Melilla announces open competitive examination for three public health veterinarian positions

The Ministry of Presidency, Public Administration and Equality of the Autonomous City of Melilla has announced an open competitive examination for the permanent appointment of three Public Health Veterinarian positions, belonging to the Special Administration Scale, Technical Subscale, subgroup A1. The call is formalized by Order No. 5123, dated November 5, 2026, registered under number 2026005123, and published in the BOME No. 6431, dated November 13, 2026, with official reference BOME-A-2026-1262 and file 36446/2026.

Three positions included in three employment offers

The positions are for career civil servants, are vacant in the staff roster of the Autonomous City, and are budgetarily funded. Their filling is supported by three successive public employment offers: that of 2024, published in the BOME No. 6211, dated September 24, 2024; that of 2026, published in the BOME No. 6360, dated March 10, 2026; and the Extraordinary Public Employment Offer of 2026, published in the BOME No. 6416, dated September 22, 2026.

The specific rules were approved by agreement of the Governing Council of the Autonomous City in the session of October 30, 2026, and the process is further governed by the general rules for selection procedures for 2026 and 2027, published in the BOME No. 6356, dated February 24, 2026.

The qualification requirement is to hold a Degree or Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Medicine or equivalent, or to be in a position to obtain it before the application deadline expires. In the case of foreign qualifications, validation or accreditation will be required.

Twenty business days and a fee of 16 euros

The deadline for submitting applications is twenty business days counted, in any case, from the day following the publication of the call announcement in the Official State Gazette. Applicants must attach proof of payment of the examination fee.

• Fee amount: 16 euros.
• Payment made to the “Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla”, indicating in the concept “VETERINARIO, name, surnames and DNI number”.
• Payment account: ES41-0049-2506-1913-10534790.
• Payment also available at the Information and Citizen Service Offices of the City of Melilla.

Eliminatory tests and selection course

The process consists of two eliminatory phases: open competitive examination and selection course. The examination is structured into three exercises, all eliminatory, with a minimum grade of 5 points out of 10 in each.

• First exercise: multiple-choice questionnaire consisting of 80 questions plus 5 reserve questions, with three alternatives and a single correct answer; maximum duration of 90 minutes and 0.125 points per question.
• Second exercise: written development of three topics out of four randomly selected from the specific syllabus, with a maximum of three hours and a minimum of 5 points per topic.
• Third exercise: resolution of a practical case proposed by the Tribunal, with a maximum of three hours.

The program comprises 14 topics in the general section and 80 in the specific section, including subjects such as General Public Health Law 33/2011, the One Health strategy, epidemiological surveillance, Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls, ante and post-mortem inspection, animal welfare in slaughterhouses, Animal Health Law 8/2003, and zoonosis surveillance programs.

Those who pass the competitive examination will have ten business days to submit the supporting documentation and will be appointed as trainee civil servants. The selective course, regulated by the counselor’s order, will last less than one month, will be graded as “fit” or “unfit,” and will require the completion of at least 80 percent of the teaching hours. Upon completion of the tests, a job pool will be created consisting of those who have passed at least the first exercise.

Appeals and publication

An administrative appeal (recurso de alzada) may be filed against Order No. 5123 within one month from the day following its publication, before the Department itself or before the president of the Autonomous City. Against the agreement of the Governing Council of October 30, which exhausts the administrative route, an optional appeal for reversal (recurso potestativo de reposición) may be filed within one month, or a contentious-administrative appeal within two months. The maximum period to resolve the administrative appeal is three months.

The order is signed in Melilla, on November 10, 2026, by the Technical Secretary of Public Administration, Francisco José Rubio Soler, and provides for the publication of the rules in the BOME, the Official State Gazette (Boletín Oficial del Estado), and the City’s Notice Board.

The call opens a stable access route to the Melillan public service for Veterinary graduates and reinforces the staff of the Autonomous City’s public health and food safety services, which are responsible for the official control of food, the surveillance of zoonoses, and animal health in the territory.

Source: BOME (Official Gazette of the Autonomous City of Melilla), No. 6431, November 13, 2026, section I, page 5506 (official reference: BOME-A-2026-1262).