Urgent: IBAMA Public Competition With Over 500 Positions at High School and Higher Education Levels Offering Salaries Up to R$ 8,547.64

IBAMA Is About to Open a New Public Competition with Over 500 Vacancies and Great Salaries. The New Exam Already Has a Request for Authorization Submitted.

The realization of a new public competition by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) is one of the promises made by the new government. The confirmation was made in an interview by Rodrigo Agostinho, the new president of the agency. According to the president, a new request for authorization has already been submitted to the Secretariat of Management and Innovation in Public Services.

IBAMA Has Only 53% of the Expected Workforce

At the end of January this year, Jair Schmitt, the then acting president of IBAMA, confirmed that preparations had begun for sending a new request to the government. Agostinho emphasizes that the agency is currently operating at half capacity: considering all active employees, there are 2,900 servers.

IBAMA has only 53% of the total expected workforce, even knowing that, last year, there was a decision by the Federal Supreme Court that required the previous government to hold the IBAMA public competition.

In Agostinho’s words, he highlights that “the Bolsonaro government paralyzed IBAMA, dismantled the agency, and persecuted the employees.” Thus, the president is now working to call those who were not summoned in the last competition.

Furthermore, according to the president of IBAMA, the number of new vacancies for the public competition has not yet been defined, but the expectation is to hire around 500 new professionals. According to the report presented at the end of last year by the transition team, the environmental sector has a deficit of at least 2,100 new servers, encompassing not only IBAMA but also the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio), the Brazilian Forest Service (SFB), and the Ministry of the Environment (MMA).

Discover How the Last IBAMA Public Competition Went and Prepare for the Next Opportunity

It is worth noting that, at the time, the document emphasized that holding a new public competition should not prevent the calling of candidates approved in the previous competition held in 2021, given that the need for servers exceeds the number of remaining candidates.

The last IBAMA competition for permanent positions took place in 2021, where 568 vacancies were offered, with 432 of them intended for those with a high school diploma and 136 for higher education candidates, with salaries of up to R$ 8,547.64.

The organizing body at that time was Cebraspe. In the case of high school candidates, the selection process was for filling 432 positions for the environmental technician role, with an initial salary of R$ 4,063.34. For higher education, there were 96 vacancies for the environmental analyst position and 40 for the administrative analyst, both with initial salaries of R$ 8,547.64.

Get to Know IBAMA

In February 1989, Law No. 7,735 was enacted, creating the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA), integrating environmental management in Brazil. Until then, there were several institutions in the federal government with various distinct, often contradictory views on the subject.

The body responsible for political work and management was the Special Secretariat of the Environment (Sema), linked to the Ministry of the Interior. Sema played a very important role in articulating the drafting of Law 6938/81, which establishes the National Environmental Policy (PNMA), in force to this day.

The law establishes the National System of the Environment (Sisnama) and the National Environmental Council (Conama), the only body with legislative power. The PNMA was a major advancement when the Federal Constitution of 1988 was promulgated, being the only one to be fully received.