Public: 16,521 recruitments are coming in 2024 – Their distribution
The annual recruitment planning personnel in the public sector, which foresees the approval of 16,521 recruitments for the year 2024, was presented to the cabinet by the Minister of the Interior Niki Kerameos and Deputy Minister Vivi Charalambogianni.
The recruitment planning is completely in line with the estimates of the Ministry of the Interior in collaboration with the General Accounting Office in application of the 1:1 rule, i.e. one recruitment for each departure.
It is clarified that the rule of 1:1 applies as a whole to the entire State and not per sector, which allows to cover, as a matter of priority, the special needs observed in the different sectors, as the case may be.
Priority recruitment in the health sector
In application of the above and taking into account the priorities set by the government as well as the requests submitted by the agencies, Mrs. Kerameos proposed for the year 2024 the approval of a total of 16,521 recruitments, of which a significant number will be directed to three critical sectors of the state:
Health: The priority is to strengthen the National Health System by front-loading, already now, a large part of the pre-election commitment, immediately approving 6,500 positions.
Climate crisis: In the context of dealing with the climate crisis, particular emphasis is placed on:
– To the officers of the Fire Academy (doubling the number of candidates, utilization of 700 positions for specialized personnel in the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection – EMODE, helicopter operators, engineers, navigators)
– To meet the needs of agencies based in the affected areas
– In strengthening sectors related to forest protection
Recovery Fund: Covering staffing needs arising from Recovery Fund milestones.
“We presented today, in front of the cabinet, the planning of the Ministry of the Interior to cover 16,521 staff positions in the State for the year 2024”, said Niki Kerameos.
He noted that, as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced, “our main priority is recruitment in the Health sector, but also in other critical areas of the state’s operation in a targeted and streamlined manner, in order to staff the Public Sector with the necessary and competent personnel.” Our goal is the continuous improvement of the service to the citizen in and from the effective coverage of his needs”.
Recruitments by ministry
Specifically, the number of recruits per Ministry is distributed as follows:
- Ministry of Health: 6,500
- Ministry of National Defense: 1,757
- Ministry of Justice: 1,260
- Ministry of Citizen Protection: 1,160
- Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection: 990
- Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports: 750
- Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport: 388
- Ministry of Labor and Social Security: 279
- Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family: 208
- Ministry of Shipping: 197
- Ministry of Culture: 108
- Ministry of Rural Development and Food: 107
- Ministry of National Economy & Finance: 103
- Ministry of Environment & Energy: 91
- Ministry of Digital Governance: 80
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs: 48
- Ministry of Development: 21
- Ministry of Tourism: 19
- Ministry of Immigration and Asylum: 17
- Ministry of the Interior: 9
The rest of the recruitments are distributed to other bodies such as Decentralized Administrations, Tier A and B Local Authorities, Independent Authorities etc.