Secrétaire général de mairie; h​/f - Mairie de Chiddes

Job Title:

Secretary General of Municipality

Under the direction of elected officials, the secretary general of the municipality implements the policies outlined by the municipal team and coordinates the services of the commune with its material, financial, and human resources.

Key responsibilities include:

• Welcoming, informing the population, and processing files in areas such as civil status, elections, urban planning, and social aid.
• Assisting and advising elected officials, preparing for municipal council meetings, deliberations, commissions, and mayor's orders.
• Preparing, formatting, and monitoring the execution of the budget.
• Tracking public contracts and subsidies.
• Managing the accounting, including expenditure commitments and revenue titles.
• Managing personnel, including time management and payroll.
• Leading teams and organizing services.
• Managing the communal property and overseeing works.
• Managing existing communal services (hall, daycare, library, canteen, etc.).
• Managing and developing links with intercommunal structures and partners.

- KNOWLEDGE:

- understanding the areas of competence of municipalities and their organization;

- knowledge of the status of the Territorial Public Service and the rules of civil and urban planning;

- knowledge of the regulatory procedures for public contracts and contracts;

- knowledge of the legal rules for the preparation of administrative acts;

- knowledge of the regulatory framework for the operation of public authorities and institutions.

- KNOW-HOW:

- respecting regulatory deadlines;

- managing versatility and priorities;

- verifying the consistency and compliance with the regulatory framework of administrative files;

- preparing files for mandates, expenses and revenues, requests and justifications for subsidies, and financial declarations;

- preparing and formatting decisions of the municipal council, administrative acts of the mayor, and civil status acts;

- developing and managing a population reception system;

- controlling and evaluating the actions of services;

- leading, monitoring, and controlling the activities of agents.

- KNOW-BE:

- ability to communicate and have a good capacity for listening and understanding;

- having a sense of public service (ethics and discretion);

- having the ability to lead teams and managerial skills;

- having excellent interpersonal skills.

Preferably a handwritten application letter. It is possible to recruit for this position a person who is not a laureate of a public service competition, as one of the indicated grades is an entry-level grade of category C that allows direct recruitment without a competition.

Open positions on the following grades of the Territorial Public Service:
Senior Administrative Assistant 1st Class, Senior Administrative Assistant 2nd Class, Administrative Assistant, Clerk, Senior Clerk 1st Class, Senior Clerk 2nd Class, Municipal Secretary (being phased out).

Art. L332-8 provision 7 of the general public service code - A contractual employee may be recruited for this position as it is a municipal secretary position in a municipality with less than 2000 inhabitants. The proposed contract cannot exceed three years, renewable up to a maximum of six years.

Vacant as of 02/11/2026

Municipal Secretary