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1 Check the conditions You are here

Civil servants and contract staff can apply. For people who are not civil servants, the pay grade depends on past work experience.

Open to non-civil servants

Category: Category A+ (senior management)

Experience: Not stated

The profile they look for:

  • Have held functional and operational management responsibilities
  • Be able to lead teams and projects
  • Show availability, adaptability and initiative
  • Know well how the administration is organised
  • Have some knowledge of prisons and the justice environment
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 23 (Closes in 22 days)

Apply by email to the recruitment addresses given in the offer, within thirty days of publication in the Journal officiel. Applications are not accepted by any other route.

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
  • Management position
  • Declaration of interests before taking up the post, and asset declaration to the HATVP within two months
  • Post vacant from 1 December 2026

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