Clerical Officer 2020

Dublinfan2020 wrote: »

Thank you. I thought if your security clearance was pretty straight forward it might be a bit quicker...Do you get offered a place straight away or does that take another few weeks.. sorry for all the questions just trying to get an idea of how long I could be waiting.
Thanks again

Also just wondering about holidays can you take time off at Christmas in AGS...?? Sorry for all the questions

Hydration wrote: »

Hi ACAWARRIOR, Were you told the results would be in 2 weeks?

Someone who did it previously said it takes 2 to 4 weeks but I'm hoping 2 weeks

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Ask away - Happy to help.

Once clearance is done, which can be a bit quicker in straight forward cases, but it would still be weeks, you will get a call, but again it just depends how keen the HEO/AP/Super etc. is to get people in the door. It might be a week or two before they get in touch. After a week or so I'd be back on to PAS.

Christmas can be a bit contentious as the office usually needs to be staffed for most of it (Xmas day and Stephens Days usually aren't staffed). There will may be a local arrangement though where most staff are WFH for most of it and only one or two come in each day to do what needs to be done in the office.

Thanks so much its a great help. If you had holidays to take at Christmas would you be allowed to take them then. Do you think once your trained you would have the option to work from home or would AGS expect you in the office everyday.

I'm dying to find out more and the wait is killing me haha

Does anyone know what batch and number they are on?

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Once your trained, which takes a while as its 'on the job' you'll be allowed to WFH in most offices at least some of the time. There are certain hoops that have to be jumped through, especially if you need a laptop.

You might be able to take holiday, you might not. It will all depend who got there first and you'll be starting later in the leave year so I wouldn't bank on it in the first year. That said maybe you'll have some people happy to work Xmas and others take holiday. I'm afraid the answer like so many is it depends.

Thanks so much for all your help

jamieon wrote: »

Only an hour out of my interview for CO. They were very friendly, it wasnt difficult and they made it feel as though it wasnt a formal interview for a government position as you might expect they would. Feel free to message me for more info

Did they say when results will be?

Tippman24 wrote: »

Is this the last of the current batch or last of the Panel?

What Panel you referring to if you don't mind me asking?

What does batch 3 mean for Rosslare port CO?

Harchester wrote: »

I was batch 6 for Customs Officer for Dublin. Got interview results and then 15 mins later got job offer.

Congrats and well done, this is encouraging to hear. Did they even give you an order of merit when you got the interview results?

I got contacted for clearance today. I'm early Batch 20 in Dublin.

In regards to references, I'm in a bit of a sticky situation. PAS ask for references from the last twelve months. I was unemployed for most of that until a few weeks ago when I started in a new job. I have no issue with PAS contacting my new job for a reference but I'm unsure who to list as a reference as things have been a bit all over the place.
I'm WFH and haven't been set on a permanent team yet as we've been training. I won't have been placed on my permanent team until next week or the week after so I don't have a team leader to get a reference from. Can I list someone from HR for a reference for PAS?

This is my first public sector placement and I don't want to mess it up at this late stage.

I had my interview for Clerical Officer yesterday, does anyone have a rough idea of when I'll hear back? I forgot to ask them yesterday