Filenews 12 June 2024
Good news for those seeking to work in the state machinery, as a total of 1,573 first appointment positions are expected to be opened, of which 1,311 positions will cover needs in the public sector and 262 positions concern needs in semi-governmental organizations.
These positions are expected to be filled this year and in 2025. At the same time, 1841 employees from the State will retire (986 in 2024 and 855 in 2025).
According to the decision of the Council of Ministers, the 1,311 positions in the State will cover the following needs:
-979 places in education. These are 412 teacher posts in secondary education, 142 teacher posts in secondary technical education and 425 posts in primary education. The positions range between A5 and A11. The 604 are additional posts included in this year's budget, against the reduction of an equal number of contract teachers. The remaining 375 positions are existing vacancies, which will become vacant by the end of August.
According to the Ministry of Finance, all positions are necessary for the smooth operation of schools in the school year 2024-2025. It also indicates that the additional cost of filling the positions will be small, given that, if they are not paid with permanent staff, contract and temporary teachers will be recruited.
-219 positions in the Civil Service. 158 are for assistant secretarial posts on scales A2, A5 and A7. In addition, these are 61 positions of prison guards of scale A2, A5 and A7, of which 50 concern new positions in the 2024 budget for the staffing of the new wings in the Central Prison building.
-97 positions in the Cyprus Army, for the appointment of graduates from Higher Military Educational Institutions and Military Schools of Non-Commissioned Officers, the day after graduation, as well as for the promotion of numbers of NCOs to officers.
-16 positions in the Fire Brigade. They are expected to be filled along with the 259 existing vacancies with the filling process, which is already underway in 2024.
In semi-governmental organizations
The 262 first appointment posts in the wider public sector are:
-88 seats on Cyta. It concerns a senior manager position in Financial Management, 52 positions of engineers, officers in various departments and 35 positions of technician supporting the operation, maintenance and development of networks. As noted by the competent ministry, the 87 positions constitute 25% of the staff who left under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme.
-148 seats at EAC. The 131 are additional posts created in the EAC budget for this year, one post of director of the regulated transport activity and 16 existing vacancies.
– 26 positions in the Hellenic Capital Market Commission. It concerns 23 officer positions, of which 20 were approved in this year's budget following the results of the study by the European Securities and Markets Authority. The other two positions will cover secretarial officer positions and 1 IT technician position.
As the finance ministry clarifies, no additional appropriations will be required to fill the positions.
In this year's budget there are 37,653 permanent positions, of which 5,338 are first appointments.
