O Barco approves the bases for an administrative position via internal promotion

The Local Government Board of the City Council of O Barco de Valdeorras approved in the ordinary session of October 1, 2026, the bases that will govern the call for a career civil servant position in the general administration scale, administrative subscale, in the internal promotion turn. The agreement, signed by Mayor Aurentino Alonso Araujo, is published in full in the Official Gazette of the Province of Ourense on October 13, 2026 (official reference 352873, R. 2.423).

The position is included in the public employment offer for the year 2026, approved by Decree no. 1381, of July 27, 2026, and published in the Official Gazette of Galicia no. 155, of August 18, 2026, and in the Official Gazette of the Province of Ourense no. 145, of August 3, 2026. The selection system is that of a competitive examination (concurso-oposición) and the turn is for internal promotion, meaning that only personnel who already hold the status of career civil servant of the council itself may apply.

Characteristics of the called position

• Personnel type: career civil servant.
• Scale: general administration; subscale: administrative.
• Group C, subgroup C1.
• Number of positions: 1.
• Working day: full-time.
• Functions: those provided for in article 169 of Legislative Royal Decree 781/1986, of April 18, and those corresponding to the post according to the list of job positions.
• Remuneration: those fixed for the position and the post in which possession is taken, specified in the budget.

Requirements and submission of applications

To participate, it is essential to be a career civil servant of the City Council of O Barco de Valdeorras in the auxiliary subscale of the general administration scale (group C, subgroup C2) and to have provided at least two years of active service in that subscale. A high school diploma (bachillerato), technician degree or equivalent is also required, or alternatively, 10 years of seniority in the auxiliary subscale, or 5 years accompanied by the completion of a specific training course. No payment of fee or examination right is required.

Applications shall be submitted at the council registry, in the Municipal Office of Assistance in Registry Matters located on the first floor of building no. 2 of the Praza do Concello (from 9:00 to 14:00 hours on business days), or by the electronic means provided for in Law 39/2015. The deadline is twenty business days starting from the day following the publication of the call announcement in the Official State Gazette, a publication that determines the start of the count.

Phases of the selection process

The competition phase (concurso) precedes the examination phase (oposición) and is not eliminatory. Merits will be valued according to these scales:

• Academic training: maximum 2 points.
• Professional training: maximum 6 points.
• Professional experience: maximum 6 points (0.2 points for every three full months of service).
• Exercise of reconciliation rights: maximum 1.6 points.

The competitive examination consists of three mandatory and eliminatory exercises:

• First: a multiple-choice questionnaire of 30 questions with four alternatives (plus three reserve questions), 45 minutes, up to 20 points, with a minimum of 10 to pass.
• Second: a practical and written exercise, with a maximum of two hours, up to 20 points, with a minimum of 10.
• Third: a Galician language proficiency test, for a maximum of one hour, graded as pass or fail; persons with Celga 4 or an approved equivalent are exempt.

The tests may not begin until two months have passed since the publication of the rules in the Official Gazette of the Province of Ourense, and their start will be announced 15 business days in advance. The syllabus appears in Annex II of the rules and consists of 22 topics.

Tribunal, appointment and appeals

The qualifying tribunal will be composed of five permanent members (presidency, secretary, and three vowels) and five substitutes, with a predominantly technical composition and a tendency towards parity between women and men. The appointment corresponds to the Presidency of the Corporation, and the assumption of office must be formalized within ten days from the publication of the appointment in the BOP; the appointment will also be published in the Official Gazette of Galicia and on the municipal notice board.

Against the agreement approving the rules, which ends the administrative route, an optional appeal for reversal may be filed before the Mayor-Presidency within one month of its publication in the BOP, or directly a contentious-administrative appeal before the Contentious-Administrative Court of Ourense within two months.

The call directly interests the auxiliary staff of the council, who are the only ones who can apply for this position reserved for internal promotion, and opens a path for professional advancement within the local administration itself without the need to pass an open access process. Furthermore, the publication of the rules activates the administrative calendar of the process, the application period for which will only begin to count when the announcement appears in the Official State Gazette.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Ourense, October 13, 2026, section IV. Local entities (official reference: 352873 / R. 2.423).