IBGE to Hire Over 39,000 Temporary Workers

The Governo has authorized the IBGE to hire professionals by time determined to meet temporary needs of exceptional public interest. This authorization, published in the Diário Oficial da União on December 17, is grounded in existing legislation. The high volume of vacancies is directly linked to the scale of the censuses the IBGE intends to conduct.

These surveys require a massive operational structure, with teams distributed across the entire country to collect data directly from the population. The work is intense but temporary, occurring during specific periods. Consequently, the institute typically reinforces its staff with determined-time contracts whenever it needs to execute surveys of this magnitude.

According to the portaria, the selected professionals will work on the operationalization of two specific censuses:

• Censo Agropecuário, Florestal e Aquícola: Focused on collecting information regarding rural production.
• Censo da População em Situação de Rua: Designed to map a specific demographic that requires unique methodology and approach.

The majority of the vacancies will be allocated to the position of recenseador, responsible for data collection. Specifically for this function, 27,330 opportunities are planned. The remaining vacancies will be distributed among operational and support functions.

The number of vacancies per function has already been established. However, the detailed duties for each position will only be included in the official notice, which has not yet been published. Candidates will be required to pass a simplified selection process to be hired.

Salaries for the temporary positions have not yet been defined. The values will be established by the IBGE itself, with expenses covered by the institute's budget. These costs are classified as "Outras Despesas Correntes" (Other Current Expenses). The authorization is conditional upon a declaration of budgetary and financial adequacy, in compliance with the Annual Budget Law and the Budget Guidelines Law.

The IBGE has a deadline of six months from the publication of the portaria to release the notice for opening applications. This places the expected release date around May. Until then, there are no defined dates for the start of registrations, the application of tests, or the release of results.

This new hiring initiative follows recent recruitment efforts by the institute. The last IBGE contest occurred in 2023, when the federal government authorized the institute to hire 8,141 temporary employees for research purposes. Additionally, in the previous year, the IBGE offered 895 opportunities through the Concurso Público Nacional Unificado (CPNU).

Currently, the IBGE maintains another temporary selection process in progress, with 9,580 vacancies for the roles of Agente de Pesquisas e Mapeamento and Supervisor de Coleta e Qualidade. This context highlights the institute's ongoing need for temporary staff to fulfill its data collection mandates.