The UEx approves 51 public employment positions for administrative staff

The University of Extremadura has approved its 2026 Public Employment Offer for Technical, Management, and Administration and Services staff, with a total of 51 positions. The agreement was adopted by the institution’s Governing Council in a session on October 13, 2026, and is executed via a resolution from the Management office of the same date, published in the Official Gazette of Extremadura (DOE) number 203, dated October 21, 2026, with official reference 2026062612.

The resolution is issued in compliance with Article 138 of the Statutes of the University of Extremadura, approved by Decree 163/2026, of September 9 (DOE of September 11, 2026). The text invokes Article 20.1.a) of Law 31/2022, of December 23, on the General State Budgets for 2023, which allows for a staff replacement rate of 120% for administration and services personnel at universities, provided that the budget availability of Chapter I is respected and it is proven that budget stability objectives are not affected.

Article 26 of the Budget Execution Rules of the University of Extremadura for 2026 adheres to this framework, while Article 24 of the Statutes links the call for selective tests for access to the positions effectively committed in the offer. The general criteria and their specifics were previously negotiated in the university’s Negotiating Table.

Fifty civil service positions and one contractual position

The 50 positions of a civil service nature subject to the 120% replacement rate are distributed as follows:

• Administrative Assistant Scale (C2): 20 positions, 17 general quota and 3 reserved for people with disabilities.
• Services Management Scale, specialty in Informatics and Telematics (A2): 10 positions, 9 general and 1 reserved.
• Laboratory Assistant Technicians Scale (C1): 7 positions, 6 general and 1 reserved.
• Management Scale (Law) (A2): 2 positions.
• Legal Counsel Scale (A1): 2 positions.
• Services Assistant Technicians Scale (Audiovisual Communication) (A2): 2 positions.
• With one position each: Management Scale (Instructional Designer), Services Management Scale, specialty in Technical Architecture, Services Management Scale, specialty in Industrial Technical Engineering, Higher Occupational Risk Prevention Scale (Company Doctor), Occupational Risk Prevention Management Scale (Applied Ergonomics and Psychosociology), Occupational Risk Prevention Management Scale (Company Registered Nurse), and Services Assistant Technicians Scale (Community Manager).

Added to these is one contractual position for a Specialist Technician (Animal Experimentation), subgroup C1, linked to the coverage of planned partial retirements.

Open access, disability, and internal promotion

One of the two positions in the Management Scale (Law) will first be offered via internal promotion and, if not filled, will be added to the open competition. The resolution dedicates a specific article to internal promotion as a tool for meeting needs and professional development for existing staff, subject to the existence of budgetary credit and the outcomes of collective bargaining.

In the open access processes, the measures of Decree 111/2017, of July 18, which regulates the access of people with disabilities to public employment in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura, will be applied. Vacant positions from the disability quota will be added to those called in the open competition.

The text also establishes that during 2026, no temporary staff will be hired nor will interim civil servants be appointed, except in exceptional cases, including support for research projects and the coverage of urgent and unavoidable needs.

Deadlines, publicity, and examination fees

The calls for open selective tests derived from the offer will be published in the Official Gazette of Extremadura and in the Official State Gazette, to guarantee the publicity required by article 75.2 of Organic Law 6/2001, of December 21, on Universities, and must be executed within a maximum period of three years. The processes for civil servant personnel will be subject to the Resolution of May 16, 2022, which establishes the general bases for the selective processes for entry into the Administration and Services scales (DOE number 99, of May 25, 2022).

Examination fees are determined in article 47 of the Budget Execution Rules of the UEx for 2026, with discounts and exemptions:

• Partial discount of 50% for unemployed persons with at least three months in a legal situation of unemployment prior to the publication of the call.
• Total exemption for applicants with a disability equal to or greater than 33%.
• Reimbursement of the fee to applicants who prove to be a third or subsequent dependent child, with family residence in Extremadura and family income lower than five times the minimum interprofessional wage.
• Exemption for victims of terrorism, their spouses or domestic partners, and their children.

The resolution also incorporates two additional provisions: the creation of a section for selective process calls on the university website, within the Human Resources Functional Area, and the subordination of the tribunals to article 60 of the Basic Statute of the Public Employee. The document is signed by the Manager, Juan Francisco Panduro López.

The offer opens the door to around fifty new entries into public employment at the university of Extremadura, with the bulk of the positions concentrated in the Administrative Assistant Scale and in the specialty of Informatics and Telematics. For applicants, the next step will be the publication of each call in the DOE and the BOE, a procedure upon which the application deadlines will depend.

Source: Official Gazette of Extremadura, number 203, of October 21, 2026, section I (official reference: 2026062612).