AO Revenue 2015 vacancies

Zipppy

More ICT and Compliance AO positions advertised ...
http://www.revenue.ie/en/about/careers.html

Have done two interviews so far for AO ICT in Revenue and had to withdraw last year....May as well have another shot....

Zipppy

Looks like I'll be getting this one as no one else is interested

billyhead

Hopefully their are 2 vacancies. I will be throwing my name in the hat for the compliance job

Zipppy

billyhead wrote:

Hopefully their are 2 vacancies. I will be throwing my name in the hat for the compliance job

grand billyhead....you get compliance and I get ICT...

in fact theres so little interest Revenue may as well promote us to AP

job124hunt

Zippy/Billyead..
I actually posted about this on the massive AO Revenue thread the other day, but also got no replies so here goes!
I am not an accountant, or anything like it, but I do meet the educational criteria. I am currently an EO elsewhere in the Civil/Public Sector.
I believe I can demonstrate the competencies but my concern is that I am not an accountant, and surely private sector people with industry experience would be the preferred profile for this?
Also, how likely is it that there will be an aptitude test for this campaign, or will they likely short list based on CV content/competencies? (I wouldn’t fancy my chances in aptitudes but would be confident at interview).
Are most AO’s in Revenue accounts/auditors or a mix of that and EO’s/CO’s promoted from elsewhere?
I assume these roles wouldn’t be call centre-esque roles where you deal with customers one to one all day on the phone?
My understanding would be that you’d be researching/investigating etc, doing work for HEO’s/AP’s?

kilburn

Excellent will have a go at this also

Zipppy

job124hunt wrote: »

Zippy/Billyead..
I actually posted about this on the massive AO Revenue thread the other day, but also got no replies so here goes!
I am not an accountant, or anything like it, but I do meet the educational criteria. I am currently an EO elsewhere in the Civil/Public Sector.
I believe I can demonstrate the competencies but my concern is that I am not an accountant, and surely private sector people with industry experience would be the preferred profile for this?
Also, how likely is it that there will be an aptitude test for this campaign, or will they likely short list based on CV content/competencies? (I wouldn’t fancy my chances in aptitudes but would be confident at interview).
Are most AO’s in Revenue accounts/auditors or a mix of that and EO’s/CO’s promoted from elsewhere?
I assume these roles wouldn’t be call centre-esque roles where you deal with customers one to one all day on the phone?
My understanding would be that you’d be researching/investigating etc, doing work for HEO’s/AP’s?

Administrative Officer (Compliance)
Positions at this level offer graduates an excellent opportunity to build careers in taxation and to experience a wide variety of work in Tax and Customs, including audits and compliance, risk analysis, researching and advising on interpretation of tax and customs law and practice and supporting the implementation of tax policy.

Job spec states 'graduates' so I assume you'll need a qualification (level 8 min) in Tax or compliance or accounting....that's the way it is for ICT anyhow.

As for aptitude testing...I applied last three years, got interview on each occasion..but had to withdraw last year pre interview...so I'd imagine there wont be testing this year just severe shortlisting based on information on application form.

Best of luck with it

nikkibikki

Had a quick scan through the pdf doc and couldn't see the answer to this. Where are these jobs based?

Lisa2011

Applying for AO. My brother works in that role. I am getting assistance with my application.

FunkSoulSista

Lisa2011 wrote:

Applying for AO. My brother works in that role. I am getting assistance with my application.

Does he work as an AO specifically in Revenue? Any information on what it's like to work for them?

Lisa2011

FunkSoulSista wrote: »

Does he work as an AO specifically in Revenue? Any information on what it's like to work for them?

Yes he does work in that role. Its in compliance and they are great to work for plus he is an associate of the Irish Taxation Institute.

Three years this November in the position. He has alot of face to face meetings with business owners and obviously has a target to reach in terms of money he brings in. He has met those targets and exceeded them.

I am a TCO in Revenue myself and it has been a great experience. Sadly that ends this friday.

Slydice

nikkibikki wrote: »

Had a quick scan through the pdf doc and couldn't see the answer to this. Where are these jobs based?

Pg 12:

The Location
The roles will be based in the primary Revenue Development Centre in George’s Street, Dublin 2 or in the Revenue Data Centre, which located on St. Johns Road, Dublin 8.

darklighter

Sorry for being lazy guys & not looking myself but does anyone know the starting salary for AO's?

Slydice

darklighter wrote: »

Sorry for being lazy guys & not looking myself but does anyone know the starting salary for AO's?

Pg 6:

€29,922

barneystinson

Lisa2011 wrote: »

Yes he does work in that role. Its in compliance and they are great to work for plus he is an associate of the Irish Taxation Institute.

Three years this November in the position. He has alot of face to face meetings with business owners and obviously has a target to reach in terms of money he brings in. He has met those targets and exceeded them.

I am a TCO in Revenue myself and it has been a great experience. Sadly that ends this friday.

I doubt very much he has a target for yield.

Number of audits/interventions yes, and broad expectation of yield, but not a hard target...

Lisa2011

Slydice wrote: »

Pg 12:

I believe this location is for AO in ICT

barneystinson

Lisa2011 wrote: »

I believe this location is for AO in ICT

Yeah the ICT jobs are all Dublin based.

The Compliance roles will, unsurprisingly, be wherever auditors have retired and need to be replaced...

So some of the smaller offices might get none, or maybe a couple, the bigger offices in the cities a few more, and easily 30-40% of the roles will be in Dublin and surrounds...

Slydice

Ah sorry, my bad.

Zipppy

OK...gonna start concentrating on this now.
Twice in the past I've reached interview / presentation...did very good interviews and presentations as far as I thought but failed.
I had to withdraw from interview last year due to a personal matter conflicting with interviews.
So...would really love to know what there're after here exactly?
Are they concentrating on say development skills, networking skills, PM skills?
Anyone have an insight into actual role performed on a day to day basis by Revenue AOs?
Framing my application will dictate the direction the interview goes...

This is for AO ICT ..

irish_dave_83

I've gone for the Compliance.

I'm already an EO in the Civil Service, so here's hoping. I have my application sent in already, happy with the examples that I gave.

My main issue is with the Interviews in these compotitions, I alway mess them up.

Good look everyone(sort of)

barneystinson

Zipppy wrote: »

OK...gonna start concentrating on this now.
Twice in the past I've reached interview / presentation...did very good interviews and presentations as far as I thought but failed.
I had to withdraw from interview last year due to a personal matter conflicting with interviews.
So...would really love to know what there're after here exactly?
Are they concentrating on say development skills, networking skills, PM skills?
Anyone have an insight into actual role performed on a day to day basis by Revenue AOs?
Framing my application will dictate the direction the interview goes...

This is for AO ICT ..

I think this time around it'd be simpler for everyone if the thread was split into two separate ones - the 2 roles have nothing in common except the employer.

I can't give any advice re an ICT competition and it's frustrating reading through posts that have nothing to do with the competition I can offer an insight into...

fxotoole

I'm going to apply for the ICT one, I would wish you all the best of luck, but, you know...

nikkibikki

barneystinson wrote: »

Yeah the ICT jobs are all Dublin based.

The Compliance roles will, unsurprisingly, be wherever auditors have retired and need to be replaced...

So some of the smaller offices might get none, or maybe a couple, the bigger offices in the cities a few more, and easily 30-40% of the roles will be in Dublin and surrounds...

This puts me back in the running so, Dublin wouldn't be an option for me. Waterford, Kilkenny or Dungarvan would do me.

It's been well over a decade since I filled out any of these application forms or applied for a job, had one til June last year, so I am well out of the loop!! Anyone know if there's anywhere to get help in filling one out, I'm not fantastic at transcribing words onto paper, numbers are more my thing! Have never worked in Public Sector before either.

Jamama

I rang revenue and they said the compliance jobs would be mainly in dublin but there might be some in the country.
If the starting salary is 29k and you get an increment every 15 months would it take 15 years for your salary to go up 12 places on the salary scale to the max if 58k?
Do the scales increase with inflation or would you be earning 58k in 2030 if you were still in this job?
Do you have to pay a pension out of the 29k?
What would the monthly net pay be approximately for standard single person?
thanks.

barneystinson

Jamama wrote: »

I rang revenue and they said the compliance jobs would be mainly in dublin but there might be some in the country.
If the starting salary is 29k and you get an increment every 15 months would it take 15 years for your salary to go up 12 places on the salary scale to the max if 58k?
Do the scales increase with inflation or would you be earning 58k in 2030 if you were still in this job?
Do you have to pay a pension out of the 29k?
What would the monthly net pay be approximately for standard single person?
thanks.

There will definitely be positions around the country - it's a national organisation, they're losing staff to retirement all over the country.

Increments are annual (subject to satisfactory performance) - Haddington Road imposed a 3 month delay for a couple of years but that's on its way out next year.

No-one can tell you what will happen with pay scales in the future - they're currently well below 2008 levels, and things will get interesting in the next 18 months as the public sector unions go looking for restoration of the cuts... the AGSI are already getting up on their soapbox for example.

You have to pay the PRD out of your 29k - it's a "pension related deduction", but not actually a pension contribution, which you will also have to pay. Still good value, if you are going to get a defined benefit pension of half your career average salary.

There are various calculators out there to tell you what the monthly net for a public servant earning 30k gross will be. However, if you can't actually find the info and do the calculation yourself, I'd strongly suggest this isn't the job for you...

Geuze

Jamama wrote: »

I
Do you have to pay a pension out of the 29k?
What would the monthly net pay be approximately for standard single person?
thanks.

Public servants pay 6.5% pension conts PLUS the PRD pension levy.

Civil servants pay less pension conts PLUS the PRD pension levy.

buttercup20

A friend of mine received email confirming receipt of application for AO Compliance this week. According to the email nearly 500 people applied.

corny

buttercup20 wrote: »

A friend of mine received email confirming receipt of application for AO Compliance this week. According to the email nearly 500 people applied.

How many are they taking on?

irish_dave_83

buttercup20 wrote: »

A friend of mine received email confirming receipt of application for AO Compliance this week. According to the email nearly 500 people applied.

I got that mail aswell, not sure how many they are taking on, hopefully a good few!

barneystinson

corny wrote: »

How many are they taking on?

Somewhere between 0 and 500.

They'll probably put between 35 and 50 on a panel - based on recent competitions - and they'll all get an offer during the 2-year life of the panel. Whether they all get a location that suits them would depend on their own circumstances...

Howjoe1

The Revenue website only appears to have the ICT jobs and not the compliance ones, has teh deadline past?

Zipppy

Howjoe1 wrote: »

The Revenue website only appears to have the ICT jobs and not the compliance ones, has teh deadline past?

Deadline 17th for compliance...23rd for ICT...my application form ICT done but not submitted as I might think of edits overnight

Hope there's lots less than 500 applications for ICT :eek:

delricyo

Zipppy wrote: »

Deadline 17th for compliance...23rd for ICT...my application form ICT done but not submitted as I might think of edits overnight

Hope there's lots less than 500 applications for ICT :eek:

I'd say 100 or fewer applied for the ICT roles. Usually a lot more would apply for the compliance roles

Zipppy

delricyo wrote: »

I'd say 100 or fewer applied for the ICT roles. Usually a lot more would apply for the compliance roles

Well sure application gone in now and it's in the lap of the gods...

I see media report Revenue recruiting 400 new staff so presumably most of this figure is AO Compliance positions....

barneystinson

Zipppy wrote: »

Well sure application gone in now and it's in the lap of the gods...

I see media report Revenue recruiting 400 new staff so presumably most of this figure is AO Compliance positions....

No, most of the 400 will be CO's/EO's.

Jonathan

Zipppy wrote: »

Hope there's lots less than 500 applications for ICT :eek:

A low number of applicants is not a indication that you have a greater chance of being successful in the competition.

In 2012, there were 94 applications received for AO (ICT), 39 were called to interview and a panel of only 6 formed.

On the AO (A&C) side, there were 650 applications received, 108 called for interview, and a panel of 40 formed.

See here for more information.

delricyo wrote: »

I'd say 100 or fewer applied for the ICT roles. Usually a lot more would apply for the compliance roles

I agree, and this correlates with the 2012 competition above.

fiachr_a

Zipppy wrote: »

Hope there's lots less than 500 applications for ICT :eek:

Only 200 applied. It's a disgrace that so few were interested. No sympathy for jobless graduates crying at the airport.

Zipppy

fiachr_a wrote: »

Only 200 applied. It's a disgrace that so few were interested. No sympathy for jobless graduates crying at the airport.

Yeah got email saying 200 applications...

Strange that it's more than double the 2012 number of applications as there are a lot more IT positions available generally nowadays...

fxotoole

Didn't apply in the end myself as I didn't have great examples for two of the competencies, never mind coming up with backup examples if I ever got called to interview

manufangirl

has anyone applied for the Revenue AO Compliance before? Is the interview just based on the comeptencies or are there questions on hot button topics / tax / policy etc? What type of topic would the presentation be on?

With nearly 500 applications i think i would have a slim enough chance of getting called up but it would be useful to have an idea of what format the interview takes, any information is appreciated

irish_dave_83

manufangirl wrote: »

has anyone applied for the Revenue AO Compliance before? Is the interview just based on the comeptencies or are there questions on hot button topics / tax / policy etc? What type of topic would the presentation be on?

With nearly 500 applications i think i would have a slim enough chance of getting called up but it would be useful to have an idea of what format the interview takes, any information is appreciated

I've done a few interviews like this. They there will be three/four on the Panel. Each will take a competency or two and ask you questions on the examplethat you gave. They may also ask you to provide an additional example of that competency. They will clearly stop you when they have heard enough and move you on to the next person on the panel. They may speak to you generally on the role itself and what you know about it, and as this is a specific area I would expect this to happen. They don’t expect you to be an expert in the field (in this case tax) but to have more of an understanding. At the end they will give you the opportunity to offer any information about yourself that you didn’t get to express during interview or to clarify something you said previously.

Well that’s my experience of it anyway I done three of them for the HEO grade(AO equivalent). Just remember they are looking for you to sell yourself and from what I understand using the word "we" is a big no no and they may ask you to repeat your answer and ask what YOU did.

pixieprincess

Hi All!

Just wondering how long would the short listing of applications typically take?

Many thanks!

Zipppy

pixieprincess wrote: »

Hi All!

Just wondering how long would the short listing of applications typically take?

Many thanks!

A few weeks last year..

Lisa2011

I received an email confirming the selection process for the AO Compliance was complete. I sadly was not selected for interview.

Even though I have a business degree and worked with Revenue for over a year. Even with that it can be hard to find a job.

pinkrunners

Lisa2011 wrote: »

I received an email confirming the selection process for the AO Compliance was complete. I sadly was not selected for interview.

Even though I have a business degree and worked with Revenue for over a year. Even with that it can be hard to find a job.

got the same email myself. 486 application and 81 called to interview. congrats to those who got short listed.

worked in revenue for five years myself and five years service in another dept. A degree in business studies and public management. They said the standard was very high. I've looked for feedback on my application. my form is obviously lacking in some areas so I'd be interested to find out for future campaigns.

Zipppy

Lisa2011 wrote: »

I received an email confirming the selection process for the AO Compliance was complete. I sadly was not selected for interview.

Even though I have a business degree and worked with Revenue for over a year. Even with that it can be hard to find a job.

pinkrunners wrote: »

got the same email myself. 486 application and 81 called to interview. congrats to those who got short listed.

worked in revenue for five years myself and five years service in another dept. A degree in business studies and public management. They said the standard was very high. I've looked for feedback on my application. my form is obviously lacking in some areas so I'd be interested to find out for future campaigns.

Hard luck there ..... stiff competition obviosuly..best of luck to all called to next stage

Hopefully hear about ICT positions soon...

mozattack

Hello, I did the AO interview last year but I was asked about it and my memory is hazy.

There are 5 competencies in the application form and I am sure they said to me they wouldn't ask about "communication skills" as that could be judged via the interview.

That said I really don't remember being asked about question 5, specialist knowledge and expertise etc. Does anyone recall what was asked for that part?

Thanks

delricyo

mozattack wrote: »

Hello, I did the AO interview last year but I was asked about it and my memory is hazy.

There are 5 competencies in the application form and I am sure they said to me they wouldn't ask about "communication skills" as that could be judged via the interview.

That said I really don't remember being asked about question 5, specialist knowledge and expertise etc. Does anyone recall what was asked for that part?

Thanks

I remember that they were asking about specific experience in audit and compliance. How you approached issues to achieve compliance etc. Would probably depend on what you have put down in that section

mozattack

Delricyo, this person is an accountant so has no real audit/compliance experience.

I am struggling to help them because even though my interview was last year I am hazy about what was asked... i know 3 competencies were queried in detail but certainly not sure what the position was with "communication/interpersonal skills" and/or "the specialist knowledge question.

Kurn

Anyone hear back on the AO ICT?

Zipppy

Kurn wrote: »

Anyone hear back on the AO ICT?

Nope...