The 1st Class of the "Secrétaire Général de Mairie" course graduates

This first class was made up of 15 students, all already working in a town hall, with an average age of 40.

Several officials present at the graduation ceremony

• Jeanick Brisswalter, President of Université Côte d'Azur,
• Boualem Aliouat, Director of IUT Nice Côte d'Azur
• Charles Ange Ginesy, President of the Alpes Maritimes department
• Alexandra Borchio Fontimp, Senator and Alpes Maritimes Departmental Councillor

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About the "Secrétaire Général de Mairie" training course

Initiated by Senator Alexandra Borchio Fontimp, the training course is run by the IUT Nice Côte d'Azur , in partnership with the Département des Alpes-Maritimes, which is funding the initiative, the SICTIAM, the Association des Maires des Alpes-Maritimes, the Association des Maires Ruraux des Alpes-Maritimes, Agence06, the Centre Gestion des Alpes-Maritimes and the SICTIAM.Association des Maires des Alpes-Maritimes, l'Association des Maires Ruraux des Alpes-Maritimes, Agence06, the Centre de Gestion des Alpes-Maritimes and the Direction générale des Finances publiques (DGFIP). It is part of a professionalization initiative designed to meet the specific (and growing) needs of small and medium-sized municipalities for qualified town clerks.

Objective and target audience

The aim of the "Secrétaire Général de Mairie" training program is to train multi-skilled staff capable of handling the administrative, financial and legal management of a town hall , mainly in small towns .mainly in small local authorities (with fewer than 3,500 inhabitants), at a time when it is estimated that, from 2030 onwards, a massive number of current town hall secretaries will be retiring.
Target groups: Town hall secretaries wishing to upgrade their professional skills / Agents undergoing professional retraining or newly recruited to the local civil service.

Course content and duration

• Functioning of local authorities (organization of a commune, legal framework, etc.)
• Administrative management (administrative acts, civil status, elections, etc.) / Accounting and public finance (budget, monitoring public procurement contracts, relations with the Treasury, etc.)
• Human resources (personnel management and local civil service statutes) / IT and office automation.
• The course lastsaround 6 months , with face-to-face and/or distance learning 1 day a week. Total: 131 hours of training.

Training challenges

• Increased professionalization (small communes often have multi-skilled needs). This training aims to equip town clerks with a wide range of skills (administrative, budgetary, human resources, legal);
• Combating staff shortages (many rural town halls are facing a shortage of qualified candidates. This training is a direct response to this problem);
• Encourage vocations and guarantee easier access to local employment (the training is designed to lead to positions in town halls on a contract basis, or in certain cases, to success in local civil service competitions (administrative assistant, local editor, etc.).