NEW 2022 Assistant Principal Competition - Open and Interdepartmental

I would be surprised if they called another batch in this competition. I would think that between 4.1 and 4.3 would be enough until the next competition is up an running.

Its just a bad time of the year. I can see everything grinding to a halt from now until September. Hopefully I’m wrong.

Yes, if the competition expires then order of merit no longer matters as the panel ceases. There is no option to transfer across to another panel, etc after that date. Instead you would need to apply for the new competition & complete the entire process again including strategic analysis exercise & interview. I believe anyone who is in the process of providing clearance documentation at the time the comp expires would be offered a position but anyone still waiting on the panel would not.

Does anyone know if the majority of new AP jobs being offered are full time in the office in Dublin? I have heard there seems to be quite a few refusals (but basing this on info from one person in my office)

I have heard reports of people turning down transfers either via mobility or secondment as it required being in the office full time.

A lot will depend on the role and the departments attitude.

Thanks Foxy, is 4.3 the most recent batch?

Thanks Foxy. That is amazing! Congrats to everyone seeking work in Dublin. A friend is in that batch and I am optimistic for them. I turned down a job in Dublin many months ago and sit waiting on a regional panel. I got the good news last October and after moving up 40 spots for Dublin and a few spots on that regional panel, it STOPPED moving completely in November. I pm'd FlexB recently with suggestions to try and break the log jam. Last year I naively hoped they didn't offer me a job before Christmas as my hols were set. Now I fear the panel expiring. Hope FB gets an offer this summer. Pity to have to start all over again.

I hear DSP are full time on site for new staff. I am 3 days wfh 2 days in the office in my new AP role.

As if DSP isn't an unattractive enough place to work in already… is that time limited or indefinitely full time WFO?

Currently based in DSP and it’s the first I heard of this. I know of one AP who started and he was expected to be in the office full time for the first few weeks but after a while he was allowed to work from home 3 days a week.

I have heard of people turning mobility offers in various departments because they were expected to be in the office full time. It all depends on the role, the office and what you PO is willing to allow.

I worked in DSP and it was a hellhole… that was down at the coalface but nobody higher up seemed to be happy to be there either. Anybody who could get out got out. I know more than one person who turned down a promotion because it was into DSP

I accept that some people hate wfh & would prefer to be office based

There's nothing stopping anyone from doing that if that's what they want.

Hi folks,

I got in touch with PAS today, inquiring specifically about Interdepartmental Batch 4.3, and received this response:

"Clearance has just commenced on Batch 4.3 with only one candidate in clearance so far."

Just by way of update and FYI.

Thanks PWDUB,

I just put in a supplementary query on the Open panel, so they'll likely give me that very same info.

Latest from PAS, in response to me asking about the Open panel batches:

"The only candidate in Clearance is number 1 on both panels."

Don't think I'm much the wiser, other than only one person from Batch 4.3 as a whole is in clearance.

Actually, come to think of it, I finished 6th in both Open and Interdepartmental 4.3, which means that whoever is first in one is first in the other. So just the one individual from 4.3 either way.

I agree it's excessively slow in any case.