Jaén announces a permanent vacancy for Garden Foreman via competitive examination

The Jaén City Council has announced the permanent filling of one Garden Foreman position, assimilated to Subgroup C2, through the open access system and a competitive examination process (concurso-oposición). The call is formalized by Resolution 2026/4882, dated September 9, 2026, issued by the Fifth Deputy Mayor Delegated to the Human Resources Area, Carlos Alberca Martínez, and is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Jaén number 181, corresponding to Thursday, September 17, 2026, under reference 2026/4326.

The announcement, signed in Jaén on September 10, 2026, is issued by virtue of the powers conferred by the Delegation Decree of the Mayoralty-Presidency of January 3, 2025. The position is vacant within the permanent labor staff of the Jaén City Council and is included in the 2026 Public Employment Offer.

The regulatory bases are not new: they were approved by Agreement of the Local Government Board on September 30, 2024, and subsequently rectified on two occasions, via agreement on October 29, 2025, and later by the agreement of December 30, 2025. The full text of the bases is published on the corporate website of the municipal electronic office and on the Edicts Board of the Jaén City Council.

Characteristics of the announced position

• Number of positions: 1.
• Category: Garden Foreman.
• Assignment: assimilated to Subgroup C2.
• Link: permanent labor staff.
• Access system: open access.
• Selection procedure: competitive examination (concurso-oposición).
• Inclusion: 2026 Public Employment Offer.
• Promoting body: Jaén City Council, Human Resources Area.

Processing and Publicity

The call is approved by Resolution 2026/4882, signed on September 9, 2026, by the Fifth Deputy Mayor Delegated to the Human Resources Area, Carlos Alberca Martínez, in exercise of the competencies delegated by the Mayoralty-Presidency on January 3, 2025.

The edict is published in the Local Administration section of the Official Gazette of the Province of Jaén number 181, dated September 17, 2026, on page 13793, under reference 2026/4326. The publication in the provincial gazette marks the beginning of the challenge periods.

Deadlines and Means of Challenge

Alternatively, the following may be filed against the bases and the call:

• Optional Appeal for Reversal (Recurso Potestativo de Reposición), before the body that issued the act, within a period of one month starting from the day following its publication in the Official Gazette of the Province of Jaén, in accordance with articles 123 and 124 of Law 39/2015, of October 1, on the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations.
• Contentious-Administrative Appeal, before the Contentious-Administrative Court of Jaén, within a period of two months from the day following publication, in accordance with article 46 of Law 29/1998, of July 13, regulating the Contentious-Administrative Jurisdiction.

If the option to file the optional appeal for reversal is chosen, the contentious-administrative appeal may not be filed until the former has been expressly resolved or has been dismissed by administrative silence.

The call is made public “for general knowledge,” according to the text of the municipal edict.

The call opens an opportunity for stable public employment at the Jaén City Council for trade personnel linked to the maintenance of green areas, a field with recurring demand among local candidates. As it is a permanent labor staff position included in the 2026 Public Employment Offer, the process reinforces the municipal workforce on a permanent rather than temporary basis, and its resolution will depend on the joint assessment of merits and selective tests provided for in the rules approved by the Local Government Board.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Jaén, number 181, of September 17, 2026, Local Administration, page 13793 (official reference: 2026/4326).