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Head of the general services department
Ville de Palaiseau · Île-de-France · Closes in 12 days
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1 Check the conditions You are here
Civil servants and contract staff can apply. The post is open to the grades of rédacteur, rédacteur principal 2nd class and rédacteur principal 1st class.
Category: Category B (intermediate)
Experience: Proven experience in administrative management and team leadership, ideally in a local authority.
The profile they look for:
- Proven experience in administrative management and team leadership.
- Ideally experience in a local government body.
- Rigour, organisation and professional discretion.
- Good interpersonal skills to unite staff around common practices.
- Good command of office software, business software and dashboards.
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 13 (Closes in 12 days)
Apply on the employer's website, through the job offers page of the town hall, by sending your CV and cover letter.
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:
- Full-time job, 39 hours per week.
- 25 days of paid annual leave and 23 RTT days.
- The page says both "available now" and "vacant from 13/11/2026".
- Remote work not stated in the offer.
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