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First-line border guard
Direction nationale de la police aux frontières - Orly · Closes in 60 days

  1. 1 Check the conditions
  2. 2 Résumé and cover letter
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Interview and answer

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1 Check the conditions You are here

Civil servants (titulaires) and contract staff can apply. Contract hiring relies on article L332-2 2° of the General Civil Service Code.

Open to non-civil servants

Category: Category C (staff)

The profile they look for:

  • Have a sense of public service.
  • Be rigorous.
  • Have good interpersonal skills (mastery level).
  • Be able to analyse.
  • Learn the rules and the work environment (to be acquired).
  • Learn to use IT and border control tools (to be acquired).
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 60 days)

Apply on the employer's website. Fill in the single mobility/recruitment application form and send it to the recruitment contact named in the offer.

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:

  • Rotating schedule 2/2/3, with work on weekends and public holidays.
  • Morning or afternoon shifts, with possible night work.
  • Uniform provided by the administration (high-visibility vest).
  • English desired (level A1-A2). Remote work not possible.

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