Administrative Officer Competition 2024

I have gotten a start date and offer but I'm staying in my current Department so maybe it's been a quicker process than a new entrant.

Anyone receive the expression of interest for revenue AO

Haven't heard anything about this no, but I think I am delayed as I have been living and working abroad for quite some time. I think the foreign clearance is taking a while….

no, doesn't work like that unfortunately.

they might send out an email saying something like 'hey, Agriculture want people if you're interested' but typically they just say "hi, it's your time, you've you been assigned to X Department"

That’s great news. Does anyone know what OOM had been called then. (I’ll email PAS in the mean time).

yeah I’m in the same boat as you. Hopefully batch two is as large as the first one. I email them there to see what oom was called and I’ll let this forum know when they reply.

Question for those who've already done an interview.

Was the presentation an open brief or were you sent a list of topics to choose from?

Sorry if there is a separate thread for this (I couldn’t find it) but does anyone have any info regarding the IGEES AO competition and next steps following the interview?

Can I ask did you feel like the presentation had to be strictly related to your degree? I've been called in group 2 for interview but I left college years ago with an arts degree and didn't use my degree after so struggled to find a topic to connect it to. Do you think I'll be penalised for choosing a topic not directly degree related?

In general, once you get placed on a panel what is the process and timelines- Is there any flexibility regarding start dates and what’s the process around ringing a current employer? I’d ideally not like to have to work for 2-3 months with my employer knowing I’m going to leave…

Thanks for the reply and the advice, that's a relief. Unfortunately any college projects I had were so far removed from policy it would've been a real stretch to use, so I started from scratch. I was prepared for them to ask why I chose the topic so tried to pick something relating to my work experience to show the "specialist" insight

Yeah I’m a bit apprehensive, I think I’m quite likely to be placed on a panel for the IGEES AO competition but don’t really have the financial security to risk repercussions at my current job in the absence of a concrete offer/start date.

Best of luck. They seem to be moving quite slowly through the batch. Maybe they paused for the election to let things shake out.

I think if you decide not to go forward for a Revenue position that you may have a much longer wait to be assigned as an AO. I believe Revenue appoint the largest amount of AO's & that some civil service depts don't have any AO's at all. Revenue may have a large amount of vacancies at the moment given that they are currently seeking expressions of interest. If you decide not to go forward for this then you may have a long wait until another AO position becomes available. This would probably depend on your chosen location & is fine if you are not in any hurry to commence work in the civil service as an AO.

(You could always accept a Revenue position & after 2 years of working there, apply for a transfer to another civil service dept via mobility).

From this am I correct in thinking that PAS contacted people to ascertain interest in positions in revenue. If so I wonder what number on the panel they went to. I'm in the 400's and wasn't contacted.