Garda Clerical officers 2023 - Mod warning post #306

anyone know where their offices would be in Galway?

i know they just built a HQ near Heuston Station in Dublin

Hi all,

Does anyone have any information on what the assessments are like? Are they difficult to pass?

Is this a result of them being in the process of removing the civil servant status from civilian staff? I.e get staff in specifically as Garda staff (similar to PASO’s in the Prison Service) so they can deny them the benefits of the wider civil service due to ‘operational needs’, and also claim they’re civilian staff when it comes to allowances and other benefits.

Is clerical officer with the Garda a Monday to Friday position or does it involve weekend work?

Thanks

No it is so they can have more control over timelines for staff starting and around when vetting is started for potential appointees

that would be my concern and something to be mindful of -i.e terms and conditions of civil service may not apply to these roles going forward. Something to be aware of.

It's an incremental scale so you'll move up in pay every 12 months regardless of anything else. You'll eventually get to the top of that pay grade unless you are successful in promotion to Executive Officer which is next level up or Higher Executive Officer after that

There is no mention of flexi if you read the information attachment on the post.

There is a clause saying that if people are hired pre the policing plan going through they will be employed as civil servants. If its post the bill going through they will be employed as public servants.

The existing civil servants in AGS have been told that they will remain as such till Jan 2025 and it will be reviewed then.

Is the process the same as the public jobs COs competition, (application, online test then interview) or is it straight from application to interview

Does anybody have any insight into what the assessments are like for this campaign?

Thank you

same as the ones on the civil service page....

So are they all like behavioral type questions, like the ones on the Clerical Officer campaigns in civil service?

Hi All,

Noticed the deadline for recieving applications has been extended to next Wednesday, 27th September.

The application booklet mentioned that assessment links should issue mid to late September. (Obviously that date was decided upon before the deadline was extended).

Any info on when test links should now issue?