Two head-of-service posts at the Vocational Training Dept

Two responsibility posts within the Vocational Training Department

The Ministry of National Education, Preschool, Vocational Training and Qualification, through its Vocational Training Department, has opened applications to fill two responsibility posts of head of service at central administration level. The procedure follows the rules for appointing heads of service in public administrations and is reserved for civil servants working within this department.

The notice carries the code R 27259/26 and was published on 10 November 2026. Applications must be submitted by 25 November 2026 at 16:30. Any request received after that date or not meeting the stated conditions is void.

The two posts and their reporting lines

The two posts sit in two distinct administrative units of the central administration, each with its own reporting line and duties set out in the jobs and competences reference framework annexed to the order:

• Head of the Bilateral Cooperation Service, attached to the Division of Cooperation and Partnership, under the General Secretariat.
• Head of the Primary and Secondary Sectors Service, attached to the Division of Studies, under the Directorate of Planning and Evaluation.

Duties of the Head of the Bilateral Cooperation Service

The core mission is to design and monitor the execution of international cooperation programmes in vocational training and to identify their funding sources. Main activities include taking part in identifying and formulating cooperation projects, processing those projects with the relevant structures and partners, preparing and following the work of joint cooperation commission meetings, and contributing to their minutes.

The post holder also prepares, by programme and partner, fact sheets covering the content, duration, cost, nature and amount of each party's contribution, contributes to drafting evaluation and execution-monitoring criteria, and produces progress reports on programme delivery.

Competences expected for this post

The role requires knowledge of how the vocational training system is organised and operates, of the department's organisation, missions, functioning and intervention conditions, of employment, training and integration issues and policies, and of the main international cooperation actors, their strategies and how they operate. Knowledge of the procedures for setting up cooperation programmes and actions is also required.

Practical skills include understanding and analysing partners' geopolitical contexts, preparing for and taking part in negotiations, knowing cooperation circuits and procedures, designing and costing a project and tracking and evaluating its impact, preparing conventions and cooperation agreements, building project monitoring indicators, drafting technical or legal documents, and knowing the general principles of public accounting. Excellent writing quality and speed are expected personal qualities.

Duties of the Head of the Primary and Secondary Sectors Service

This post involves carrying out and monitoring studies defining the labour market's need for qualified manpower, supporting better knowledge of the labour market, and setting up sectoral observatories of trades. Activities include collecting, processing and analysing employment and training data, and producing sectoral or sub-sectoral studies that determine quantitative and qualitative training needs and measure the gap between existing training provision and manpower needs.

The holder also carries out opportunity studies defining the technical, pedagogical and material characteristics and the cost-benefit ratio of projects to create new sectoral vocational training institutions or launch new training streams, takes part in work-situation analyses, draws up and validates job and competence reference frameworks, contributes to sectoral job and trade directories, and keeps the training sectors directory up to date.

The post also involves supporting the creation of sectoral observatories of trades within professional federations engaged in forward-looking approaches, and producing sectoral decision-support matrices.

Competences expected for this post

A comprehensive knowledge of the vocational training system and its development challenges is required, along with knowledge of the department's missions and organisation, of how the labour market works and how firms are economically and productively organised, of work organisation, and of the relevant sector, including its representative bodies, its weight in the national economy and GDP and the workforce it employs.

Skills cover mastery of IT and statistical tools, application of competence-based approach rules and methods in work-situation analyses and reference frameworks, drafting a study's specifications, using the various information sources, quantitative and qualitative analysis methods, writing and presenting study results, assessing the scientific quality and operational relevance of data, and working in networks with external partners and supporting them.

Eligibility conditions

Applications are open to civil servants and agents working in the department, within the following limits:

Established civil servants and contractual agents

• Be ranked at least in the second grade administrator grade, the state engineer cadre, or a grade with an equivalent index ranking.
• Hold at least a diploma or certificate allowing access to the third grade administrator grade or an equivalent grade.
• Have at least two (2) years of service as an established civil servant, or three (3) years for contractual agents, in State administrations and territorial collectivities.

Staff already performing head-of-service duties

Civil servants and contractual agents who, on the date the vacancy is announced, are performing head-of-service duties may apply. However, where the interest of the service so requires, civil servants and contractual agents ranked in the third grade administrator grade or an equivalent index grade may exceptionally apply, provided they have at least fifteen (15) years of actual service in State administrations or territorial collectivities, including at least four (4) years in that grade.

Application file

The file contains the following documents; the administration may, where necessary, request documents confirming the accuracy of the declared information:

• An application letter.
• Five (5) copies of the application form, available on the public employment portal or the department's website, including a CV on the candidate's qualifications and a summary of professional career and the duties performed.
• The work programme and methodology proposed for managing and developing the administrative unit, improving its performance and taking account of the post's duties, in line with the jobs and competences reference framework, with measurable indicators and proposals on logistical and human resources.
• The candidate's administration's approval, with the direct supervisor's opinion on the candidate's professional competence.

Application and selection process

1. Files are sent in five (5) copies, through the hierarchical channel, to the Directorate of Administrative Affairs and Human Resources, Avenue Mohammed Belhassan El Ouazzani, Nahda 2 district, Rabat.
2. They must arrive within administrative working hours, before 16:30 on 25 November 2026.
3. Publication of the list of admitted candidates and of the date and place of the selection interview, on the public employment portal and the department's website, serves as the invitation.
4. A committee appointed by order of the minister reviews files meeting the conditions and conducts the selection interview.
5. Selected candidates are appointed by order of the minister.

Practical preparation checklist

Beyond the official conditions above, and for guidance only, candidates can organise their preparation as follows:

• First confirm that you belong to the department's current staff, since the call is reserved for them.
• Check your grade, cadre and seniority before drafting any document, as these determine whether the file is admissible.
• Build a work programme tied strictly to the duties of the chosen post rather than the other one, linking each proposal to a measurable indicator.
• Obtain the administration's approval and the direct supervisor's opinion before submitting, since their absence makes the file incomplete.
• Keep a copy of the file and the receipt for submission through the hierarchical channel.