8 responsibility posts at Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma

Announcement facts: eight responsibility posts within the region

The president of the Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma regional council has announced the opening of applications to fill eight (8) vacant responsibility posts within the region's administration, made up of one (1) head of division post and seven (7) head of service posts, under code R 27282/26. Alongside the organising administration, the announcement names the Prefecture of Tanger-Asilah and the Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma Regional Council, within the institutional partnership announced.

The announcement was published on 12 November 2026, and the deadline for submitting applications is 10 December 2026 at 16:30.

Distribution of the advertised posts

The advertised posts are as follows. This distribution covers all eight posts and must not be read as a partial distribution:

• Head of division for planning, spatial planning and sustainability: one (1) post.
• Head of service for strategic monitoring and territorial intelligence: one post.
• Head of service for legal affairs: one post.
• Head of service for the blue economy and tourism development: one post.
• Head of service for social development: one post.
• Head of service for the tax base, tax control and revenue collection: one post.

It should be noted that the announcement states seven head of service posts, whereas the detailed list in the order names six head of service posts alongside the head of division post. This article keeps the figures exactly as they appear in the official announcement, without inference or substitution.

Eligibility for the head of division post

The head of division post is open to established civil servants (fonctionnaires titulaires) and contract staff working in the administration of the Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma regional council who meet the following conditions:

• be graded at least at the second grade of administrateur, or in the State engineer cadre, or in a grade with an equivalent index;
• hold at least a diploma allowing access to the third grade of administrateur or an equivalent grade;
• have at least two (2) years of actual service as an established civil servant, or three (3) years for contract staff, within the State administration and territorial collectivities;
• have performed the duties of head of division at the date of the announcement of the vacancy for the head of division post.

Eligibility for head of service posts

The head of service post is open to established civil servants and contract staff working in the region's administration who meet the following conditions:

• be graded at least at the second grade of administrateur, or in the State engineer cadre, or in a grade with an equivalent index;
• hold at least a diploma allowing access to the third grade of administrateur or an equivalent grade;
• have at least four (4) years of service as an established civil servant, or five (5) years for contract staff, within the State administration and territorial collectivities;
• have performed the duties of head of service;
• have proven experience in the fields concerned by management.

Situation of civil servants graded at the third grade of administrateur

Established civil servants and contract staff working in the region's administration who are graded at the third grade of administrateur, or in a grade with an equivalent index, may also apply for a head of service post, provided they have, at the date of the announcement of this order, seniority of at least fifteen (15) years of actual service, including at least four (4) years in that grade.

Duties and required skills

The duties and skills required for these posts are set out in the job sheets specific to each post. The selection interview assesses candidates' command of the legal and managerial framework relating to the post applied for, as well as the techniques and mechanisms of modern public service management.

Duty areas by post

The job sheets set out specific duties, including: steering and coordinating the services under the division, and supporting the preparation and updating of the regional development programme and the regional spatial planning scheme for the head of division for planning; establishing and managing the quality, safety and environment system within the administration for the monitoring post; building a territorial database and dashboards for strategic monitoring; providing legal advice and monitoring the enforcement of court decisions for the legal service; preparing and implementing the blue economy development programme for the relevant service; monitoring the social upgrading programme and combating poverty and vulnerability for the social service; preparing the annual purchasing programme and managing purchase orders for the service in charge of contracts; collecting fees charged for services provided at ports and mines for the tax base and tax control service.

Application file

The application file consists of the following documents:

• an application letter;
• a copy of the national identity card;
• a curriculum vitae presenting the candidate's qualifications, an overview of their professional career and academic certificates, as well as the duties and functions performed, using the unified standard form for applications to senior posts, with a recent photograph of the candidate;
• the work programme and methodology proposed by the candidate for managing and developing the division or service and improving its performance;
• the diploma obtained, accompanied by the equivalence decision issued by the competent government authority for foreign diplomas;
• the recruitment decision;
• the decision appointing the candidate to their current cadre;
• the decision appointing the candidate to the responsibility post, for candidates for the head of division post.

In addition, any useful document relating to the nature of the post may be submitted.

How to apply and deadlines

Applications must be submitted in six copies, against a receipt, to the registry office at the headquarters of the Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma regional council, located on Avenue des Amoureux in Tangier, from 24 November 2026 until 10 December 2026 at four in the afternoon, as the final deadline for submission. It should be noted that the publication interface sets the deadline at 16:30, while Article 5 of the order mentions four in the afternoon.

Selection and publication

A commission appointed by decision of the president of the regional council examines the files that meet the application conditions and conducts the selection interview. After the files have been examined, the list of candidates who meet the required conditions, together with the date and place of the interview, will be announced through the same channels used to publish this order; that announcement constitutes an official invitation to attend the selection interview. The order is published on the public employment portal, on the website of the Directorate General of Territorial Collectivities and on the regional council's website, and is posted on the notice board at the region's headquarters.

Practical preparation points

Before assembling the file, candidates should check that they meet the grade or cadre condition and the seniority condition required for each post, attaching the recruitment decision and the decision appointing them to their current cadre. Candidates are advised to draft a detailed written work programme suited to the post concerned, highlighting the indicators and dashboards they intend to use, and to prepare copies that comply with the standard form for applications to senior posts. It is also advisable to keep the submission receipt and to check the date and time of submission before travelling to the region's headquarters.

Salary: from 4500 to 6900 MAD per month.