HR Officer, Public Administration
Manages the people side of the public sector: staffing plans, exam calls, transfers, payroll grades and training for thousands of employees.
Degree-level grade: technical and management work one step below A1, with its own competitive exam. What does this group mean?
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- Typical pay
- €26k–€46k
- Usual education
- University degree (labour relations, law, psychology) + competitive exam
- Outlook
- Stable and busy — the retirement wave means constant recruitment work.
A day in the life
You prepare the annual staffing plan, publish an exam call and check that candidate requirements are correct, resolve a dispute about seniority points in a transfer competition, and plan next term's training courses.
Ways in
- Labour relations or law degree then the A2 oposición
- Internal promotion from an administrative post
- Public sector HR masters after any social science degree
What to study at 16
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Spain
Bachillerato de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales
Portugal
Ciências Socioeconómicas
Italy
Liceo classico / scienze umane
Netherlands
Profiel Economie & Maatschappij
Austria
AHS Oberstufe
Belgium
ASO – General secondary
Exams you'll need
The gates between you and this job, and when each one comes.
EPSO competitions
The route into the same kind of work inside the EU institutions.
RequiredOposición Grupo A2 / B
Entry to this post is through the competitive exam for its group.
Skills that matter
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Ayuntamiento de Madrid
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Ayuntamiento de Sevilla
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Ajuntament de València
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German Federal Administration
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Comunidad de Madrid
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EU Institutions (EPSO)
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