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Director of Protected Natural Area
Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas · Hidalgo · Closed
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Anyone interested can apply if they meet the education and experience for the job. You must be a Mexican citizen with full rights, or a foreigner whose immigration status allows you to do the work.
Education: Bachelor's degree · Holds a degree
Accepted degrees:
- Biología
- Antropología
- Ciencias Sociales
- Administración
- Ciencias Forestales
- Ecología
Experience: 5 years of experience
In these areas:
- Plant biology (Botany)
- Animal biology (Zoology)
- Insect biology (Entomology)
- Geography
- Public administration
Legal requirements:
- Be a Mexican citizen with full rights, or a foreigner whose immigration status allows the work
- Not have been sentenced to prison for an intentional crime
- Be fit for public service
- Not belong to the clergy or be a minister of religion
- Not be barred from public service or have another legal impediment
- No final sentence for crimes against life, bodily integrity, sexual freedom and safety, family violence, or political violence against women, and not be a registered delinquent alimony debtor
2 Register on TrabajaEn
Registration: October 14 to October 27.
Register and create your CV on www.trabajaen.gob.mx, accept the terms of use and keep your folio. Then bring your documents to the place, date and time stated in the message you receive on Trabajaen.
To register you need your CURP and RFC, a TrabajaEn account and an up-to-date TrabajaEn CV. When you register for this job you get a folio number: keep it, you need it at every stage.
3 Exams and documents
The stages of the contest:
- I. CV review and candidate registration on www.trabajaen.gob.mx, from October 14 to October 27, 2026
- II. Knowledge exams (technical and general federal public administration) and management skills tests, starting October 30, 2026
- III. In-person document check, review of work experience and merit assessment
- IV. Interview with the Selection Technical Committee
- V. Final decision
Minimum score: 70 de 100 en el Examen de Conocimientos Técnicos; promedio de 70 con el Examen de Conocimientos Generales de la APF; puntaje general final de 70 para ser finalista
Look on TrabajaEn for the topics of the knowledge exam of your job, and check your messages often: that is where your exam and document-check appointments arrive.
Keep in mind:
- There will be no reactivation of folios, and dates will not be changed at candidates' request.
- Documents must be legible and complete; if they are not presented on the stated day and time, the candidate is removed.
- Dates may change; check notices on www.trabajaen.gob.mx.
- Finalists who do not win may join the candidate reserve list for one year.
Documents for the document check (tick them when you have them):
4 Interview and result
The interview is with the Selection Technical Committee: prepare examples of your experience in the duties of the job. Then the committee chooses the winner. If you are a finalist and do not win, you join the candidate reserve for the job for one year.
The duties of the job:
- Coordinate teams of more than 30 people to meet goals in protected areas.
- Design and run public use programs to manage visitors to the area.
- Create and apply yearly operating programs with a budget over 3 million pesos.
- Produce reports on the health of ecosystems and their biodiversity.
- Build alliances and regional agreements with civil society, municipalities, and local communities.
- Coordinate recovery projects for priority species in protected areas and their surroundings.
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