Permanent contract for life. It sounds idyllic, but it is possible in Spain thanks to public employment competitions. This year, the Community of Madrid has confirmed that there will be 10,310 vacancies to work as a civil servant in key sectors, especially in health and education.
6,919 of the new vacancies will be for professionals in the health sector; 1,853 for teachers in the non-university education system, and the remaining 1,538 will be distributed among the other categories (administration, IT, social work and more).
Two thirds of the vacancies for newly hired positions
According to the Regional Ministry of Economy, Finance and Employment, more than 70% of the vacancies (7,268 in total) are for new entrants: a great opportunity for job stability outside the private sector, especially in the case of healthcare professionals. In addition, there will be 319 internal promotion positions and 2,723 positions that will reduce the temporary nature of employment.
Featured vacancies
Health sector
- Administrative: 103 vacancies
- Health Services Administrative Assistant: 643 vacancies
- Nursing Auxiliary: 1340 vacancies
- Orderlies: 478 positions
- Nursing: 1350 positions
- Laboratory Technicians: 142 positions
- Pharmacy Technicians: 35 positions
- Service personnel: 308 positions
- Skilled Trades Personnel: 44 positions
- Health Services Social Workers: 68 positions
Rest of categories
- Administrative staff: 33 positions
- Administrative Assistants: 252 positions
- Computer Technician Assistants: 11 positions
- Firefighters: 138 positions
- Forestry Agents of Madrid: 43 vacancies
- Secondary School Teachers: 1052 vacancies
- Primary School Teachers: 791 vacancies
- Employment Technicians of the Community of Madrid: 35 vacancies
- Social Workers: 112 positions
- Librarians: 3 positions
- Telephone operators: 8 positions
Advice for candidates in Madrid
To apply for one of these public jobs in Madrid, it is necessary to find in advance the specific call for the desired competition. Then, you must submit an application and the relevant documentation (depending on each sector: it is important to verify the access requirements) electronically through the portal of the Community of Madrid, with a digital certificate and registration in the Electronic Notifications System.