La Serena announces a competitive examination to make the Manager position a permanent civil service post

The Mancomunidad de Municipios La Serena, headquartered in Castuera (Badajoz), has approved the regulatory bases for the restricted competitive examination for access to the status of career civil servant for the position of Manager, currently held by permanent contractual staff. The call is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Badajoz number 166, dated August 31, 2026, via Announcement 3423/2026, signed by the president, Raimundo Dávila Fortuna.

The process is part of the civil servant conversion provided for in the second transitional provision of the consolidated text of the Law of the Basic Statute of the Public Employee, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 5/2015, of October 30. The position is included in the public employment offer for 2026, approved by a Presidency resolution on June 26, 2026, and published in the DOE number 143, of July 27, 2026, following the Assembly agreement of May 8, 2026, which approved the staffing plan with the conversion of the Management position to a civil servant role.

Characteristics of the position

The position of Manager constitutes the administrative management and technical coordination body of the organization, under the dependency of the Presidency and the governing bodies of the Mancomunidad. Its characteristics are:

• Title: Manager.
• Nature: career civil servant.
• Scale: General Administration; sub-scale: Management.
• Group: A; sub-group: A2.
• Destination supplement level: 27.
• Selection system: competitive examination (concurso-oposición).

Its functions include the direction and coordination of joint services and programs, human resources management, the preparation of procurement files, grants, and agreements, and institutional coordination with the Junta de Extremadura, the Provincial Council of Badajoz, the member municipalities, and the General State Administration.

Requirements and process development

Those who hold the status of permanent contractual staff of the Mancomunidad and are covered by the scope of the second transitional provision of the Basic Statute of the Public Employee may participate, provided they meet the requirements of qualification, functional capacity, and absence of incompatibilities. Applications shall be submitted within twenty business days from the publication of the summary in the BOP.

The process consists of two phases:

• Examination phase (maximum 40 points): a multiple-choice questionnaire of 50 questions in 60 minutes (25 points) and a practical case study on Management functions in 60 minutes (15 points).
• Merit phase (maximum 35 points): professional experience (25), training and professional development (5), and additional academic qualifications (5).

The Selection Board, composed exclusively of career civil servants, shall submit to the Presidency the proposal for the appointment of the person with the highest final score. The call for applications is published in full in the BOP and on the electronic headquarters of the Mancomunidad, and its summary in the Official State Gazette.

Relevance of the call

The conversion of the Management position to a civil service status consolidates a key role for the administrative direction of the Mancomunidad, which provides supra-municipal services regarding social affairs, waste, the water cycle, urban planning, and training to the municipalities of the La Serena region. The process, restricted to the entity’s permanent contractual staff, guarantees the stability of the management and reinforces the principles of equality, merit, and capacity in access to local public employment.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Badajoz, no. 166, August 31, 2026, Local Administration, Mancomunidades, p. 2-15 (official reference: Announcement 3423/2026).