ICT Specialists (Executive Officer level) in Civil Service

Zipppy · 06-07-2015 2:45pm

rostalof wrote: »

If any of you are on the panel and haven't heard any more from the PAS, contacting them may be in your interest. I did and I was told that because I live outside of Dublin and the current jobs are all in Dublin, it was presumed I wouldn't be interested. I expressed my interest and am due to start at the end of the month.

Madness.....fair play on start...anywhere nice?

I'm still hoping they interview a few more...:rolleyes:

The_Conductor · 06-07-2015 7:42pm

rostalof wrote: »

If any of you are on the panel and haven't heard any more from the PAS, contacting them may be in your interest. I did and I was told that because I live outside of Dublin and the current jobs are all in Dublin, it was presumed I wouldn't be interested. I expressed my interest and am due to start at the end of the month.

Not all the posts that Departments have requested sanction (to DPER) for are located in Dublin- a significant number of them are in other locations. The delay is on DPER sanctioning the posts.

Good advice though- definitely do contact PAS- if you're outside Dublin and willing to work there- in most cases, you'll get opportunities to move to other locations down the road (the back pages of the PSEU magazine has loads of people looking to transfer locations- including JSA posts.

wos · 06-07-2015 8:09pm

The_Conductor wrote: »

the back pages of the PSEU magazine has loads of people looking to transfer locations- including JSA posts.

The_Conductor, would they be ICT positions and can you explain what JSA posts are to the uninitiated, please.

Zipppy wrote: »

Madness.....fair play on start...anywhere nice?

I'm still hoping they interview a few more...:rolleyes:

Zippy, is the AO panel not enough for you, leave some chance for the rest of us!!:)

The_Conductor · 06-07-2015 8:27pm

Sorry- JSA- Junior Systems Analyst- is the formal title for EO ICT.
Yes- there are a few of these positions in the current issue of the PSEU mag.

Zipppy · 06-07-2015 9:37pm

wos wrote: »

Zippy, is the AO panel not enough for you, leave some chance for the rest of us!!:)

HaHaHaHa .... not there yet :rolleyes:

Yenwod · 22-07-2015 7:27pm

rostalof wrote: »

If any of you are on the panel and haven't heard any more from the PAS, contacting them may be in your interest. I did and I was told that because I live outside of Dublin and the current jobs are all in Dublin, it was presumed I wouldn't be interested. I expressed my interest and am due to start at the end of the month.

What?? That's an insane presumption to make?! Especially given so many civil servants throughout the country are actively looking to move - it's not a new concept of them surely?!

kippy · 22-07-2015 9:05pm

doncarlos wrote: »

Love this. And people still think the public sector get paid massive wages??

It depends on the job type and location.
I do know of a few EO's in the CS in IT based in Dublin who have left for the private sector in the past few years. Rightly so if the terms and conditions work better for them.

The_Conductor · 23-07-2015 11:00am

kippy wrote: »

It depends on the job type and location.
I do know of a few EO's in the CS in IT based in Dublin who have left for the private sector in the past few years. Rightly so if the terms and conditions work better for them.

From comments on one of the other civil service recruitment threads- it would appear they're going through AO candidates like a hot knife through butter- as there was an assumption that the salaries were negotiable........

I hope the disappointed candidates start making noises about the bull the media have been peddling.

Monife · 23-07-2015 11:28am

The_Conductor wrote: »

From comments on one of the other civil service recruitment threads- it would appear they're going through AO candidates like a hot knife through butter- as there was an assumption that the salaries were negotiable........

I hope the disappointed candidates start making noises about the bull the media have been peddling.

What have the media been saying?

fxotoole · 23-07-2015 6:16pm

Monife wrote: »

What have the media been saying?

I assume what the_conductor means is that the media have been portraying civil servants as greedy and overpaid for the past 7 years.

fxotoole · 03-09-2015 1:23pm

Just had a call from PAS to ask if I'm still interested. Apparently they're working their way through the list and they're holding interviews in early October.

Slydice · 03-09-2015 9:15pm

fxotoole wrote: »

Just had a call from PAS to ask if I'm still interested. Apparently they're working their way through the list and they're holding interviews in early October.

Cool. What range were you in? 0-50, 50-100, 100-200? etc?

fxotoole · 04-09-2015 1:23pm

Slydice wrote: »

Cool. What range were you in? 0-50, 50-100, 100-200? etc?

200 - 250

thelibertyboy · 04-09-2015 2:32pm

i was 243 wonder if i should expect a call ? :P

fxotoole · 04-09-2015 7:04pm

I was closer to 210 than I was to 250 so I would expect you to be called in the next batch

Slydice · 04-09-2015 10:03pm

Could be.

Campaigns might have slowed down cos of the holidays and they might be back into them now.

Good luck!

fxotoole · 19-09-2015 4:21pm

Got an email inviting me to interview yesterday morning. Interview takes place start of November. Plenty of time to prep

zweton · 19-09-2015 5:47pm

is the closing date passed for these roles? nationwide or mainly dublin?

rostalof · 22-09-2015 12:00pm

zweton wrote: »

is the closing date passed for these roles? nationwide or mainly dublin?

The closing date was November 2014!

There are new Graduate Roles currently advertised on PublicJobs.ie, (Probably AO grade)

fxotoole · 22-09-2015 12:13pm

rostalof wrote: »

The closing date was November 2014!

There are new Graduate Roles currently advertised on PublicJobs.ie, (Probably AO grade)

Those grad roles don't seem to be technical roles though, they seem to be financial / economic / business roles

rostalof · 22-09-2015 12:27pm

fxotoole wrote: »

Those grad roles don't seem to be technical roles though, they seem to be financial / economic / business roles

Yes, they aren't specifically ICT roles.

Maximus_1 · 22-10-2015 9:07am

Anyone any feedback on these interviews/roles? Are they technical format? My better half is doing one tomorrow, she's not sure if she's too bothered as she is happy enough where she is but I am encouraging her to give it a shot. We are in the west though so from what I have read here these roles are pretty much all Dublin based so she might well be right! Still, not in cant win and all of that is my motto.

superflyninja · 22-10-2015 1:16pm

I have an interview for EO ICT tomorrow also. I cant remember what the starting pay is. Anyone know?
Im happy out in a new job though so its no pressure.

fxotoole · 22-10-2015 1:41pm

@Maximus_1 the interview will be competency based. You'd have to have examples of where you have displayedthe competencies given in the appendix of the application form.

With regard to salary, it's somewhere around €30k. I don't have the exact figure to hand but if you google Executive Officere Salary Scale you should find it.

Zipppy · 22-10-2015 1:53pm

superflyninja wrote: »

I have an interview for EO ICT tomorrow also. I cant remember what the starting pay is. Anyone know?
Im happy out in a new job though so its no pressure.

Here's the info booklet...

mitresize5 · 22-10-2015 2:01pm

out of curiosity I opened this thread and then opened the information booklet

So basically the closing date for applications was 15 November 2014 and they still haven't recruited anyone.

Pretty much tells you all you need to know about the civil/public service ...... do these people live in the real world at all?

superflyninja · 22-10-2015 2:04pm

Zipppy wrote: »

Here's the info booklet...

cheers guys for the info. Golly gosh 30k not great...ill go do the interview anyway.

Zipppy · 22-10-2015 2:39pm

mitresize5 wrote:

Pretty much tells you all you need to know about the civil/public service ...... do these people live in the real world at all?

Bit mad alright....but to be fair there are lots of reruitment competitions on the go concurrently after years of moratorium on recruitment. ..

RobbieTheRobber · 22-10-2015 2:58pm

mitresize5 wrote: »

out of curiosity I opened this thread and then opened the information booklet

So basically the closing date for applications was 15 November 2014 and they still haven't recruited anyone.

Pretty much tells you all you need to know about the civil/public service ...... do these people live in the real world at all?

Basically, no you are wrong.

They have recruited some, there would appear to be still some vacancies after the first and second round of the recruitment process. They have reevaluated candidates that did not make the previous cut and have called some of those to interview.

kippy · 26-10-2015 11:48am

mitresize5 wrote: »

out of curiosity I opened this thread and then opened the information booklet

So basically the closing date for applications was 15 November 2014 and they still haven't recruited anyone.

Pretty much tells you all you need to know about the civil/public service ...... do these people live in the real world at all?

So what does these alleged facts tell you about the civil/public service? What disconnect from the real world do you see?

ICT Specialists (Executive Officer level) in Civil Service

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