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Director of Education

Commune de Marseille · Local government

En français : Directeur·trice de l'éducation

This job in plain words

You help set and carry out the city's education strategy in Marseille. You lead three teams that run 470 schools, about 75,000 children, 321 school canteens and nearly 3,900 staff.

Open to non-civil servants

Can you apply?

Local civil servants holding the grade of attaché or administrateur. Contract workers can also be hired when no civil servant application has succeeded.

Category
Category A+ (senior management)
Diploma
Master's degree (bac+5) · Bac + 5 minimum, and/or grade of attaché or administrateur
Experience
Strong, successful experience in senior management
Contract
Civil servants (titulaires) and contract staff. For a contract worker: contract of up to 3 years, renewable up to 6 years in total.

The profile they want:

  • Master's degree (bac + 5) minimum, or civil service grade of attaché or administrateur
  • Strong experience in senior management
  • Good knowledge of local government, especially education policy
  • Sense of responsibility and decision-making
  • Ability to lead strategy and operations
  • Good people skills and ability to negotiate across teams and partners

What you would do

  • Put the city's education policies into practice
  • Lead and coordinate the departments of the directorate
  • Develop tools to track results and support decisions
  • Manage teams and lead social dialogue with staff representatives
  • Manage the directorate's budget
  • Make sure activities follow legal and regulatory rules

How to apply

Apply on the employer's website, using the link on the official offer page at Choisir le Service Public.

Good to know:

  • Flexible working hours, with RTT days depending on the chosen cycle
  • Remote work possible
  • Social benefits: meal vouchers, social action fund, contribution to health insurance and transport costs
  • Post vacant from 02/11/2026

We wrote this summary automatically from the official offer. Only the offer published on Choisir le Service Public counts: read it before you apply. Source: Choisir le Service Public (DGAFP), Etalab 2.0 licence.

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