Ministères Éducation Sports Recherche : administration centrale

What Ministères Éducation Sports Recherche : administration centrale does

Ministères Éducation Sports Recherche : administration centrale operates the "Choisir le service public" portal, the official French government employment platform managed by the Direction Générale de l'Administration et de la Fonction Publique (DGAFP) under the Ministry of Transformation and Public Function. The platform serves as the centralized recruitment portal for all three branches of the French public service — Fonction Publique de l'État, Fonction Publique Hospitalière, and Fonction Publique Territoriale — aggregating job listings across 29 professional domains and over 1,000 professions spanning all French regions including overseas territories and international postings.

The platform is built on a web-based architecture with native mobile applications for iOS and Android, powered by Talentsoft's recruitment management technology and integrated with FranceConnect for secure government-grade authentication. A dedicated Espace Recruteurs (Recruiter Portal) supports employer-side workflows including job posting, application management, and employer branding. The platform holds full RGAA 4.1.2 accessibility compliance and GDPR conformity, reflecting its mandate as a public service accessible to all French citizens. Supporting partnerships include Lonsdale for web development, Bearstech and OVH for hosting infrastructure, and Atout Accessibilité for accessibility auditing.

The business model is entirely government-funded with no commercial revenue stream; the service is provided free of charge to both job seekers and public sector employers as part of France's public employment service infrastructure. Customer segments include individual job seekers across all demographics, civil service competition candidates, and public sector employers ranging from national ministries and hospitals to local territorial authorities. The platform's competitive position rests entirely on its official regulatory mandate and comprehensive institutional coverage rather than market-driven differentiation.

Name

Ministères Éducation Sports Recherche : administration centrale

Legal name

Direction Générale de l'Administration et de la Fonction Publique (DGAFP)

Website

https://choisirleservicepublic.gouv.fr

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Official French government employment portal operated by the DGAFP, aggregating public service job listings across all three branches (État, Hospitalière, Territoriale) for job seekers and public sector employers nationwide, free of charge and funded through the national budget.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Employment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Administration of Human Resource Programs (9231), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Government Digital Service & eGovernment (Service Delivery, IDs, Portals) (BPAIAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

HRIS/HCM Implementation & EOR Platform Services (BPACAHAJ)

Keywords

• Public sector recruitment
• Government job portal
• Civil service employment
• Public administration jobs
• French public service

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public Sector Funding: Government-funded service operated by DGAFP (Direction Générale de l'Administration et de la Fonction Publique) with no commercial revenue model. The service is provided free of charge to both employers and job seekers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The entity operates Choisir le service public, a free government-operated digital portal that aggregates public service employment opportunities across all three branches of the French public service (Fonction Publique de l'État, Hospitalière, and Territoriale). Job seekers can search, filter by profession/region, and apply for positions; employers can post jobs and manage applications via a dedicated recruiter portal. The platform is operated by DGAFP under the Ministère de la Transformation et de la Fonction Publiques and is provided free of charge to both job seekers and public sector employers.

Product overview

Choisir le service public is a unified digital platform operated by the DGAFP (Direction Générale de l'Administration et de la Fonction Publique) serving as France's central portal for public service employment. The platform consists of a web-based job portal (core product) enabling search and application for positions across all three branches of French public service, a mobile application providing on-the-go access, and a dedicated recruiter portal for employers to manage postings. The system integrates with FranceConnect for secure authentication and uses Talentsoft as the underlying recruitment management technology. The platform covers all professional domains including Transports, Sécurité, Ressources Humaines, Social, and supports geographic filtering across all French territories and international locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Choisir le service public (Public Employment Portal) A government-operated web portal that aggregates public service employment opportunities across all three branches of French public service (État, Hospitalière, Territoriale). Job seekers can search by profession, keyword, or reference, filter by location across all French regions and international postings, and apply for positions.
• Choisir le service public Mobile Application A mobile application available on iOS and Android platforms that allows users to access public service job listings, manage applications, and receive job alerts on mobile devices, providing equivalent functionality to the web portal.
• Espace recruteurs (Recruiter Portal) A dedicated portal for public sector employers to manage their job postings, review applications, and manage their employer brand presence on the platform.

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TalentsoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides the recruitment platform technology (Talentsoft) that enables job posting management, application processing, and employer-candidate matching functionality.
• Atout AccessibilitéminorOthersExternal accessibility audit firm that conducted the RGAA 4.1.2 compliance audit, certifying 100% conformity with accessibility standards.
• FranceConnectcoreTechnology or IntegrationGovernment identity solution providing secure authentication for users accessing their candidate space on the platform.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• APEC: French paritary association managing executive and managerial employment across France. Comparable as a French public-interest employment service with a job portal and candidate management capabilities, focused on a narrower seniority band.
• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi): France's main public employment agency operating a national job portal and placement services for all sectors. Directly comparable as a French state-run employment service, though broader in scope (all sectors, not only public service).
• USAJobs: Official US federal government job portal operated by the Office of Personnel Management. The closest international analogue as a single-official government portal aggregating public sector vacancies nationally.

Emerging players

• Welcome to the Jungle: France-focused private job platform with strong employer branding and content features. Comparable as a French-language employment platform with modern UX, representing the private-sector standard the public platform must match.

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn: Global professional network with integrated job listings, widely used by French public sector recruiters and candidates. Comparable as the dominant cross-sector professional platform and a key alternative channel for public service roles.
• Workday: Global cloud HR and HCM platform used by large public and private employers for talent acquisition. Comparable as a broad incumbent whose recruitment modules represent an alternative technology path for public sector HR modernization.
• Indeed France: Global job aggregator with a major French presence. Comparable as a multi-employer job search channel that public sector candidates may cross-reference; represents the broad private benchmark for inventory breadth and matching.
• SAP SuccessFactors: Enterprise HCM suite from SAP with recruitment, onboarding, and HRIS capabilities. Comparable as a broad incumbent HR platform alternative that competes with Talentsoft in the public sector HR tech stack.

Regional players

• Civil Service Jobs (UK): UK government recruitment platform for civil service roles. Comparable in function as a national public sector job portal but serves a different geography, providing a benchmark for cross-border government recruitment design.

Others

• Talentsoft: European HR/HCM platform vendor whose recruitment technology underpins the Choisir le service public platform. Comparable as the underlying technology supplier and an ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/choisirleSP
• YouTubeyoutube.com/dgafp-fonctionpublique
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/minist%C3%A8res-education-sports-recherche-administration-centrale
• Instagraminstagram.com/fonctionpublique_gouv

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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