Four operational assistants receive permanent contracts at the Regional Secretariat for Equipment and Infrastructure, effective from 2 November 2026.
The Regional Secretariat for Equipment and Infrastructure has signed permanent public-service employment contracts with four operational assistants, published in two notices in the Jornal Oficial of 11 November 2026. Two female workers will be responsible for building cleaning and the tidying of facilities at the Office of the Regional Secretary, and two male workers will handle the maintenance of watercourses and regional roads at the Regional Directorate for Social Equipment and Conservation. The contracts take effect from 2 November 2026.
Notices no. 589/2026 and no. 590/2026, signed on 5 November 2026 by the head of the Office of the Regional Secretary, Raquel João Martins da Silva, give public notice of the signing of these contracts. The contracts result from a competitive recruitment procedure, that is, a selection process through a public competition. The hires were authorised by dispatches of the Regional Secretary for Equipment and Infrastructure: dated 14 October 2026 in the case of notice 589/2026, and 1 October 2026 in the case of notice 590/2026.
All four appointees are subject to a 90-day probationary period, during which the suitability of the worker for the post and of the employer for the worker is assessed. They are placed at the 1st remuneration position, which corresponds to level 5 of the single remuneration table, the common pay scale for public-service workers. This position is without prejudice to the guaranteed minimum monthly remuneration for the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The notices do not state the euro value corresponding to level 5.
The notices are published under Article 4(1)(b) of Law no. 35/2014, of 20 June, which approved the General Labour Law in Public Functions (LTFP), the regime governing employment relations in the Public Administration. The category of Operational Assistant corresponds to duties of carrying out support and maintenance tasks in public services. The notices further state that the contracts are not subject to prior review by the Regional Section of Madeira of the Court of Audit, that is, they do not have to be submitted for prior analysis by this court, which monitors the legality and budgetary propriety of public expenditure.
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