcement in the Official Gazette of the Generalitat de Catalunya (DOGC) and within a period of ten business days. The full call for applications is published on the municipal electronic notice board and in the BOP, and subsequent announcements on the notice board and the municipal website.

Competitive examination: twenty test points and five merit points

The selection system combines a preliminary language phase, an examination, and a merit-based competition:

• Preliminary phase: C1 level Catalan test and, for those without Spanish nationality, a Spanish language test; both are mandatory and eliminatory.
• Examination phase (20 points): a single written exercise of practical knowledge, with a maximum of two hours to solve a practical case based on the attached syllabus; a minimum of 10 points is required to pass.
• Merit phase (5 points): assessment of merits and experience, with 0.15 points per month worked in local administration in the same category and 0.075 points per month in other public administrations.

The test will take place on December 1, 2026, at 9:00 AM at the Centre de Formació Integrat Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer, at Ronda Sud, 3, Figueres. The annexed syllabus consists of 25 topics, focused on municipal organization, administrative procedure, local finances, and collection management.

Qualifying tribunal and job bank

The tribunal is constituted by the same approval of the rules:

• Chairperson: Xavier Roca Genis; substitute: Sara Carreras Aurich.
• Civil servant member: Natàlia Salleras Santaló; substitute: Francesc d’Assís Riera Boada.
• Technical specialist member: Laia Oliver Pastoret; substitute: Maria Teresa Lubian Martínez.
• Secretary: Josep Maria Sais Villanueva; substitute: Carme Cristina Garriga Asensio.

Candidates who pass the process may be called to cover temporary needs in the same category for two years from the completion of the selection process. The appointment as an interim civil servant will be published in the BOP, and the designated person must take office within one month.

The call opens a pathway to public employment at a time of sustained demand for administrative positions in the Girona regions, and it does so with a position for a technical profile specialized in municipal tax collection. For applicants, the schedule is tight: the ten-working-day deadline begins with the publication in the DOGC, and the practical test is already scheduled for December 1, 2026.

Source: Official Bulletin of the Province of Girona, no. 192, October 6, 2026, Local Administration - City Councils, pp. 1-17 (official reference: BOP-2026_0_192_8620).