Key Benefits:
Minister of State, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, and Minister of Public Service,
Vu la Act No. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 amendments to the rights and obligations of civil servants, together with Act No. 84-16 of 11 January 1984 amended with statutory provisions relating to the public service of the State;
Vu le Decree No. 69-222 of 6 March 1969 amended on the special status of diplomatic and consular officers;
Vu le Decree No. 2004-1105 of 19 October 2004 the opening of recruitment procedures in the public service;
Vu le Decree No. 2005-789 of 13 July 2005 amended on the use of additional admission lists for competitive examination of officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
Vu le Decree No. 2007-196 of 13 February 2007 amended on the qualification equivalencies required to compete in public service access competitions and employment frameworks;
Vu le Decree No. 2009-1388 of 11 November 2009 amended bringing statutory provisions common to various bodies of officials of category B of the public service of the State;
Vu le Decree No. 2010-302 of 19 March 2010 Amending the common statutory provisions applicable to the bodies of the administrative secretaries of the state administrations and to some similar bodies under the Decree No. 2009-1388 of 11 November 2009 bringing statutory provisions common to various bodies of officials of category B of the public service of the State;
Vu le Decree No. 2011-2049 of 30 December 2011 bearing special status of the corps of the secretary of chancery,
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External and internal competitions for access to employment as Chancellery Secretary planned to I and II of Article 5 of the Decree of 19 March 2010 referred to above are open by an order of the Minister for Foreign Affairs that sets the number of places to be filled in each contest, the date of the tests and the registration procedure. The test programme is set out in the annex to the present order.
Written proof of eligibility for the external competitive examination for access to employment as Chancellery Secretary are:
Test #1: writing a note from the study of a practical case, provided in an administrative file, which may include graphs and figures as well as questions intended to guide the candidate's reflection. For this trial, the documentary file does not exceed twenty pages. (Duration: three hours; coefficient 3.)
Test #2: a series of six to ten short-response questions on one of the following two options selected by the candidate during the examination:
I. - Human resources management in organizations; accounting and finance.
II. - Economic geography and institutional and administrative organisation of France and the European Union.
Each question is accompanied by one or more documents. A single text can be used as a support for several questions. The documentary file for all questions does not exceed ten pages. (Duration: three hours; coefficient: 2.)
Test #3: English test consisting of:
― the writing in French of a summary note from documents in English; the documentary file does not exceed ten pages;
― the English translation of a text written in French.
(Total duration of the test: two hours; coefficient 2; any rating less than 10 of 20 is eliminated. )
The oral examinations for the admission of the external competition for the employment of secretary of chancery are as follows:
Test #1: interview with the jury, based on a short text on a topic of news or society with one or two questions, aiming to assess the candidate's abilities, personality and motivations as well as his ability to understand a concrete situation, if any in the form of a situation. (Preparation: twenty minutes; duration: thirty minutes, ten minutes of which are more than exhibited; coefficient 6.
Test 2: English test consisting of an oral questioning from the reading, translation and commentary of a text written in English. (Preparation: twenty minutes; duration: twenty minutes; coefficient 2; any rating less than 10 of 20 is eliminated. )
Test #3: optional language test chosen during the registration of the contest among the following languages: German, Arabic literal, Chinese (mandarin), Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish. The test consists of an oral questioning from the reading, translation and commentary of a text written in this language. (Preparation: twenty minutes; duration: twenty minutes; coefficient 1. Only the points above 10 of 20.
Written proof of eligibility for the internal competitive examination for access to employment as Chancellery Secretary are:
Test #1: Writing an administrative note, from a practical case, presented in a professional file, which may include graphics and figures as well as questions intended to guide the candidate's reflection. This test is a job placement of the candidate. For this trial, the professional file does not exceed twenty pages. (Duration: three hours; coefficient: 3.)
Test 2: English test consisting of:
― the writing in French of a summary note from documents in English; the documentary file does not exceed ten pages;
― the English translation of a text written in French.
(Total duration of the test: two hours; coefficient 2; any rating less than 10 of 20 is eliminated. )
The oral examinations for the admission of the internal competition for the employment of secretary of chancery are as follows:
Test #1: interview with the jury to assess the candidate's abilities, personality and motivations as well as his ability to understand a concrete situation, if applicable in the form of a professional situation, as well as to recognize the achievements of his professional experience. In order to conduct this interview, which has as its starting point a candidate's presentation on his professional experience, the jury has the candidate's file for recognition of the achievements of the professional experience. During this interview, the candidate may be questioned on matters related to his/her professional environment and his/her general administrative knowledge or specific to the administration or service in which he/she operates. (Duration: 30 minutes, of which ten minutes at most); coefficient 6.)
Only maintenance with the jury results in a notation. The record of recognition of the achievements of the professional experience is not noted.
For this test, the candidate shall prepare a record of recognition of the achievements of his professional experience annexed to this order, which he shall give to the organizing service at a date fixed in the opening of the contest.
The file is forwarded to the jury by the contest manager.
Test 2: English test consisting of an oral questioning from the reading, translation and commentary of a text written in English. (Preparation: twenty minutes; duration: twenty minutes; coefficient 2; any rating less than 10 of 20 is eliminated. )
Test #3: optional language test chosen during the registration of the contest among the following languages: German, Arabic literal, Chinese (mandarin), Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish. The test consists of an oral questioning from the reading, translation and commentary of a text written in this language. (Preparation: twenty minutes; duration: twenty minutes; coefficient 1. Only the points above 10 of 20.
The tests are rated from 0 to 20.
No person may be eligible or admitted if he has not participated in all mandatory tests.
Only candidates who have obtained, after applying the coefficients, a total of points for the qualifying examinations equal to or greater than 70 for candidates in the external contest and 50 for candidates in the internal contest.
At the end of the eligibility tests, the jury sets out, in alphabetical order, the list of eligible candidates.
At the end of the admission examinations, the jury determines, in order of merit, the list of candidates admitted. Where applicable, a supplementary admission list is established.
If several candidates obtained the same number of points, the priority is given to the one who obtained the highest rating at the first admission test and, in case of new equality, to the one who obtained the highest rating at the first eligibility test.
The composition of the jury is determined by order of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
This jury includes:
1° A staff member who has or has served as Director or Chief of Service or Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs or his or her representative, President with a predominant voice;
2° Officials assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs belonging to one of the bodies recruited by the National School of Administration or other class bodies A of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
3° An official belonging to the corps of the secretary of chancery;
4° Designated personalities because of their speciality and skills.
No dictionary is allowed in the language trials of external and internal competitions for employment at the access of secretary of chancery.
The decision of February 12, 2007 on the organization of external and internal competitions for access to employment as Chancellery Secretary is repealed.
The provisions of this Order come into force from the date of publication of the Order authorizing the opening of the external and internal competitive examinations for the employment of Chancellery Secretary organized under the year 2013 and no later than 30 September 2012.
The Director General of Administration and Modernization of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs is responsible for the execution of this Order, which will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.
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PROGRAMMES - SECRÉTAIRE DE CHANCELLERIE
External Competition - 2nd Eligibility Test
I. - "Human Resources Management in Organizations" option
The questions must be addressed to the program below, which is based on that of the teaching of human resources management in the terminal class of the series "Science and Management Technologies" defined by the decree of 14 December 2004 published in the Official Gazette of 26 December 2004 and is contained in the Official Bulletin No. 2 of 24 February 2005 of the Ministry of National Education.
1. General information
Qualification.
Employment.
Skills.
Post.
Legal framework.
Social partners.
2. Professional course
Recruitment:
- recruitment objectives;
- recruitment procedure;
- means of recruitment and selection;
- profile;
- staff database.
Management of professional evolution:
- professional/geographical mobility;
- training plan;
career maintenance;
― competency balance.
The employee's departure:
- departure formalities;
- conversion;
- social plan.
3. Working conditions
General conditions, remuneration, work-time development and occupational safety and health.
4. Social management indicators
Social dashboard.
Management indicators: absenteeism rates and rotation rates.
II. ― Accounting and Finance Option
The questions must relate to the program below, which is based on the program of accounting education and finance for terminal-class enterprises of the series "Science and Management Technologies" defined by the decree of December 16, 2004 published in the Official Journal of December 29, 2004 and included in the Official Bulletin No. 2 of February 24, 2005 of the Ministry of National Education.
1. Accounting function in the company
Basics.
2. Accounting and control of current operations
Customers and suppliers.
The different categories of fixed assets: intangible, tangible and financial.
Banking and monitoring; the reconciliation.
Personnel charges and social organizations.
The state: the VAT to be discarded.
3. Financial statements: inventory work and application of accounting principles
Principle of prudence: definition and scope of principle.
Depreciation.
Depreciations.
Provisions for risks and expenses.
Accounting year.
Definition and scope of the principle of independence of exercises.
The determination of the result and the establishment of annual accounts: the result and tax on profits, the result account.
The balance sheet.
III. ― "Economic Geography" option
France (including overseas departments and territories):
– data and structures of the economy;
- the main economic activities;
the population;
– the major industrial regions.
IV. – Option “institutional and administrative organization
of France and the European Union »
I. Institutional and administrative organization of France:
A. Constitutional organization:
1. Principle and role of a Constitution; National sovereignty.
2. The Constitution of 4 October 1958:
the executive branch: the President of the Republic, the Government;
Parliament: the National Assembly, the Senate;
the Constitutional Council;
the Economic and Social Council;
– the relationship between Parliament and the Government: the drafting of the law, the control of government activity;
- the judicial authority.
B. - Organization and operation of the administration:
1. State administration: central administration, deconcentrated services, the prefect.
2. Decentralised territorial authorities: the region, the department, the commune, the intercommunity.
3. The various modes of public service management: regulated, public institutions, public enterprises.
4. The acts of the administration (executive decision, administrative contracts).
5. Organization and jurisdiction of administrative courts: the State Council, administrative courts of appeal, administrative tribunals.
II. – Institutional and administrative organization of the European Union:
A. - History of European construction:
The main stages of European construction. Treaties and their evolutions.
B. - The main institutions of the European Union:
the Commission;
the Council;
the European Council;
- Parliament;
– the Court of Justice of the European Union.
C. - The main common policies of the European Union:
the domestic market;
- the common agricultural policy;
- competition policy;
- economic and monetary policy;
- trade policy;
- foreign policy.
D. - The functioning of the European Union:
– the actions and decision-making process of the European Union;
– the legal order of the European Union.
DOSSIER DE RECONNAISSANCE DES ACQUIS DE L'EXPÉRIENCE PROFESSIONNELLE
| Secretary of exceptional class chancery | Secretary of Chancery |
Warnings
The applicant must provide the complete file, including attachments, in six copies. It will retain a copy of the file submitted. The file must be fully typed.
I. - Identification
Name(s):
- of use:
- patronymic:
First name:
Date and place of birth:
Registration number
Status:
Officer. Specify:
State Public Service Territorial Public Service Hospital Public Service
Corps or employment framework:
Non- licensee:
Other (specify):
Current administration or agency:
II. - Parts to be attached to the file
Curriculum vitae (required).
Description of current employment (required).
III. - Declaration on Honour
I undersigned (name, first name[s])
certifies on honor:
The accuracy of the information in this file;
Having taken note of the criminal penalties imposed by any person who has false statements:
"Constitutes a false any fraudulent alteration of the truth, such as to cause harm and accomplished by any means, in a writing or any other expression of the thought which has the object or effect of establishing evidence of a right or fact having legal consequences.
The false and the use of false are punished by three years imprisonment and 45,000 euros fine. » (Criminal Code, art. 441-6.)
The administration reserves the opportunity to verify the accuracy of the statements in this file and the authenticity of the attached documents.
A, the
Signature of candidate
IV. - Motivations
V. - Delineation of skills
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Done on 29 February 2012.
The Minister of State,
Minister for Foreign Affairs
and European,
For the Minister and by delegation:
Director General of Administration
and modernization,
N. Loiseau
The Minister of Public Service,
For the Minister and by delegation:
The Deputy Director,
L. Gravelaine
