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Ubuntu Guide: where to look for work in Gran Canaria

Ubuntu Canarias · 22 min read

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Our address book for jobs in Gran Canaria: more than 200 job sites, public services, agencies, companies and organisations, with their link, address or phone number. Free for you, you just need to sign up.

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9town councils
+30island companies
+25social organisations

Every week at Ubuntu Canarias we go through dozens of websites to prepare our job board. Over time we have noted down where Gran Canaria's job offers really appear, which public services are worth knowing, which island companies post jobs on their own website and which organisations you can ask for help.

This guide is that address book, organised and explained for you. You don't need to use all of it: choose what fits what you are looking for, complete your profile properly and check your websites every few days.

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1Before you start: get the basics ready

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2The most used job sites and apps in Gran Canaria

Laptop with job offers by sector, a phone and a notebook with the plan: update your CV, look for offers, register with the SCE, prepare for interviews and find a job

InfoJobs

The site with the most job offers on the island, especially in hospitality, retail, warehousing, cleaning and health and social care. You sign up for free, upload your CV and apply for offers. Website: infojobs.net. We explain how to sign up and complete your profile.

Indeed

It collects offers from many websites, including companies' own sites. Search by job and municipality, for example «camarero/a Maspalomas» (waiter Maspalomas) or «limpieza Telde» (cleaning Telde), and turn on email alerts. Website: es.indeed.com.

Glassdoor

It has many offers from the island's supermarkets, hotels and shops, and reviews from people who have worked at each company. Website: glassdoor.es. Here is our Glassdoor guide.

LinkedIn

Professional network with job offers. Useful above all for office work, administration, tourism, the social sector and technology, and so that companies can find you. Website: linkedin.com/jobs. Our LinkedIn guide helps you create your profile.

Job Today

Mobile app with quick offers in hospitality, retail and customer service, many in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the south. You can chat with the company. Website: jobtoday.com.

Hacesfalta.org

Job and volunteering site for NGOs and social organisations. Very useful if you are looking for work in the social sector: social work, social education, integration, care. Website: hacesfalta.org.

Other general job sites

Job search engines

They gather offers from many websites at once: Jooble, Iberempleos, Jobijoba, Opcionempleo and Adzuna.

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3Public employment services

Canary Islands Employment Service (SCE)

Registering as a jobseeker is free and gives you access to job offers, guidance and many courses, because quite a few free training courses require you to be registered.

We also explain it in our guide Looking for work in the Canary Islands?.

Some tips so that the SCE takes you into account when job offers come in:

  • Book an appointment through the online office, the SCE app or by calling 012 (928 301 012).
  • Choose your occupations carefully. You can list up to 6. The SCE looks for candidates through them, so they must match what you can do.
  • Extend your search area to the whole island of Gran Canaria if you can travel. You ask for this at your employment office.
  • Keep your registration up to date and hand in the certificates of the courses you take.
  • Ask for the employment plans and the PFAE. The SCE's agreements with town councils and organisations often hire people for cleaning, labouring, gardening or maintenance. PFAE (training programmes combined with employment) last about 11 or 12 months: you work with a contract while you train, and at the end you get a professional certificate. Both applications are valid for one year; after that you have to apply again.
  • Apply for the «Servicios para el Empleo» if they apply to you, always before you are hired, because they give support to the company that hires you: Certifícate (if you have a professional certificate), Retorno al Empleo (if you have been registered for 12 months or more) and Incentívate (aged 16 to 29, with Youth Guarantee). You apply on the SCE website.

Youth Guarantee (if you are under 30)

If you are between 16 and 29 and not working or studying, you can register for the Youth Guarantee (Garantía Juvenil) to access job offers, internships and training. Information on the SEPE website and at Gran Canaria Joven, from the island council (Cabildo). Other resources for young people:

Town council employment agencies

Many town councils have a job bank, guidance and job offers. Some require you to be registered as a resident (empadronado/a) in the municipality.

We explain the conditions of each one in Municipal resources for finding work in Gran Canaria. If you live in another municipality, ask your town council about the Local Development Agency.

Placement agencies

These are authorised organisations that put companies in touch with people looking for work. They are free for you. Take your CV or sign up on their website.

Other job banks on the island

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4Public sector jobs

Public administrations also hire people. The Government of the Canary Islands publishes its processes on Access to the Civil Service, where you can see the current calls for applications. Other public job pages:

The other town councils publish their calls on their online offices and in the BOP.

An important point: to be a civil servant (funcionario/a), in most cases you need Spanish nationality or that of a European Union country. But foreign nationals legally resident in Spain can apply for contract staff (personal laboral) positions in public administrations on equal terms with Spanish nationals. This is set out in article 57 of the Basic Statute of Public Employees.

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5Gran Canaria companies with their own job portal

Many large companies publish their offers on their own website. These are some of the ones with the most offers on the island.

Hotels and tourism

Supermarkets and retail

Construction, industry, environment and services

Cleaning, care and health and social care

Care homes for older people and home help

Common jobs: geriatric care assistant (gerocultor/a), home help assistant, nursing assistant (TCAE), nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, social work, cleaning, laundry, kitchen and reception. Check the qualifications they ask for and whether you need a driving licence and a car.

  • Amavir (Centro Sociosanitario Benedicta Ojeda, Tamaraceite): offers and centre page
  • Sanitas Mayores (Residencia El Palmeral, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria): job portal. Check that the offer is in Gran Canaria.
  • Grupo Sergesa (also in Agüimes): job offers
  • Residencial Tenoya: rrhh@residencialtenoya.es, with the job in the subject line of the email
  • Islasistencia (home help): work with us
  • Activa Bienestar (home help): empleo@activabienestar.es
  • Wayalia (care for older people): jobs
  • Grupo Ballesol and Asistia are further down, in «Social organisations that hire».
  • The Cabildo's health and social care centres (El Sabinal, El Pino, El Valle and Arucas) hire through their calls for applications: see the Cabildo's public jobs.

Social organisations that hire

If you have training or experience in social work, social education, psychology, social integration, home help or care, these island organisations hire staff:

IT and technology

Graphic design and freelance work

  • Design and creative jobs: Domestika, Behance and Dribbble. Domestiko also has a graphic design section.
  • To work on projects: Malt, Workana and Upwork.
  • Also search for «diseñador/a digital» (digital designer), «maquetador/a» (layout designer), «técnico/a de comunicación» (communications officer) or «Graphic Designer».

Ports and the sea

We talk about it in the article There is a future in ports, not only at sea.

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6Temporary employment agencies (ETT)

Temp agencies hire people to work for a period at other companies: seasonal campaigns, cover, busy periods. In Gran Canaria they are very active in warehousing, logistics, shelf stocking, hospitality and cleaning.

Temp agency apps for your phone: Adecco, Eurofirms and Jobandtalent.

Working through a temp agency is legal and it is a job with a contract and Social Security registration. A temp agency can never charge you for finding you work.

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7Disability and social integration companies

There are organisations and companies that work to help people with disabilities find employment. With a disability certificate of 33 % or more you can access these offers.

Special employment centres (centros especiales de empleo) are companies where most of the staff are people with disabilities. In Gran Canaria they include: Integra CEE (Telde, 928 136 212), ACHE Canarias (928 271 104), Compsi (Guía, 928 882 929), Eulen Centro Especial de Empleo (928 296 868), Global Iniciativas Sociales (928 431 482), Servidis (928 493 010), the Fundación Canaria para el Fomento del Transporte Especial Adaptado (928 930 206), Grupo Envera and Desarrollo Social Canarias. Grupo Envera also has a job portal in the Canary Islands. All the centres on the islands: Canary Association of Special Employment Centres and ceecanarias.org. The Cabildo also has a directory of special employment centres.

  • COCEMFE Las Palmas has a job integration service for people with physical and organic disabilities.
  • Adecco also publishes offers specifically for people with disabilities on its website.

Social integration companies

They hire people at risk of social exclusion or who find it hard to get a job for a period of time, and support them so that afterwards they can work at any other company. Access is usually through social services or an organisation.

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8Organisations that can guide you

Illustration of four people walking towards an open door, with a CV and a briefcase

If you need help with your CV, with your papers or to know where to start, these Gran Canaria organisations offer guidance:

You have more addresses and phone numbers in our guide Looking for work in Gran Canaria when you also face other difficulties.

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9Your rights while you look for work and when you start

  • All workers, with or without papers, have the right to be paid at least the minimum wage, to safety at work, to working hours and rest, and not to be discriminated against.
  • When you start working, the company must register you with Social Security from the first day. If you don't have a Social Security number, you can request it online from Social Security.
  • If you don't have permission to work, you cannot work legally, but you can train in sectors with job prospects, volunteer to practise the language and meet people, and prepare for regularisation. If you are already working without papers, you have the same employment rights and you can report abuse.
  • If your rights are violated, you can report it to the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate in Las Palmas: Luis Doreste Silva, 64 · 928 291 464 / 928 291 656 · itpalmas@mites.gob.es. You can also ask a trade union or an NGO for help.
  • If you work as a hotel room attendant, the Las Kellys Association advises and supports you: 603 038 344.
  • If you work in domestic work or care, you have the right to a contract, registration from the first day, at least the minimum wage in proportion to your hours, and 30 days of holiday a year.

We explain it in more detail in Are you working without a contract or without being registered?.

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10Job pages worth following on social media

Many job offers and course announcements are published on Facebook and Instagram. It is worth following: Servicio Canario de Empleo, Fundación Universitaria de Las Palmas, Fundación Laboral de la Construcción – Las Palmas, FEMEPA, Canarias Emplea, Activa Canarias RRHH, Empleo Cáritas Diocesana de Canarias and Yo Encuentro Trabajo en Canarias. And, of course, Ubuntu Canarias on Instagram.

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11Train while you look for work

Many offers ask for a qualification or a certificate. These resources are public or free:

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12If you want to start your own business

  • IMEF Entrepreneurs' Centre: free advice · Sao Paulo, 6 (El Sebadal) · 928 310 282
  • Chamber of Commerce One-Stop Business Shop: León y Castillo, 24 · 928 432 220
  • SCE network of organisations that advise on self-employment: list
  • Canary Confederation of Employers: ccelpa.org · 928 383 500
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13Working in another European country

EURES is the European Union's job portal. SEPE explains it on its page What is EURES. Bear in mind that to work in another country you need permission to work there.

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14Our job board and our groups

People looking for work with a laptop and a CV in an office overlooking Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

At Ubuntu Canarias we collect job offers in Gran Canaria every week and publish them by sector, in five languages, on our weekly job board. Every day we also share job offers, free courses and resources in our WhatsApp group, and on Free training we gather courses with open registration.

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15How to spot a fake job offer

Fake job offers also circulate online. Some are after your money and others after your personal data. Be suspicious if:

  • They ask you for money to work: for a course, materials, a uniform or «administration fees». A real company does not charge you to hire you.
  • They hire you without an interview or offer you a job you had not applied for.
  • The salary is very high for an easy job, with no experience and from home.
  • They ask you to call numbers starting with 803, 806, 807, 905 or 907, which are premium-rate.
  • You can't find the company online or they write to you from a free email address such as Gmail on behalf of a large company.
  • They ask for your bank details or photos of your ID before you have signed anything.
  • The offer doesn't give the company's name or the municipality and only gives a number to message «privately».

If an offer looks suspicious, don't send money or data, search online for the company's name and a few phrases from the ad, and warn the page where you saw it. Spain's National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE) explains more warning signs on its page about fake job offers.

And before accepting any job, go through our list of 10 things to check before you say yes. If you are already working without a contract, read what you can do.

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16A final tip

Looking for work online works better with a bit of order. Choose a few websites, check them several times a week and write down which offers you apply for and when. For that you have our guide Organise your job search, with a template to download.

This guide will be updated with new information. Check it again on ubuntucanarias.org from time to time and download the latest version.

If you need help getting started, write to us at info@ubuntucanarias.org.

© 2026 Ubuntu Canarias. Acogida e Integración. Our own guide. You may share and use it, citing the source (Ubuntu Canarias · ubuntucanarias.org), for non-commercial purposes. Data checked in October 2026.

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