2024 Assistant Principal in Civil Service

I’m so confused with how it works! Does anyone have a sense of recent vacancies?

You have the added benefit of turning down the interD and waiting for the Open. If not kept within your own Department, I think it will be at least August with pre-clearance/Garda vetting (4-8 weeks) and notice (usually 4 weeks).

Open to correction from anyone with better knowledge of the process.

Does anyone know if there’s a general open AP competition expected or is it specialised only? Many thanks

have you interviewed yet or just informed that you would be interviewed soon?

I see it's been extended until end of September (confirmed by PAS). At this point I'm personally resigned to waiting for the new competition to be announced as progression from Stage 1 in my chosen county has been slow (no movement since last year).

Envious of all those giving updates who applied to Dublin, shame we couldnt choose more than one location for those willing to move around or boardering multiple zones with locations within easy commute.

Does anyone know if any further offers have gone out?

Has anyone been assigned to their Department but waiting on the Department to assign them ?

Anyone heard any updates about Wexford?

that's great congratulations.

Was that offer your interd or open placing?

Hi All,

Can someone explain and provide some advice on how to best manage your position on the open and interdepartmental panel.

When you are reached on the panel and go into clearance and come under consideration for a position, if you get offered, say an interdepartmental vacancy. You fill out the clearance paperwork, and they tell you what department you're assigned too.

At what point would I be removed from the open panel? Would I be removed when I agree to go through the clearance process for the interdepartmental vacancy?

Can I go through the clearance process and refuse the offer of role in the assigned department if I don't want it and wait for the open panel offer instead?

Is my place on the open panel still active, and I'm not removed until I accept the interdepartmental offer after clearance is fully completed?

Can someone provide some helpful advice it would very much be appreciated as to how to manage this or someone who has gone through this before might have some insight how it works?

Thanks

Yes it's odd too I know of 3 AP posts that are unfilled in my department in Wexford since January. I wonder if PAS are not calling or local HR are not requesting.

Are you existing CS? They usually just send a form to local HR and that feeds down to your line manager, usually a tick box did they pass pads,sick days etc.

Anyone know if there's been movement on the open panel in Dublin? Just interested in interD Vs open progression

any one got any good news re vetting timeline?
it’s a bit silly waiting for vetting to come back before contacting references- pity it couldn’t be done in parallel

anyone on here in the Kildare pool? Seems to have gone silent after shortlisting months ago