The Provincial Council of Ciudad Real announces nine selection processes with seventeen vacancies

The Governing Board of the Provincial Council of Ciudad Real approved in its ordinary session on November 3, 2026, the rules for nine selection processes that together offer seventeen positions within the provincial civil service staff. The call is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Ciudad Real number 218, of November 11, 2026, in announcements 3656 to 3664, within the Local Administration section, with a deadline for submitting applications of twenty business days from the announcement in the Official State Gazette.

The nine procedures are resolved through the competition-examination system and are distributed among the public employment offers of 2024 (BOP no. 253, of December 31, 2024), 2025 (BOP no. 241, of December 15, 2025) and 2026 (BOP no. 119, of June 25, 2026). Fifteen of the seventeen positions are for internal promotion and only the two for Economist are open to general access. The rules are signed by the president, Miguel Ángel Valverde Menchero, and by the general secretary, Luis Jesús de Juan Casero, in Ciudad Real on November 6, 2026.

Seventeen positions in nine announcements

The distribution approved by the provincial governing body is as follows:

• Printing Shop Manager: 4 positions, Group C, Subgroup C1, internal promotion (announcement 3656, p. 10643).
• Civil Engineer (Roads, Canals and Ports): 1 position, Group A, Subgroup A1 (announcement 3657, p. 10664).
• Senior Architect: 1 position, A1 (announcement 3658, p. 10687).
• Senior IT Technician (Electronic Administration Applications Analyst): 4 positions, A1, direct internal promotion to the post (announcement 3659, p. 10710).
• Senior IT Technician (External Web Development and Social Networks Analyst): 1 position, A1 (announcement 3660, p. 10733).
• Senior IT Technician (HR Applications Development Analyst): 1 position, A1 (announcement 3661, p. 10755).
• Intermediate Technician in Digital Competencies: 1 position, A2 (announcement 3662, p. 10778).
• Mechanic-Driver: 2 positions, C2 (announcement 3663, p. 10800).
• Economist: 2 positions, A2, general access (announcement 3664, p. 10822).

Six of the seventeen positions correspond to the technological field: the six for IT and digital competencies, all of which are for internal promotion.

Requirements: from trade categories to university degrees

The process for Printing Shop Manager requires having the status of career civil servant of the Special Administration Scale, Special Services Subscale, Trade Personnel class, in the categories of Master or Official, with at least two years of active service in Subgroup C2 positions.

Technical positions in subgroups A1 and A2 require specific university degrees. In the case of Economist, a Degree in Economics, Business Administration and Management, or Economic or Business Sciences is required; these two positions are also subject to a correction of errors published in the BOP no. 164, of August 27, 2026. The Mechanic-Driver positions require a Graduate degree in Compulsory Secondary Education or equivalent.

Twenty business days and a fee between 22 and 30 euros

Registration is only permitted electronically, via the form on the electronic headquarters of the Provincial Council of Ciudad Real (sede.dipucr.es), and the period is activated upon the publication of the summary in the Official State Gazette. The fees are as follows:

• 30.00 euros for the five positions in Subgroup A1 (Senior Architect, Civil Engineer, and the three in Informatics).
• 25.00 euros for Economist, Medium-level Technician in Digital Competencies, and Mechanic-Driver.
• 22.00 euros for Printing Shop Manager.
• A 10% discount on the fee if the electronic payment is completed during registration.
• Exemptions for people with a disability equal to or greater than 33%, members of large families, and victims of gender-based violence.

Failure to make full payment within the deadline results in inadmissibility and cannot be rectified.

Seventy-five points for the competitive examination and twenty-five for the merit phase

The nine processes are valued at 100 points: a maximum of 75 in the competitive examination phase and 25 in the merit phase, which is not eliminatory and only applies to those who pass the examination. The Qualifying Tribunal for each process will consist of a president, three members, and a secretary, with their respective alternates designated by resolution of the Presidency.

The tests are heterogeneous depending on the position:

• Multiple-choice questionnaires of 50 questions for Architect, Engineer, and HR and Web Informatics, and 60 for Electronic Administration Informatics and Printing.
• An 80-question test for Economist, with a second eliminatory part.
• Two practical tests with a truck for Mechanic-Driver, with a minimum of 20 points out of 40.

After the application period, the Presidency will approve the provisional lists, with ten business days to rectify defects, and subsequently the final lists, which will include the composition of the tribunal and the date of the first exercise.

The call consolidates the renewal of the Council’s technical structure: it reinforces informatics, architecture, engineering, economics, and trades, with fifteen positions reserved for the internal administrative career and only two open to new applicants. For internal staff, the calendar now opens twenty business days to register from the announcement in the BOE.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Ciudad Real, no. 218, of November 11, 2026, Local Administration — Provincial Council, pages 10643 et seq. (official reference: announcements 3656 to 3664).