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Apokoronas municipality hiring 33 school cleaners for the 2026/27 academic year
Call for tenders · Municipality of Apokoronas

Apokoronas municipality hiring 33 school cleaners for the 2026/27 academic year

August 4, 2026 Original source ↗ Verified source
Summary

The municipality of Apokoronas is hiring 33 school cleaners on fixed-term contracts for the 2026/27 academic year, with 19 part-time and 14 full-time positions available. Applications must be submitted by email, signed by hand, starting from August 5, 2026, within an eight working-day window. Candidates are ranked by a points system that rewards prior experience with the municipality, family circumstances, and age.

Apokoronas hiring 33 school cleaners for 2026/27

The municipality of Apokoronas is looking for 33 people to clean its primary and secondary school buildings for the upcoming academic year. The fixed-term contracts run for the full school year — from September 2026 to the end of June 2027. The recruitment drive comes partly because two long-serving full-time cleaners are retiring this year and because frequent sick leave among existing staff cannot be covered by moving workers between schools.

What positions are available?

All 33 positions carry the title of school cleaning operative and are based at the municipal seat in Vrysses:

  • Part-time positions: 19
  • Full-time positions: 14
  • Contract duration: Academic year 2026–2027
  • Maximum hiring age: 67 years

How are candidates scored?

Applicants are ranked using a points-based system. The higher your score, the better your chances. Key scoring criteria:

  • Work experience in a comparable role at the municipality of Apokoronas: 17 points per month, with up to 17 additional points depending on the number of classrooms previously assigned
  • Large families (4+ children): 30 points, plus 10 for each child beyond three
  • Three-child families: 15 points
  • Minor children: 5 points each for the first and second child; 10 points for each additional child
  • Single-parent families: 10 points per child
  • Disability of a parent, child, sibling or spouse (50–59%): 10 points; 70% and above: 17 points
  • Age up to 50: 10 points; over 50: 20 points

If two candidates score equally, the tie is broken by comparing each criterion in order. A public draw resolves any remaining tie.

How to apply

You must complete the official application form (SOX 14/2026), sign it by hand, and send it together with all supporting documents to the email address below. Applications without a physical signature will be rejected. No corrections or additional documents are accepted after the deadline.

What happens next?

Within 10 days of the deadline, the municipality will publish a ranked list of applicants on its website and on the notice board at the municipal offices in Vrysses. If you believe your points have been calculated incorrectly, you can submit a written objection — free of charge — within 2 working days of the list being published, again by email to the address above. After objections are reviewed, the final list of selected candidates is published and contracts are signed immediately.

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Source translation

Machine-translated from the official source document.

ANNOUNCEMENT 14/2026

For the recruitment of staff under a fixed-term private-law employment relationship in school unit cleaning services.

THE MAYOR OF APOKORONAS

Having regard to:

Taking into account:

  1. The provisions of Article 18 of Law 3870/2010 (A' 138) as amended and in force.

  2. The Decision of the Deputy Minister of the Interior No. 31715/9-6-2025 (Government Gazette 2950/B'/12-6-2025) amending Decision No. 55472/23-7-2021 (Government Gazette 3352/B'/26-7-2021) of the Minister of the Interior "Procedure and criteria for the recruitment of cleaning staff for Primary and Secondary Education school units, Public Vocational Training Institutes (Δ.Ι.Ε.Κ.) and Second Chance Schools (Σ.Δ.Ε.) of the Country by Municipalities under a fixed-term private-law employment contract" (Government Gazette 3352/B'/26-7-2021).

  3. The fact that the duration of the contract is equal to the academic year, which begins on 1 September of each year and ends on 30 June of the following year.

  4. The Decision of the Deputy Minister of the Interior No. 31715/9-6-2025 (Government Gazette 2950/B'/12-6-2025) amending Decision No. 55472/23-7-2021 (Government Gazette 3352/B'/26-7-2021) of the Minister of the Interior.

  5. The Announcement of the Ministry of the Interior with Protocol No. 33390/16-06-2026 on the approval of the recruitment of school unit cleaning staff under a fixed-term private-law employment relationship (ΙΔΟΧ) by Municipalities for the academic year 2026-2027, following the issuance of Joint Decision No. ΔΙΠΑΑΔ/Φ.ΕΓΚΡ./54/5775/2-6-2026 of the Minister of National Economy and Finance and the Minister of the Interior.

  6. The provisions of Article 132 of Law 5090/2024 "Recruitment of relatives of victims of domestic violence — Amendment of sub-paragraph ββ) paragraph γ' item 1 of Article 18 of Law 3870/2010" (A' 30).

  7. The urgent needs of the Municipality of Apokoronas for personnel to clean the school units within its territorial jurisdiction, particularly taking into account that: two permanent private-law staff (ΙΔΑΧ), category YE School Unit Cleaning Personnel with full-time employment, are due to retire within 2026.

  8. The ongoing and long-term sick leave of school unit cleaning personnel, for which substitution from other school units is not possible.

Announces

The recruitment, under a fixed-term private-law employment contract, of a total of thirty-three (33) persons for the cleaning of school units in the Municipality of Apokoronas, specifically, per service, headquarters, speciality and contract duration, number of persons (see TABLE A):

TABLE A: PERSONNEL POSITIONS

| Service | Service Headquarters | Speciality | Number of Persons (Part-time) | Number of Persons (Full-time) | Employment Duration | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Municipality of Apokoronas | Vrysses | YE School Unit Cleaners | 19 | 14 | Academic Year 2026-2027 |

SCORING OF CRITERIA

The ranking order of candidates among themselves is determined by the following criteria:

1. a) EXPERIENCE up to and including the end of the academic year 2019-2020: (17 points per month of experience)

| Months | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ... | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Points | 17 | 34 | 51 | 68 | 85 | 102 | 119 | 136 | 153 | 170 | ... |

And additionally one (1) point per month for each assigned classroom, with a maximum ceiling of seventeen (17) points

| Number of Classrooms | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | … | 17 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | … | 17 |

b) EXPERIENCE from the academic year 2020-2021 onwards: (17 points per month of experience)

| Months | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ... | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Points | 17 | 34 | 51 | 68 | 85 | 102 | 119 | 136 | 153 | 170 | |

As scorable experience, employment in a corresponding position of the relevant Municipality that has been served under fixed-term private-law employment contracts or under work contracts through the relevant services for as long as services were provided is taken into account.

2. LARGE FAMILIES or CHILD OF A LARGE FAMILY (20 points and 10 points for each child beyond the third)

| Number of children | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ... | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Points | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | ... |

The candidate who is simultaneously a parent of a large family and a child of a large family is entitled to use whichever of the two statuses is more favourable in terms of scoring. Cumulative scoring of the above criteria is excluded.

3. THREE-CHILD FAMILIES or CHILD OF A THREE-CHILD FAMILY (15 points)

| Number of children | 3 | |---|---| | Points | 15 |

The candidate who is simultaneously a parent of a three-child family and a child of a three-child family is entitled to use whichever of the two statuses is more favourable in terms of scoring. Cumulative scoring of the above criteria is excluded.

4. MINOR CHILDREN (5 points for each of the first two children and 10 points for each additional child beyond the first two)

| Number of children | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | |---|---|---|---|---| | Points | 5 | 10 | 20 | … |

5. SINGLE PARENT or CHILD OF A SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY (10 points for each child)

| Number of children | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | |---|---|---|---|---|

The candidate who is simultaneously a parent and a child of a single-parent family is entitled to use whichever of the two statuses is more favourable in terms of scoring. Cumulative scoring of the above criteria is excluded.

6. DISABILITY OF A PARENT, CHILD, SIBLING OR SPOUSE

| Disability percentage | 50%–59% | 60%–66% | 67%–69% | 70% and above | |---|---|---|---|---| | Points | 10 | 12 | 15 | 17 |

The candidate in whose person more than one category of persons whose right of protection he/she exercises coincides, is entitled to use the most favourable scoring for him/her and in any case only one of them.

7. AGE

| Age | Up to and including 50 years | Over 50 years | |---|---|---| | Points | 10 | 20 |

The maximum age limit for recruitment is set at the completed 67th year.

Publication of the announcement

The entire announcement is posted at the premises of our service and at the notice board of the municipal office of the Municipality, as well as on the Municipality's website at www.apokoronas.gov.gr.

Submission of participation applications

Interested parties are invited to complete only the attached application with the number SOX 14/2026 and to submit it electronically at the following address: [email protected].

Together with the application, the required supporting documents for proving qualifications, other statuses and experience must be submitted compulsorily. Correction or supplementation of applications, as well as replacement or submission of additional supporting documents, is permitted only until the expiry of the deadline for submission of applications for participation in the selection procedure.

The application for participation, to be submitted electronically, must necessarily appear signed with a physical signature. Unsigned applications will not be accepted.

It is noted that: in accordance with the new European General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, known as GDPR, which entered into force in May 2018, a uniform legal framework for the protection of personal data in all EU member states is established. For this reason, the participation of candidates in the recruitment procedure through the voluntary submission of an application with the attached supporting documents to the Body implies the consent of the candidate for the collection and processing of personal data concerning them, as well as for their safe retention in an archive (physical or digital) for a specific purpose and for as long as required to complete the lawful recruitment procedures. Bodies are obliged to protect the personal data of candidates from possible interception in order to achieve the secure processing of personal data. Candidates retain the right to withdraw their consent at any time and upon submission of a relevant application to the Body.

The deadline for submission of applications is eight (8) working days and begins the day after the posting of the announcement at the notice board of the municipal office, that is, from 05/08/2026.

The above deadline expires with the passage of the entire last day; if this is by law an excepted day (public holiday or non-working day), the expiry of the deadline is moved to the next working day.

Ranking of candidates

After our service processes the applications of candidates in accordance with the scored criteria invoked by each candidate, it ranks them based on the criteria. The ranking of candidates, on the basis of which the final selection for recruitment under a fixed-term employment contract will take place, is carried out as follows:

  1. First of all, candidates are ranked in the ranking tables for positions based on the score they accumulate in the scored criteria (experience, number of children in a large family, three-child family, number of minor children, single-parent families, disability, age).

  2. In the case of equal score among candidates in the total score, precedence is given to the one with the most points in the first scored criterion (duration of experience), and if these coincide, the one with the most points in the second criterion (number of children in a large family), and so on. If all criteria are exhausted, the ranking among the candidates is determined by public draw.

Publication of tables and submission of objections

After the preparation of the tables, our service will post, at the latest within ten (10) days from the expiry of the application submission deadline, the ranking tables of candidates at the notice board of the municipal office and on the home page of the municipality's website, while a relevant minutes of posting will also be drawn up, which will be signed by two (2) employees of the service. Against these tables, interested parties are permitted to lodge an objection free of charge only for erroneous calculation of the scoring within an exclusive deadline of two (2) working days which begins the day after their posting.

The objection is submitted electronically at the email address [email protected]

After the examination of objections, the final list of successful candidates — those to be recruited — is announced. The final tables are posted at the notice board of the municipal office and on the municipality's website.

Recruitment

Personnel are recruited under a fixed-term private-law employment contract immediately after the preparation of the final ranking tables of candidates by decision of the competent appointing authority.

Recruited persons who leave before the expiry of their contract are replaced by others from the registered and available persons in the table of the relevant speciality, in the order of their registration in it.

In any case, candidates who are recruited as replacements for departing candidates are employed for the remaining, in each case, time period until the completion of the approved duration of the fixed-term employment contract.

INTEGRAL PART of this announcement are:

a. The form "APPLICATION – SOLEMN DECLARATION" which candidates fill in and submit electronically, and

b. the "ANNEX for the recruitment of cleaners in the school units of Municipalities", which includes:

i) instructions for completing the application – solemn declaration with the protocol of ANNOUNCEMENT SOX 14/2026, in conjunction with notes relating to the qualifications and the scored ranking criteria of candidates, and

ii) the supporting documents required for their valid participation in the selection procedure

The Mayor

KOUKIANAKIS CHARALAMPOS