kandidatu France

Sign in to save your progress. Free, with just your email. You can read all the steps without an account.

Sign in or create an account

1 Check the conditions You are here

Open to civil servants, who can be seconded, and to contract staff. Posts open to the attaché and engineer grades of the territorial civil service.

Open to non-civil servants

Category: Category A (executive)

The profile they look for:

  • Knowledge of planning, environment and land law
  • Knowledge of how local authorities work legally and financially
  • Good writing skills and confidence speaking in public
  • Ability to run meetings and lead a project
  • Skilled with office software and specialist technical tools
  • Rigorous, organised, showing initiative and good team spirit
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 1 (Closes today)

Send your application by email to the human resources department, as given in the offer on the Choisir le Service Public website. Apply as soon as possible.

See the official offer and apply ↗
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:

  • Remote work possible
  • Contract length of 72 months for contract staff
  • Meal vouchers and supplementary health cover offered
  • Employer belongs to the CNAS social fund

Kandidatu is an independent website: only the official posting counts. Read it before you apply.