The Assistant Principal competition 2022 has gone live on PublicJobs.ie today.
Link is here: https://publicjobs.ie/en/index.php?option=com_jobsearch&view=jobdetails&Itemid=263&cid=166412&campaignId=22434207
Closing date for initial applications is 17/11/22.
The information Booklet for the Open competition is below, if you need to refer to it at a later stage in the competition.
Best of luck everyone!
To those with an offer on batch 4.3, I asked PAS and they said there are approx 20 people still to be placed from batch 4.1, & 4.2 . I am on OOM for batch 4.3 but I am not to hopefully! I know the batch finishes in October 2024 but the next competition is going to take a while to get people so will they draw from 4.3 until the new one is up and running?
I have an AP level interview which involves role play.
Role play is not something I'm familiar with in an interview setting. Has anyone done a role play in an AP interview previously?
Hi @PremierSky I received this update on Monday re open Dublin - "We have just commenced the pre-employment checks of the Open candidates in batch 4.1"
@civilservant01 sorry to hear that! You can email for feedback but from past experience it is quite vague! No harm to ask for it anyways! 😊
Hi @PremierSky
Note received from PAS on 16th of July.
We have not yet commenced the clearance of Open candidates in batch 4.2.
No other details I'm afraid.
Hi, anyone receive an update from PAS on the Open Panel for batch 4.2?
Thanks.
Congrats to everyone that got on the panel .unfortunately I missed out on the qualifying standard in one of the competencies just wondering is the results the full extent of the feedback available?
Received an identical response. All the same, it's summer, so it's possible that things might slow down a bit in the next while anyway. In other words, I'm not holding my breath!
We have just commenced the pre-employment checks of the Open candidates in batch 4.1 and we have completed the pre-employment checks of Interdepartmental candidates in batch 4.2.
We will commence the pre-employment checks of Interdepartmental candidates in batch 4.3 in the coming weeks. We will move through the order of merit as Interdepartmental vacancies are logged with us.
Hi just received this from PAS..
Congratulations everyone! The OOM is just for your batch, so even if you were e.g. number 3 on 4.3, there could still be e.g 20 + people ahead of you from previous batches to be placed.If you email clearance they give you an indication of this, seems to have slowed a bit but maybe thats summer holidays et al
Any idea how long it should take to work through the batches?
I'm pretty sure that the OOM is just for the batch.
Well Done all that passed I was successful this time too, delighted.
This was my 3rd time doing it so do not give up if you were not successful this time.
A question the OOM is that just for 4.3 or is it the overall.
Delighted to get on the Open and Interdepartmental panels, well done to everyone and hard luck to those who were unlucky this time.
Thought we would hear by Friday but at lease don’t have to wait a few more days to find out!!
Does anybody know where the recruitment currently is at for open and interdepartmental panels?
Thankfully the dreaded wait it over ! Did better than I expected so still slightly in shock.
Congrats to everyone else who was successful this time.
The PAS process can be a confusing and cruel beast. Does anyone know where they are with the OOM at the minute ?
Results for Batch 4.3 out. Delighted/relieved to say I passed. Might be a while before I'm placed of course, if this thread is anything to go by! Congratulations to anyone else who passed, and commiserations to anyone who's missed out. It's a long old slog, but if you've gone through it once, your chances next time out are automatically better.
Hi All, wondering if anyone currently on the open panel got any updates from PAS this week? Wondering if it moved any! TIA.
yes starting to get nervous now usually out just before 4pm so best of luck
😊 you too!
To be honest I thought the worst bit was waiting to be admitted on Zoom best of luck !
The wait is the worst part of the entire process 😅
yes been staring at the phone all day!
Is anyone else holding out hope that results will issue today!?
A challenge with extending it too long is that panelists have moved on to other roles / countries / situations changed since applied so they become meaningless after a while
It is not likely to be extended.
I'm not the best person to answer that question, they didn't extend the last two AP panels by the looks of it so my guess is unlikely.
just wondering do you think they would extend the panel as it is costs money to get one together?
No. This 2022 competiton was launched in November 2022 while the 2021 competition panel didn't expire until 31 July 2023 so over 6 months before the panel expired. They will likely launch a new competition before the end of the year. The 2022 panel expires on 31 October 2024.
Hi just wondering if everyone who has done interviews or are on a panel have to be offered jobs before they open a new competition. This is a very interesting thread and big congratulations to everyone who has gotten through. It seems like a tough and very long path! But it looks very interesting too so I am keen to give it a go myself. Thanks
Fwiw, with the previous batch of interviews, the last interviews were scheduled for 13 May and I received my results on 21 May so hopefully you will hear in the week or two
