Clerical officer in the civil service 2026 campaign

In our small office ,5 co have retired/moved on over the last year and it does not look like they will be replaced.

An IT upgrade might count for some of the workload .

Also no tco recruited thus far.

2023,5 tco

2024,3 tco

2025,1 tco

I'm starting as a TCO on a 14 week contract soon.

I was a TCO for 2 years in Social Welfare had to go through an internal competition for permanent.. I’m still waiting for an offer. The whole system is a joke.. they don’t want TCOs in my opinion 8 weeks in social welfare office is pointless it’d take you 8 weeks to get up to speed.

Heard Limerick are interviewing from top 10 OOM this week so hopefully that is the start of the process and they will interview a lot as im down the list a bit so fingers crossed

The problem is hr pick off co panel,co internal panel and mobility panel in equal or so measures so best of luck.

They're moving fast with TCO in Clare (OOM 75) as I interviewed last Thursday and already received my results back this afternoon.

Delighted I passed, but fingers crossed I see a contract longer than 8 weeks. I fall into the same cohort who previously mentioned that 8 weeks is genuinely not worth the hassle of signing off SW. It's unfortunate that 8 week contracts even exist.

I've seen on the Boards of the previous competition (2024) that if you email Public Jobs they inform how many have been invited for the Clearance Stage

If you email them and discover, please post here also

I'm also curious to know how things are moving since I'm probably on the next batch of interviews

Yes. All of the panels are so slow this time. Although it's not actually up to public appointments, it's up to the individual department to tell them they need staff.

This panel could end up like the last one, stalled for over a year and then panic at the last minute and extended.

II made the Hse panel and the CO panel so far but heard nothing. Whats the ETB

Thanks I put in an application for them this week too. Its so draining cause it moves so slow

Hi, I’m in Tipperary! I’m in the early 10’s & still haven’t been called. I have an interview for the ETB in the coming weeks. I know it’s a very stressful time for people. I’ve 3 applications on the go & I honestly can’t even see me getting a job out of this. Keep strong. I’ll let you know if I get called so you’ll know it’s moving along in Tipp ok

I've successfully passed the Interview for Dublin, awaiting next steps.

Not sure what to expect given everything I've read here.

That’s good to know, my OOM is just under 110 for Dublin. Hopefully I’ll start clearance soon.

Has anyone been placed in Westmeath for this competition? Or does anyone know what OOM has been reached for clearance? Partner just found out he passed this morning so wondering roughly the timeline for clearance to start ☺️ TIA

Must be a lot of applications for various planels in tipperary. Was disappointed myself over the ETB