The Provincial Council of Cuenca approves 43 positions in its 2026 job offer

The Provincial Council of Cuenca has approved the 2026 Public Employment Offer, which includes 39 open-competition positions and 4 internal promotion positions, according to the resolution signed by the deputy for the Personnel and Internal Regulations Area, Mr. Abel Fresneda López, published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Cuenca number 104, dated September 9, 2026. The decision was adopted by Decree No. 6800, dated September 4, 2026, corrected for material error by Decree No. 6886, dated September 8, 2026.

The offer is framed within Article 70 of the Revised Text of the Basic Statute of Public Employees (Royal Legislative Decree 5/2015), which requires the incorporation of new personnel to be articulated through this instrument. The proposal was negotiated at the general negotiation table held on May 13, 2026, and has a favorable report from the head of the personnel service issued on August 27, 2026.

120% Replacement Rate

During 2025, there were 33 computable vacancies in the corporation, of which 19 correspond to retirements and 14 to leaves of absence without reservation of post. Since the Comptroller’s report certified that the council had amortized its financial debt as of December 31, 2025, the replacement rate of 120% provided for in Article 20.2.1.b) of Law 31/2022, on the General State Budgets, is applicable.

The application of this percentage determines a maximum replacement capacity of 39.60 staff members, therefore the 39 open-competition positions fall within the legal limit. The 4 internal promotion positions do not count toward the replacement rate, in accordance with Article 20.3.4 of the aforementioned law.

Called Positions

The offer covers technical, healthcare, and service profiles, distributed by classification groups:

• Group A1: General Administration Technician (1) and IT Manager (1).
• Group A2: Preschool Teacher (1), Culture Technician (1), Local Administration Technician-Degree in Business Sciences (1), and Analyst Programmer (2).
• Group C1: Section Assistant (3 open and 2 internal promotion) and Kindergarten Specialist Technician (1).
• Group C2: Desk Head (5 open and 2 internal promotion), Publications Assistant (1), 1st Class Mechanic-Electrician Plumber (1), Guard for the Surveillance, Infrastructure, and Services Unit (1), Nursing Assistant/Geriatric Caregiver (7), and Cook (1).
• Professional Groups (AP): Office Assistant (1), Operator (5), Orderly (1), Maintenance Worker (3), and Kitchen Assistant (2).

Temporality and Disability Reservation

The corporation’s structural temporary employment rate stands at 1.82%, well below the 8% target set by Law 20/2021, therefore making an additional specific rate unnecessary. Regarding the reserve for persons with disabilities, the percentage of staff with disabilities already reaches 12.86%, exceeding the minimum quota of 7% required by Article 59 of the TREBEP.

The resolution, which exhausts the administrative route, will be published in the BOP and on the Provincial Council’s notice board, and will be forwarded to the Government Sub-delegation in Cuenca. An optional appeal for reversal may be filed against it within one month, or a contentious-administrative appeal may be filed before the Court of First Instance of Cuenca within two months.

The approval of this offer opens the door to the call for selection processes, which must be executed within a non-extendable period of three years, and represents a significant opportunity for the thousands of applicants in the province seeking a stable position in the provincial administration.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Cuenca, no. 104, September 9, 2026, pp. 6-9 (official reference: NO. 2131).