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Third Secretary & Development Specialist Campaign 2020

exitstageleft

New campaign opened yesterday:

publicjobs
.ie/en/graduate-opportunities/graduate-third-secretary

Maybe we could use this new thread to share information and keep track of the campaign's progress.

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exitstageleft

I wonder if we'll have to wait until they start issuing invitations to the Online Assessment stage before we'll know for certain which type of tests they'll use. From my reading of the publicjobs website that won't be until late October.

I've submitted an application, selecting both streams, so I guess it's just a waiting game now. It's gonna (hopefully!) be a long few months...

belgowho

Been a while since I did the tests at this level. What kind of testing system are they using now? SHL, Cut- E?

I ask as gonna buy a package of tests to practice.

I remember last time i did it, they used different tabs within one question/multiple questions.

Thanks!

HartsHat

exitstageleft wrote: »

Thanks Hartshat.

I wonder which stream is bigger? I'd imagine the more traditional Third Secretary route. In that case, might there be more positions available for Third Secretaries rather than development specialist officers?

I suppose it's a moot point now (you can select both) but they will surely ask people to choose one or the other at some point in the application process.

The diplomatic stream is bigger as most of our mission are non-development (obviously).

However, there are already over 100 TS in the Dept. There are 0 DSO, as its a new grade.

Therefore it is hard to know where the demand will be. My gut instinct is DSO, given the number of TS in HQ at the moment.

exitstageleft

Thanks Hartshat.

I wonder which stream is bigger? I'd imagine the more traditional Third Secretary route. In that case, might there be more positions available for Third Secretaries rather than development specialist officers?

I suppose it's a moot point now (you can select both) but they will surely ask people to choose one or the other at some point in the application process.

HartsHat

exitstageleft wrote: »

With that in mind, does anyone have any insights into the "development specialist" role being offered this time around?
Will it be fairly similar to the traditional Third Secretary or quite different?
Are people going to apply for both?

I think it definitely seems interesting but I wonder if it might like future progress.

The DSO role is basically Third Sec but for Development stream.

So for the Devleopment stream it will be Development Specialist Officer --- Development Specialist ---- Senior Development Specialist.

For the diplomatic steam it remains TS - FS - Counsellor.

The streams are equivalent, but not interchangeable, so whichever you become you won't be able to transfer across (unless you do another open comp).

exitstageleft

With that in mind, does anyone have any insights into the "development specialist" role being offered this time around?
Will it be fairly similar to the traditional Third Secretary or quite different?
Are people going to apply for both?

I think it definitely seems interesting but I wonder if it might limit future progress.