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Principal Officer competition 2022

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    #332
    dryden2016
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭dryden2016


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119479825#Comment_119479825

    Hi folks. To meet my own request above (!), I'm just outside top 10 and was contacted about clearance today. So the wheels are turning on this panel again, and hopefully might even gather pace a bit.



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    #333
    Witco
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭Witco


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119585173#Comment_119585173

    Me too Dryden, delighted things are moving again



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    #334
    Pelican_tusk
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭Pelican_tusk


    Hi, first time poster on this thread. On this panel though relatively low down I would say. Well done to everyone on here. Great to see it moving as per two posts directly above. Hopefully that will continue in coming months.



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    #335
    May Day
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭May Day


    Does anyone know in general terms what happens when you are contacted by PAS? Any idea of timeliness from clearance to postings? Perhaps it's akin to how long is a piece of string!!!



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    #336
    Witco
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭Witco


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119592640#Comment_119592640

    I'm happy to report back when I've been appointed - might help to manage expectations



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    #337
    APparently
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭APparently


    Just got message from PAS asking if I was interested in DoE in Athlone. Presume the remainder on panel were offered the same and that none (or only a tiny number) of us put Westmeath down as one of our counties.



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    #338
    Pat_Mc
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭Pat_Mc


    I see PAS now looking for expressions of interest for Athlone from the panel.



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    #339
    BlitheSpirit
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭BlitheSpirit


    Interdepartmental Principal Officer Higher competition announced. Anyone on the current panel from first round of interviews can apply - if you want to go through it all again!



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    #340
    May Day
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭May Day


    Yes I saw that. I can only assume its a similar process to the po.



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    #341
    redguywhy
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭redguywhy


    I placed around 600 in order of merit for this competition after the testing period. Is the panel held for long? Anyone know if it’s likely to get called to the next stage or not? Thanks!



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    #342
    May Day
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭May Day


    The panel lasts for 2 years. I really don't know how fast or slow the panels move generally. I was around 600 in an ap panel a few yeears ago and was contacted about 18 months in. I dont know about a po panel though. It's my first time. I 'm relatively high up and haven't heard a peep. Sorry I can't be of more assistance.



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    #343
    APparently
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭APparently


    AFAIK the 2019 PO competition got to about 800 in OOM. It's not inconceivable that this competition will do likewise especially as we are all expecting an avalanche of PO retirements. Whether this materializes or not is any ones guess.



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    #344
    cloudings
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭cloudings


    Does anyone know how many people placed on the current panel?

    Just wondering when batch 2 in OOM would be called?



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    #345
    softskills
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭softskills


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119650859#Comment_119650859

    At least 60 :-) Although possibly more.



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    #346
    Ben_Dovers
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭Ben_Dovers


    EOI for Education in Offaly sought earlier.

    Anyone know where they are on the OOM?



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    #347
    APparently
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭APparently


    @Ben_Dovers you can email the POClearance email and they will tell you how many are in front of you for your chosen counties. It's not as easy as asking where they are on the OOM as numbers 20 or 42 or 65, for example, could have come off the panels already for a county other than Dublin or for their department's internal panel. By my rough guess they are somewhere around number 15-18 from the original OOM.



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    #348
    Ben_Dovers
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭Ben_Dovers


    Email from Clearance - they've reached 21 on the Dublin OOM



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    #349
    May Day
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭May Day


    I haven't heard anything and I'm before that..... ????



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    #350
    Pat_Mc
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭Pat_Mc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119675431#Comment_119675431

    I am 21 on OOM and haven't heard anything yet...



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    #351
    Pat_Mc
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭Pat_Mc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119675632#Comment_119675632

    You may e-mail clearance and ask...



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    #352
    Bowiegal
    Registered Users Posts: 51 ✭✭Bowiegal


    I'm no 23 and Clearance said there are five people ahead of me so that means the next to be placed will be no 18.



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    #353
    Ben_Dovers
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭Ben_Dovers


    I got an email that there were 13 ahead of me on the Dublin panel....so using my PO level maths ability....I figured out that they reached 21 on the Dublin panel.



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    #354
    APparently
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭APparently


    Logical reasoning @Ben_Dovers, unfortunately PAS are anything but logical!! It's likely then that they have reached number 17 on the original OOM, but that 4 people who were between number 17 and yourself have already left the panel for other counties, internal promotions or other jobs. Either way, this panel is excruciatingly slow.



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    #355
    Witco
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭Witco


    To give others an idea of the time frame involved in the clearance process, I provided PAS with authorisation to proceed with clearance (garda vetting, a reference from my current department) on 13 Sept and they confirmed my clearance was completed on 28 Sept. I'm a serving civil servant so it would have been pretty straightforward.



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    #356
    May Day
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭May Day


    Oh my god. Thanks a million. That is very efficient. I had months and months in my head.



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    #357
    TaurenDruid
    Registered Users Posts: 4,036 ✭✭✭TaurenDruid


    Might be of interest to some on this thread who are current civil servants:

    On the 'Civil Service - Post Lockdown - Blended Working' thread ( https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119611314#Comment_119611314 ) we've been looking at what's on offer in different departments/employers around blended working. I ran a survey on this back in June, which is now outdated as departments began releasing official blended working policies. There's a new survey available now, from here: https://forms.gle/55tQJ3FcP68Zn2KA7

    No personal info is collected, don't include any identifying info in answers, please. The last question is free-form text and I'll post up some of the interesting responses on the above thread unless asked not to. Or if they're defamatory. 🤣



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    #358
    Bowiegal
    Registered Users Posts: 51 ✭✭Bowiegal


    Movement seems to have stalled in last two weeks. Clearance advised this morning that the panel is still around 17/18.



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    #359
    softskills
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭softskills


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119684457#Comment_119684457

    This is great info. Once this is done, do you then give notice and move or how is that managed?



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    #360
    Witco
    Registered Users Posts: 29 ✭Witco


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119730016#Comment_119730016

    Once clearance was completed I was contacted by HR in my new Department to ask who to speak to about a release date. That has been confirmed to them now so I'm awaiting something in writing confirming the move and details of where in the Department I will be working.



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    #361
    Ben_Dovers
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭Ben_Dovers


    There is movement - got an email from clearance for one of my regional choices.



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