Soria opens a job pool for Culture Coordinator

The Soria City Council has approved the rules and the call for an employment pool intended for the hiring of temporary labor personnel in the category of Culture Coordinator, assigned to the “Gaya Nuño” Cultural Center. The call is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Soria number 116, dated October 7, 2026, with the official reference BOPSO-116-07102026, and is signed by the mayor, Javier Antón Cacho, dated September 25, 2026.

The approval of the rules was agreed upon by Mayoral resolution on September 22, 2026, which reclaimed for the Mayor’s Office the competence assigned by delegation to the Local Government Board, under article 10 of Law 40/2015, of October 1, in order to accelerate the procedures and provide greater agility to the selection process. The pool will govern the order of calls to cover substitutions, creation of new services, accumulation of tasks, vacant positions, subsidized programs or plans, and any other temporary need, in accordance with article 15.3 of the revised text of the Workers’ Statute Law, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 2/2015, of October 23.

The position and the job post

The characteristics of the announced position are as follows:

• Designation: Culture Coordinator.
• Job Position Relationship Code: L5.2-04.
• Classification group: III, level 21, with total availability.
• Workplace: “Gaya Nuño” Cultural Center, Department of Culture, Plaza de las Mujeres 2, 42002 Soria.
• Required qualification: High School Diploma or Technician, or a qualification equivalent to that required for entry into Group C1 according to article 76 of Royal Legislative Decree 5/2015, of October 30.

Functions include preparing the planning and programming of the center’s activities, directing and supervising their development, organizing events inside and outside the facilities, evaluating results and costs of services, controlling collected income, preparing the budget and the annual report of the department, and complying with occupational risk prevention regulations.

Competitive examination in open access

The method of selection will be a competitive examination (concurso-oposición) in open access. The merit phase scores a maximum of 40 points: up to 20 for professional experience as a coordinator or manager of cultural activities, 10 for specific training in cultural or artistic management and coordination, and 10 for accreditation of English level C1 or higher, with 5 additional points for other foreign languages of level B2 or higher. Courses of less than 10 teaching hours will not be valued.

The competitive examination phase provides 60 points and consists of a single mandatory and eliminatory exercise: the resolution of a practical case based on the syllabus of Annex I, with a duration of 90 minutes. The syllabus is divided into a general block of 13 topics and a specific block of 11 topics, focused on cultural regulations, public spectacles, archives and documentary heritage of Castilla y León, planning of cultural programs, and cultural financing in the local sphere.

Deadlines, fees, and operation of the pool

The deadline for submitting applications is ten business days from the day following the publication on the Notice Board of the Electronic Office and on the municipal website. Applications shall be addressed to the mayor-president and shall preferably be submitted through the electronic office or at the General Registry, accompanied by proof of payment of the fee and a responsible declaration.

The examination fee is set at 20 euros, in accordance with Fiscal Ordinance number 42, although the application form in Annex II states 30 euros. Persons with a disability equal to or greater than 33% and the unemployed with at least three months of seniority are exempt, and bonuses are available for large families (50% general and 100% special), victims of gender-based violence, victims of terrorism, and single-parent families (50%).

The pool will have a maximum validity of four years and will cease to be effective after the selection process derived from the 2023 public employment offer. Calls will be made by telephone, with three attempts separated by two-hour intervals, text message, and email, granting a 24-hour response period; those who do not respond will be moved to the last place on the list.

The publication of this call opens a route of access to municipal public employment for candidates and residents of the city, in a position of responsibility regarding the cultural programming of the “Gaya Nuño” Cultural Center. The pool will allow the Soria City Council to swiftly cover the temporary needs of the Department of Culture over the coming years.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Soria, no. 116, of October 7, 2026, Local Administration, pp. 3404-3419 (official reference: BOPSO-116-07102026).