Gwangju City to Hire Over 1,000 New Employees for Local Government Positions This Year

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 18th that it will newly hire a total of about 1,000 people this year.

The number of recruits by recruitment exam includes 795 local government appointments (twice in the first and second half of the year), 8 city security guards (once), about 170 city public institution employees (twice), and about 30 city public officials (twice), and the exams will be held a total of 7 times in the first and second half of this year.

The local government appointments represent the second largest scale this year following 847 in 2019, when the recruitment scale was large, reflecting the increase in retirements of the baby boomer generation and local demand such as the construction of Urban Railway Line 2.

Gwangju City actively reflected the demand for new personnel centered on the field of the five autonomous districts for various policy demands of Gwangju City, such as building an artificial intelligence (AI) industry ecosystem, promoting the Gwangju-type 3 major New Deal policies, establishing a safety and local autonomy system, and improving welfare for each class including children, youth, disabled, and women, to prepare for the post-COVID-19 era and create youth jobs.

By job category, there are ▲494 administrative positions ▲271 technical positions ▲30 research and guidance positions. By rank, there are ▲25 level 7 ▲31 level 8 ▲709 level 9 ▲30 research and guidance positions.

The local government appointment written exams are held simultaneously nationwide, with the first level 9 exam on June 5 and the second level 7 and other exams on October 16 this year. Detailed recruitment announcements can be found on the city website under City News - Exam and Personnel Information and Mobile Gwangju.

Also, to strengthen fairness and transparency in hiring for city public institutions, the ‘City Public Institution Employee Integrated Written Exam,’ first implemented in 2019, will be conducted in the first and second half of this year (May/November) after practical consultations between the city and public institutions, with an expected recruitment scale of about 170 people.

In particular, until now, the recruitment of public officials such as administrative assistants working at Gwangju City Hall was conducted independently by each department through document screening and interviews, but from this year, to enhance transparency and improve recruitment efficiency, an integrated written exam will be conducted first, followed by document screening and interviews, with an expected recruitment scale of about 30 people.

The written exam for the appointment of security guards performing duties such as guarding the Gwangju City Hall building will be held on the 20th of next month, and 8 people will be hired due to vacancies caused by retirements of security guards.

Kim Jong-hwa, Director of Personnel Policy at the city, said, “To improve the qualitative level of administrative services to citizens, above all, a stable personnel structure without vacancies in the city hall and autonomous districts must be guaranteed,” and added, “This year, we will establish a more proactive local government recruitment plan and enhance transparency in recruitment work from the citizens’ perspective through integrated written exams for city public institution employees and city hall public officials.”

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