Hellín announces internal promotion call for the Popular University coordinator

The Hellín City Council has published the guidelines for the call to fill, through horizontal and vertical internal promotion, the position of Coordinator of the Popular University. The announcement appears in the Official Gazette of the Province of Albacete no. 130, dated November 9, 2026, within the Third Section (Local Administration), and opens a period of ten business days to submit applications starting from the day following its publication.

A position reserved for municipal staff

The call is limited to permanent contractual staff (permanent/discontinuous) of the Hellín City Council who hold the position of Sociocultural Monitor of the Popular University and can prove at least two years of seniority in active service in the position from which they are promoting. For the calculation of those two years, periods of special services, leave for family care, and leave for gender-based violence are taken into account, as well as services recognized under Law 70/1978.

Additionally, applicants must hold a high school diploma (bachiller) or a technician’s degree, or an official title equivalent for employment purposes, or be in a position to obtain it by the closing date for applications. Applications are submitted electronically through the Hellín City Council headquarters, addressed to the Delegated Department of Personnel.

Group C1 and management functions

The position is listed with the following characteristics:

• Designation: Coordinator of the Popular University.
• Personnel type: permanent contractual.
• Classification group: C1.
• Professional group complement level (CD): 21.
• Position code: 04G0522LC1.

The functions assigned in the job description include the planning of groups and class schedules, the management of materials for workshops, the programming and evaluation of content, participation in budget management, the processing of grants, the preparation of annual reports, and the supervision of the spaces and personnel under their charge. The position is compatible with the functions of Sociocultural Monitor in the specialty corresponding to the person who eventually accesses the role.

Practical test and merit scale

The process is a competitive examination (concurso-oposición) based on 100 points. The examination phase is worth 70 points and consists of a single eliminatory practical exercise, with a maximum of two hours to resolve one or several scenarios, and requires a minimum of 35 points to pass. Subsequently, those who pass the examination have ten business days to prove merits using the standardized form in Annex II.

The merit phase distributes 30 points according to this scale:

• Seniority: up to 13 points, at a rate of 0.010 points per full month of service as a sociocultural monitor or similar within the field of popular universities.
• Experience: up to 2 points, with 0.020 points per month in positions as director/coordinator of popular universities or equivalent.
• Training: up to 10 points, with 0.01 points per teaching hour in courses from the last ten years; those under 15 hours are excluded.
• Qualifications: up to 5 points, with 5 for a degree or bachelor’s, 3 for a diploma, and 2 for an official master’s.

The syllabus consists of 20 topics, four common subjects and sixteen specific ones on popular universities, cultural management, subsidies, data protection, and occupational risk prevention. The tribunal will be collegiate and impartial, consisting of a president, two members, one member appointed by the Delegation of the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha in Albacete, and the municipal secretary.

Background and calendar

The position was included in the expansion of the 2025 Public Employment Offer, approved by resolution of the Delegated Department of Personnel no. 3770/2025, dated December 5, published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Albacete no. 146, dated December 17, 2025, with a correction of errors in no. 54, dated May 13, 2026. The process is also governed by the Mayor’s resolution no. 2729, dated November 10, 2020, regarding general criteria for internal promotion calls.

An optional appeal for reversal may be filed against the rules before the Delegated Department of Personnel within one month, or a contentious-administrative appeal before the Contentious-Administrative Court of Albacete within two months, counted from the day following the publication in the provincial gazette.

Impact on the service

Filling this position resolves the leadership of a municipal service for lifelong learning and cultural revitalization that operates in the urban center and the outlying districts, and which until now depended on a vacancy in the workforce. The result of the process will be resolved among internal staff, so the City Council seeks continuity in the management of workshops, courses, and activities without resorting to external personnel.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Albacete, no. 130, November 9, 2026, Third Section. Local Administration, pp. 19-30 (official reference: announcement 29.573).