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Specialist in Environmental Law and Natural Resources

Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente · Subprocuraduría de Litigio Estratégico y Justicia Ambiental

En español: Especialista en Legislación Ambiental y Recursos Naturales

This job in plain words

This job helps enforce PROFEPA's environmental laws. The person reviews case files, prepares decisions, and sanctions those who break environmental law.

Open to the public Vacancies: 1

Can you apply?

Mexican citizens with full rights can apply, or foreign people whose immigration status allows them to do the job. They must meet the education and experience requirements for the position.

Education
Bachelor's degree · Completed or Student (pasante)
Fields of study
Derecho
Experience
At least 2 years
Experience areas
  • Legal Defense and Procedures
  • National Law and Legislation
  • Public Administration

Also:

  • No foreign languages required.
  • No other additional requirements.
General requirements for every competition
  • Be a Mexican citizen with full rights, or a foreign person whose immigration status allows the job
  • Not have been sentenced to prison for an intentional crime
  • Be fit to perform duties in public service
  • Not belong to the clergy or be a minister of any religion
  • Not be banned from public service and have no other legal impediment
  • Not have a final sentence for certain serious crimes or be declared a delinquent alimony debtor, under Article 38, section VII of the Constitution

What you would do

  • Gather legal information for evidence in administrative procedures.
  • Update case files with supervening orders.
  • Analyze case files to detect possible environmental violations.
  • Draft agreements and resolutions from inspection procedures.
  • Write prior and justified reports on administrative records.
  • Analyze evidence presented by private parties in procedures.

How the competition works

Stages:

  • Stage I: Résumé review, which is the registration period from October 21 to November 4, 2026
  • Stage II: Knowledge exams and skills assessment, in person, starting November 9, 2026. Includes a technical exam, a general federal public administration knowledge exam, and a skills assessment
  • Stage III: Experience and merit review (document review), in person, starting November 9, 2026
  • Stage IV: Interview with the Selection Committee, starting November 9, 2026. It is held by video call
  • Stage V: Final decision, starting November 9, 2026

Minimum score: Examen técnico: 80 para Dirección General, Dirección de Área y Subdirección de Área; 70 para Jefatura de Departamento y Enlace. Puntaje mínimo para ser finalista: 70, en una escala de 0 a 100

Documents you will need:

  • Printout of the Trabajaen welcome document showing your 9-digit folio number
  • Birth certificate and/or FM3 immigration form, as applicable
  • Updated resume with photo, signed and initialed on every page (maximum three pages)
  • Trabajaen resume format showing your experience, signed and initialed on every page
  • Proof of address, no older than three months (phone, electricity, water or property tax bill)
  • Valid official ID with photo and signature (voter ID or passport)
  • Tax status certificate from SAT, no older than six months
  • Updated CURP
  • Document proving the required degree (diploma and professional license, or another accepted certificate)
  • Sworn statement about the legal requirements, and a sworn statement about not having benefited from a Voluntary Retirement Program
  • Sworn form about Article 38, section VII of the Constitution, given out during the document review stage
  • Documents proving each period of work experience, such as service records, employment certificates, payslips, contracts or other accepted papers

Important:

  • Finalists who score 70 or more but do not win join the position's reserve list for one year from the publication of final results
  • To request a review of the technical exam, ask in writing within five business days after results are published, by emailing ingreso@profepa.gob.mx
  • A passing General Knowledge Exam result is valid for one year; a failing one is valid for two calendar days. You cannot waive this result
  • Dates can change without notice, and you must bring original documents or certified copies to the date and place given in the TrabajaEn message

We wrote this summary automatically from the official call. Only the call published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación counts: read it before you register.

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