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Deputy to the head of the DHPC VCA department - head of the flood forecasting unit
Direction Régionale de l'Environnement, de l'Aménagement et du Logement Nouvelle-Aquitaine (DREAL Nouvelle-Aquitaine) · Nouvelle-Aquitaine · Closes in 4 days
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1 Check the conditions You are here
Open to any suitable candidate, civil servant or not. A non-civil servant would be hired as a contract worker, if no suitable civil servant applies.
Category: Category A (executive)
Experience: Not stated. Preference for experience in flood forecasting and in management.
The profile they look for:
- Strong skills in hydrometry, hydrology and hydraulics.
- Management skills and experience leading a technical team.
- Good organisation, quality management and project management skills.
- Rigour and calm in crisis situations.
- A sense of public service.
- Python and GIS useful, training possible.
2 Résumé and cover letter
A one- or two-page résumé and a short cover letter that takes up the duties of the offer with your examples. If you are a civil servant, you are often asked for your latest status decision (arrêté) and your latest annual review reports.
3 Apply
Deadline: November 5 (Closes in 4 days)
Send your CV, cover letter and last 3 professional review interviews by email to the DREAL, before 5 November 2026. A mobility form will be sent to you by email.
4 Interview and answer
If your application is shortlisted, the employer contacts you for an interview, often with two or three people. Prepare: why this job, your experience close to the duties, and your questions.
Good to know:
- An interview with the business department is mandatory before applications close.
- Scheduled flood forecasting on-call duty, and emergency on-call duty in a crisis.
- Remote work possible, under the service's organisation rules.
- Position requires a minimum duration of 3 years.
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