General information
The personnel decisions in municipalities, municipal associations and statutory cities are taken pursuant to objective criteria within a so-called objectivisation procedure.
Requirements
Applicant
Deadlines
The application period is at least two weeks.
Completion period
No information available.
Competent authority
Municipalities, municipal associations and statutory cities.
Procedure
The applicants shall prove the knowledge and skills required in the job description, provide information for the assessment of the objective criteria and file corresponding documents in a timely manner. They have no legal entitlement to admission to the municipal service or employment in the advertised post; they will not be granted a party status.
The municipal authority (the supporting body of the municipal associations) shall collect applications received during the application period and examine whether the applicants fulfil the requirements set forth in the job description. Applications received late shall be returned to the applicants with reference to the failure to observe the deadline.
Subsequently, the municipal authority (the supporting body of the municipal association) shall examine the applications regarding admission criteria and submit to the HR committee a reasoned draft of an admission or staffing proposal.
The HR committee shall check the admission or staffing proposal and prepare a reasoned admission or staffing proposal for the competent body. The municipality’s body responsible for the personnel decision is not bound by the HR committee’s admission or staffing proposal. However, requests for a decision deviating from the proposal of the HR committee shall be justified.
Thereafter, the competent body of the municipality in principle decides on the admission.
Authentication and signature
No information available.
Required documents
Application documents and all other documents required for admission.
Art und Format der Nachweise
Type and format as prescribed by the municipality, municipal association or statutory city.
Costs and fees
No information available.
Further information
In state and municipal (association) service, the following personnel decisions are taken based on objective criteria in any case:
- admission of persons for limited or unlimited deployment as contract employees;
- staffing of vacant posts for public officials;
- staffing of leading functions;
Where not provided otherwise by state laws, each personnel decision shall be preceded by a job advertisement and an objectivisation procedure.
The applicants shall prove the knowledge and skills required in the job description, provide information for the assessment of the objective criteria and file corresponding documents in a timely manner. They have no legal entitlement to admission to the state or municipal (association) service or employment in the advertised post.
Applications and the evaluation thereof shall be treated confidentially. They shall be treated with strict secrecy vis-à-vis anyone to whom information do not have to be officially disclosed.
Means of redress or appeal
No information available.
Legal bases
For laws and regulations, please refer to the Rechtsinformationssystem [Legal Information System] (RIS)
- Upper Austrian Gemeindebedienstetengesetz 2001 [Upper Austrian Municipal Employees Act] .
- Oö. Gemeinde-Dienstrechts- und Gehaltsgesetz 2002 [Upper Austrian Municipal Employment Right and Remuneration Act] .
- Oö. Statutargemeinden-Bedienstetengesetz 2002 [Upper Austrian Act on Statutory Municipalities Employees] .
Assistance and problem-solving services
EAP - Point of Single Contact Upper Austria
eap@ooe.gv.at
Link to form
No form required.
Information on data protection
Further information
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Last update: 18.03.2021
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