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Moving back to the public sector (HEO/AP)

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  • 15-01-2024 6:53pm
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    peacock_lane
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭


    I'm hoping to take the plunge in the near future back into the public service after a long time away. Coming from the private sector my current job (which I've had for a number of years) would be a mixture of HEO and AP in terms of range of responsibility and skillset, as in HEO would be a bit of a step backwards and AP would be a bit of a step up. Obviously my career goals and wallet say AP is the level to focus my job-hunting at, but I have an interview for a HEO role next week. I'm curious for those in the public service would it be better to take the HEO and hope AP came up once I was in the door, or hold out and aim for AP as an external hire? It's so long since I was in the civil service that I don't remember if external-hire APs were rare or the norm.



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    durthacht
    Registered Users Posts: 701 ✭✭✭durthacht


    I'm not in the public sector so can't advise on your main question, but I do know they are working through an AP competition now which expires in October 2024, so I imagine a new AP competition will happen in late Spring or early Summer this year.



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    PmMeUrDogs
    Registered Users Posts: 703 ✭✭✭PmMeUrDogs


    There's an open AP competition running until Jan 29th in DCEDIY, through Staffline.



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