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Head of the Human Sources Section
Direction de l'administration pénitentiaire - Administration Centrale · Île-de-France · no closing date given
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1 Check the conditions You are here
The job is open to civil servants (titulaires) and contract staff. A contract employee must obtain a very secret national defence clearance.
Category: Category A (executive)
The profile they look for:
- Very good knowledge of prisons, SPIP probation services and prison regulations.
- Knowledge of intelligence gathering techniques.
- Knowledge of how the intelligence community works.
- Management experience.
- Very good writing skills and ability to summarise.
- Discretion and duty of confidentiality.
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
No deadline given: the offer can be withdrawn at any time, do not wait.
Apply by email, following the instructions on the official offer on Choisir le Service Public.
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:
- Job requires a national defence secrecy clearance, very secret level.
- Remote work is not possible.
- On-call duty and frequent travel to be expected.
- The post may become vacant from 1 October 2026.
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