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Volunteering for the public sector

  • 23-11-2020 6:28pm
    #1
    slipperyox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭


    Curious if anyone has ever applied to do this?
    Gov departments etc..


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  • #2
    rostalof
    Registered Users Posts: 330 ✭✭rostalof


    slipperyox wrote: »
    Curious if anyone has ever applied to do this?
    Gov departments etc..

    Why not apply for a Clerical Officer or Temporary Clerical Officer position? Why does it need to be voluntary? I've worked in two large offices/departments and have never seen volunteers.


  • #3
    slipperyox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭slipperyox


    I have 2 days a week, to offer. (and work the other 3 days)
    And feel I could get valuable experience without major commitment.


  • #4
    Fann Linn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,819 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    slipperyox wrote: »
    I have 2 days a week, to offer. (and work the other 3 days)
    And feel I could get valuable experience without major commitment.


    You'd be better off volunteering with your local tidy towns group or oap organisation or such like. I work in the PS and have seen some interns and young grads at work. They normally end up doing some mundane task such as moving boxes of files from A to B or answering phone calls. With Covid restrictions now most govt offices are actually requesting staff to work from home or staggered shifts so the idea of even being accepted is probably low under the current circumstances.


  • #5
    slipperyox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭slipperyox


    Much appreciate.
    but without giving too much detail, the work i'm offering is mostly solo.
    mapping/ surveys etc.

    So no covid worries.


  • #6
    Fann Linn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,819 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    slipperyox wrote: »
    Much appreciate.
    but without giving too much detail, the work i'm offering is mostly solo.
    mapping/ surveys etc.

    So no covid worries.

    Id suggest you should get into Public Jobs ie. Full time permanent surveying/mapping/GIS jobs should be available there. Check it out with regards to LAs, OPW, NRA offices etc.


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  • #7
    Augme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭Augme


    There is pretty much no.chance. I've seen government departments take on TY students and college people in relation to internships for their course but that's about it.


  • #8
    LuasSimon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭LuasSimon


    Staff would be very suspicious of anyone who isnt looking for more money plus your likely to be quicker and faster than most PS staff and theyll make your live hell for working at anything approaching a normal pace in the real world


  • #9
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,084 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    slipperyox wrote: »
    Much appreciate.
    but without giving too much detail, the work i'm offering is mostly solo.
    mapping/ surveys etc.

    So no covid worries.

    Sounds like work that should be done by employees. No government agency will let an unsupervised volunteer do suff that could affect the quality of its data, or its reputation.


  • #10
    slipperyox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭slipperyox


    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    Sounds like work that should be done by employees. No government agency will let an unsupervised volunteer do suff that could affect the quality of its data, or its reputation.

    They do all the time.

    You don't think a company that gets a council tender uses interns?


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