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Reception officer and identity documents referent
Mairie de Challans · Pays de la Loire · Closes in 15 days
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1 Check the conditions You are here
Civil servants (titulaires) and contract staff can apply. A person who has not passed a civil service competition can be hired, because the entry grade of category C allows direct recruitment.
Category: Category C (staff)
Experience: First experience in administrative reception, identity document handling or local government, required.
The profile they look for:
- A first experience in front-desk admin work, identity documents or local government.
- Good knowledge of how a town hall works in general.
- Comfortable with office software and business software.
- Rigorous and organised, able to handle several files at once.
- Excellent people skills, patience, discretion and neutrality.
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 15 (Closes in 15 days)
Send your application preferably by email to Challans town hall, or by post to the Mayor. The offer text gives the full contact details.
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:
- Full time, 38 hours 45 per week, with 21 days of RTT (days off).
- Present some Saturday mornings, on rotation with colleagues.
- Post vacant from 1 December 2026.
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