Promotion is a means of career development for civil servants.

•    Promotion to a higher professional grade: to the professional grade immediately above the one currently held.
•    Promotion to a higher class: following the acquisition of a higher-level degree in the field in which the civil servant works or in a field deemed relevant to the performance of their duties by the head of the public authority or institution.
•    Promotion to a management civil service position.
•    Promotion to a senior civil service position.

IMPORTANT:
•    Promotion to a higher professional grade and promotion to a higher class are not conditional upon the availability of a vacant position.
•    Promotion to a management position in the civil service is conditional upon the availability of a vacant position.

General information:

•    Before the competition or examination organized for promotion to a higher professional grade or promotion to a higher class, the working group established at the level of the public authority or institution where the position is located carries out a job analysis to identify the general and specific competencies associated with the position to be transformed.
•    For promotion to a higher professional grade and promotion to a higher class, the specific competencies established by the working group are assessed.
•    Public authorities and institutions organize a competition or examination within the limits of the allocated budget, by transforming the position held by the civil servant following successful completion of the competition or examination.
•    The job description of a civil servant who has been promoted to a higher professional grade is supplemented with new duties and responsibilities or, as applicable, the level of complexity of the duties performed is increased.
•    If the promoted civil servant holds a temporarily vacant civil service position, the position held is transformed until the date on which the civil servant’s service relationship ends.
•    Competition committees and appeals committees are established by administrative act of the head of the public authority or institution. The announcement concerning the competition or examination for promotion to a higher professional grade is published at the venue where the competition/examination takes place and on the website of the organizing public authority or institution, in the section specifically created for this purpose, at least 30 days before the date set for the written examination.

Requirements:

•    at least 3 years of service in the professional grade of the civil service position from which the candidate is being promoted;
•    a minimum number of credits obtained through participation in training and professional development programs, seminars, conferences, exchange-of-experience programs or study visits, in accordance with the law, or completion of a professional development program of at least 30 hours during the last 3 years of service;
•    at least a “Good” rating in the individual performance evaluations for the last 2 years of service;
•    no disciplinary sanction that has not been removed from the record under the conditions provided by the Administrative Code.

General information:
•    For promotion to a higher professional grade and promotion to a higher class, before the competition or examination organized for this purpose, the working group established at the level of the public authority or institution where the position is located carries out a job analysis to identify the general and specific competencies associated with the position to be transformed.
•    For promotion to a higher professional grade and promotion to a higher class, the specific competencies established by the working group are assessed.
•    Public authorities or institutions may organize a class promotion examination for civil servants who meet the legal requirements, insofar as they consider that transforming the position held by the civil servant into a position involving duties corresponding to higher-level studies is beneficial to the public authority or institution.
•    Examination committees are established by administrative act of the head of the public authority or institution.
•    The announcement concerning the examination is published at the venue where the examination takes place and on the website of the organizing public authority or institution, in the section specifically created for this purpose, at least 15 days before the date set for the written examination.
•    Public authorities and institutions organize class promotion examinations within the limits of the allocated budget.
•    Following successful completion of the examination, the position held by the civil servant is transformed into an executive civil service position in a higher class, at the assistant professional grade.
•    Promotion to a higher class is not possible on an auditor or legal adviser civil service position.
•    The job description of the civil servant who has been promoted to a higher class is supplemented with new duties and responsibilities corresponding to the higher level of education or, as applicable, by increasing the level of complexity of the duties performed.
•    If the promoted civil servant holds a temporarily vacant civil service position, the position held is transformed until the date on which the civil servant’s service relationship ends.

Requirements:
•    to have obtained, after entering the civil service, a higher-level degree in the field in which they work or in a field deemed relevant to the performance of their duties by the head of the public authority or institution;
•    not to have a disciplinary sanction that has not been removed from the record under the conditions provided by the Administrative Code.

Requirements:
•    to be appointed to a Class I civil service position;
•    at least 5 years of professional experience in the field of study required for the civil service position, for appointment to the management positions of head of service and secretary general of a commune, as well as to equivalent specific civil service positions;
•    at least 7 years of professional experience in the field of study required for the civil service position, for appointment to management positions other than those referred to above;
•    to meet the education and professional experience requirements prescribed by law for occupying the civil service position;
•    to provide, by means of a certificate or, as applicable, another type of document, proof of completion of a professional development or specialization program expressly required by law for certain civil service positions;
•    to have theoretical knowledge of information technology at beginner user level;
•    to meet the requirement concerning the obtaining of an endorsement or authorization, as provided by law, where such endorsement or authorization is mandatory for the respective civil service position and is justified by the performance of duties requiring such endorsement or authorization;
•    to hold a Master’s degree in public administration, management or in the field of study required for the civil service position, or an equivalent degree in accordance with Article 57(2) of Law No. 199/2023;
•    not to have a disciplinary sanction that has not been removed from the record under the conditions provided by the Administrative Code;
•    to have obtained a minimum number of credits through participation in training and professional development programs, seminars, conferences, exchange-of-experience programs or study visits, in accordance with the law, or to have completed a professional development program of at least 30 hours during the last 3 years of service;
•    the credit system required for promotion is regulated by Government decision, upon the proposal of the National Agency of Civil Servants (NACS).