Closing date 10th March
Great so see this panel moving so will. For those of us in the nose bleeds (60s) This point seemed so far away at the start. Congrats to everyone who has been appointed so far. I hope you are enjoying the new roles.
For those who have already passed clearance, what did they ask for in terms of reference from past employers? Written reference or just phone number to call them up?
Congratulations!
I'm in the late 50s and have been contacted about clearance.
81 are on the order of merit from Batch 1… if they are clearing candidates in the early 50s there must be fewer than 30 candidates left on the original Order of Merit.
Wonder when they will call Batch 2 for assessment?
About every 2 years. This competition won’t expire until March 2024. Your best bet would be to set up an account on publicjobs.ie and set up an alert. There might be more specialist equivalent roles that crop up before than that you’d like
Sorry if off topic, but how often do these principal officer competitions happen? (annually?) And how would one keep an eye out for them?
I think a colleague mentioned someone in the 80s. Could be wrong about that. If this pace keeps up, I’d be hopeful of a batch 2 being called.
What's the total panel? 75 or so?
At this rate next set of interviews by early autumn.... or before?!
Congrats @baxza and @Hibearnian
Great to see the panel moving at a decent pace
Also early 50s and got my email re clearance this morning.
I'm in early 50s and have passed through clearance process now. Got notification about clearance nearly 2 weeks ago.
Congrats @DaDoRonRonRon Hope you’re out of clearance by now.
Does anyone know if the panel has moved since?
Yes, that's for Dublin. Hopefully they'll keep this increased pace up!
I think a few people have come off the Dublin panel for regional posts. Great to see it moving. My clearance took approx 2.5 weeks.
Thanks for posting the update @DaDoRonRonRon and good look with the appointment when it happens.
Good to see the panel moving, gives hope to those of us who are positioned in the 70's.
I was just thinking that @BlitheSpirit . Last I remember was @Bowiegal at #23 in November.
Goods news @DaDoRonRonRon - well done. Let us know how it progresses.
Is that for Dublin? If so, it's moved on a good bit since end Nov.
I'm mid 40's on the panel and just got the email re clearance....definitely moving again
Any movement on the panel?
IR is referring to industrial relations
IR is Irish Rail?
The job probably isn't civil service, it's public service hence the EOI option vs just assigning someone.
I’d agree that IR can be tricky and may not be for everyone but there’s few handy roles at PO level and plenty of people working these kind of jobs without having been specialists. The desired skills listed aren’t specialised and if I was next on the list I wouldn’t be happy about this. I feel that everyone on the panel has already successfully competed to be where they are and there shouldn’t be another competition/interview to be done in order to get placed.
Yeah, I did wonder about this also. I guess IR is not for everyone so maybe that is their rationale in putting it out there. That said, I was struck by the same thought as you that it was a bit irregular to ask for EOI out of order.
I’m on this panel and got a message from publicjobs earlier seeking expressions of interest from candidates on the PO 2022 panel to be considered for a vacancy in a particular department. It lists off some information on the role and the skills which the ideal candidate would possess and asks for people to apply by a date in January. The skills are all what you would have demonstrate through the regular competencies - is it appropriate that they handle the panel in this way? I can understand doing location-based expressions of interest but should the next person on the list not be approached for that role?
That is a pity @softskills but you still have this panel. I'm surprised at them asking you questions about banking considering they would have been recruiting for Taoiseachs and DPER and not just Finance. Intersting to see how many they put on a panel. Although they took so few off the last Higher panel.
Thanks @BlitheSpirit @APparently @softskills Am staying in my current Department so will let you know how long it takes.
Great news @Bowiegal Wishing you every success.
I didn't make the POH panel. Did ok in most sections at interview (better than PO in some) but fell down on the specialized knowledge where I was asked about banking specifics that I didn't know.
That's brilliant @Bowiegal . Great to see panel moving a little. Let us know how long clearance takes and if you are happy with your new department.
Don't want to be too specific but I'm in the 50s and less than 30 ahead of me on Dublin panel. That was before most recent movement. Not sure at what point in the process people are taken out of the panel numbers.
Congrats @Bowiegal !
