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Direction générale de la sécurité intérieure · Closes in 63 days
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1 Check the conditions You are here
Civil servants (by transfer or secondment) and contract staff can apply. French nationality is required. The « Très secret » security clearance must be obtained before starting the job.
Category: Category A (executive)
Experience: Previous management experience required
The profile they look for:
- Manage a team well
- Organise own work and works well in a team
- Good at summarising and writing clearly
- Communicate well and adapt to change
- Show discretion, rigour and availability
- Previous management experience required
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: December 31 (Closes in 63 days)
Apply only through the dedicated Ministry of the Interior platform linked from the official offer on Choisir le Service Public. Applications sent by email are not processed.
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 is not possible.
- Work outside normal working hours is possible.
- Post vacant from 1 September 2026.
- Working time of 40h30 per week with 54 days off.
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