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A total of 2,600 job titles are set to be eliminated from the public administration, as proposed by Nisrine Machmouchi, President of the Civil Service Council. These roles, considered obsolete, are the result of years of what she describes as “anarchic recruitment” and “unusual” job titles, often lacking clear job descriptions.

To modernize the state apparatus, the Council has restructured the system into 22 functional domains and 135 job families, offering a clearer, more up-to-date framework for public sector roles. This effort has resulted in a draft law submitted to the government, which calls for the elimination of these positions while ensuring that affected employees are reassigned without losing their rights.

Among the roles set to be phased out are telephone operators, typists, translation assistants, accounting aides, secretaries and workshop supervisors. These jobs are now seen as incompatible with the needs of a modern administration.

This is just the first step. The ultimate goal is to cut 10,000 public sector positions from a current total of 28,000.

The initiative is part of a comprehensive public sector reform, which also includes a gradual revision of public pay scales and a pension system overhaul. The reform plan was developed by the Civil Service Council in collaboration with the European Union and the OECD.