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1 Check the conditions You are here

Open to civil servants and contract staff. The grades concerned are educateur de jeunes enfants and educateur de jeunes enfants de classe exceptionnelle.

Open to non-civil servants

Category: Category A (executive)

Diploma: State diploma as an early childhood educator (DEEJE) required.

Experience: Proven experience running an early childhood centre.

The profile they look for:

  • State diploma as an early childhood educator (DEEJE) required.
  • Proven experience running an early childhood centre (EAJE).
  • Good knowledge of the local public service (fonction publique territoriale).
  • Skills in management, running meetings and conducting interviews.
  • Good use of Word, Excel and the Concerto and Incovar software.
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 26 (Closes in 25 days)

Apply on the employer's website, through the recruitment space given in the official offer on Choisir le Service Public.

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:

  • Working time of 39h45 per week, giving RTT days, Monday to Friday.
  • Opening hours of the halte-garderie: 8:30 to 11:30 and 13:30 to 17:30.
  • Post vacant from 1 January 2027.
  • Covering for staff absences when needed.

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