Clerical Officer 2018

MissCivil

I am absolutely thrilled to have been offered a post with AGS. First stage of vetting has gone through fine but I have a question about the extra security checks. I had to put every address that I’ve lived at since birth but when I was aged 1 or 2 we lived in temporary accommodation for a number of months (in London). My elderly mother cannot remember the address and my father is deceased. Is this likely to delay my security clearance?

Samuel T. Cogley

MissCivil wrote: »

I am absolutely thrilled to have been offered a post with AGS. First stage of vetting has gone through fine but I have a question about the extra security checks. I had to put every address that I’ve lived at since birth but when I was aged 1 or 2 we lived in temporary accommodation for a number of months (in London). My elderly mother cannot remember the address and my father is deceased. Is this likely to delay my security clearance?

Don't worry about it. Just fudge the dates either side unless you or your family came to the attention of the police. Don't forget the postcodes they want them.

Bear in mind clearance will take months I'm afriad. Worth the wait though there will be a lot of opportunities in AGS over the next few years.

Edit sorry see it's gone in already. I doubt it will delay it but they may come back looking for the address. Any aunts or uncles that might have sent a card?

MissCivil

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Don't worry about it. Just fudge the dates either side unless you or your family came to the attention of the police. Don't forget the postcodes they want them.

Bear in mind clearance will take months I'm afriad. Worth the wait though there will be a lot of opportunities in AGS over the next few years.

Edit sorry see it's gone in already. I doubt it will delay it but they may come back looking for the address. Any aunts or uncles that might have sent a card?

Thanks for your reply. When I received the phone call offering me the job I was informed it could take up to 14 weeks for the security clearance to go through, however since reading some of the posts on here I know it could turn in to a longer wait.

I fear I’ll have no luck with extended family. Most of my aunts and uncles are in Australia and elderly. My mum who is still living in London has offered to go to the council to see if they can help with the address but I want to avoid this if possible as she’s 85 and would have to travel a fair distance to get there.

Samuel T. Cogley

MissCivil wrote: »

Thanks for your reply. When I received the phone call offering me the job I was informed it could take up to 14 weeks for the security clearance to go through, however since reading some of the posts on here I know it could turn in to a longer wait.

I fear I’ll have no luck with extended family. Most of my aunts and uncles are in Australia and elderly. My mum who is still living in London has offered to go to the council to see if they can help with the address but I want to avoid this if possible as she’s 85 and would have to travel a fair distance to get there.

It'll be longer than 14 weeks I'm afraid as there is a massive backlog as it goes to another department as well as the vetting bureau. I'd contact PAS and explain the situation and see if they can get in contact with the relevant departments to explain the situation. TBH I don't think you're the first person not to know all their childhood addresses and have no means of finding them out. Personally I don't think they'll even come back to you but I can't be 100% sure, sorry.


The chances of the council having records that far back are pretty slim too - no offense intended :pac: might be worth writing to them though rather than calling in.

Jackod123

I'm a little bit confused when people say the competition will be closing, there will presumably 100's of people who dont get called but they are going to start the process all over again, is it just me that thinks that doesn't make much sense?

Samuel T. Cogley

Jackod123 wrote: »

I'm a little bit confused when people say the competition will be closing, there will presumably 100's of people who dont get called but they are going to start the process all over again, is it just me that thinks that doesn't make much sense?

Putting it bluntly they may have been so far down the OOM that they may not have been suitable. Re-applying sees the same thing happens again or maybe they've two years more experience and are now more suitable.

lauren92

Any updates on Cork? My email said number 6 batch 5 after stage 2. Iv called PAS twice since getting my stage 2 results, was told first they were on batch 3.2 and a few weeks later told they were on 2.1??? I couldn't understand her explanation for the different information I got so am still none the wiser

DM26

MissCivil wrote: »

I am absolutely thrilled to have been offered a post with AGS. First stage of vetting has gone through fine but I have a question about the extra security checks. I had to put every address that I’ve lived at since birth but when I was aged 1 or 2 we lived in temporary accommodation for a number of months (in London). My elderly mother cannot remember the address and my father is deceased. Is this likely to delay my security clearance?

First of all....well done in getting offered a position!

Secondly.... I'm in the same boat at the moment, my vetting is taking quite some time as I lived abroad for a good number of years. I crashed at quite a few temporary addresses whilst looking for my own place, and I gave as many of the addresses as I could when I was filling out the vetting form. Fingers crossed it doesn't take too long more for us both!

shmeee

lego.andi wrote: »

update for co. Tipperary (interview stage)

I emailed PAS

"
Currently the Public Appointment Service has interviewed all of Batch 4 for Tipperary in the CO2018 competition. We have not yet started on Batch 5.



Information on the next batch of call ups is not available at this moment. Candidates will receive a message on their publicjobs messageboard when they are called up to the next stage"

I am batch 4 so I emailed back about it.

"I made an error with the batch numbers there for Tipperary. We have finished interviewing batch 3 and have not started batch 4.



I apologise for any confusion caused"

Batch 3 is as good as placed, I know people at the end of the batch who have started in employment.

I'm OOM 16 in batch 4 so all going well I'm in the next batch of interviews if it gets around to them.

DM26

MissCivil wrote: »

I am absolutely thrilled to have been offered a post with AGS. First stage of vetting has gone through fine but I have a question about the extra security checks. I had to put every address that I’ve lived at since birth but when I was aged 1 or 2 we lived in temporary accommodation for a number of months (in London). My elderly mother cannot remember the address and my father is deceased. Is this likely to delay my security clearance?

I also forgot to ask.... Did they tell you if pay scale goes by prior experience or does everyone just start at the bottom of the scale regardless?

Samuel T. Cogley

DM26 wrote: »

I also forgot to ask.... Did they tell you if pay scale goes by prior experience or does everyone just start at the bottom of the scale regardless?

If you are in certain public service or civil service jobs previously then you will start higher. If its private sector then you start at point 1.

lego.andi

shmeee wrote: »

Batch 3 is as good as placed, I know people at the end of the batch who have started in employment.

I'm OOM 16 in batch 4 so all going well I'm in the next batch of interviews if it gets around to them.

Hi
Do you know how many people are invited for interviews per batch?
Thanks and good luck for usðŸ€ðŸ€ðŸ€

MissCivil

DM26 wrote: »

I also forgot to ask.... Did they tell you if pay scale goes by prior experience or does everyone just start at the bottom of the scale regardless?

They didn't say and to be honest I didn't ask. I am fully expecting to start at the bottom, anything else is a bonus. Does anyone know if all AGS clerical posts offer flexi-time?

Samuel T. Cogley

MissCivil wrote: »

They didn't say and to be honest I didn't ask. I am fully expecting to start at the bottom, anything else is a bonus. Does anyone know if all AGS clerical posts offer flexi-time?

Unfortunately not all AGS offices have flexi. I'd venture most do but some don't.

suppet

Any Waterford updates at all?

foreverme

Doe anybody know if working as a Special Needs Assistant for a few years, qualifies for incremental pay credit? Thanks

Samuel T. Cogley

foreverme wrote: »

Doe anybody know if working as a Special Needs Assistant for a few years, qualifies for incremental pay credit? Thanks

Didn't for someone I know.

shmeee

lego.andi wrote: »

Hi
Do you know how many people are invited for interviews per batch?
Thanks and good luck for usðŸ€ðŸ€ðŸ€

Don't the exact figures but number 40 in batch 3 Tipperary was interviewed and since started a position.

DM26

MissCivil wrote: »

They didn't say and to be honest I didn't ask. I am fully expecting to start at the bottom, anything else is a bonus. Does anyone know if all AGS clerical posts offer flexi-time?

I'm expecting to start at the bottom of the pay scale too, I'm just hoping it is a reasonably decent starting point. Anything is better than my current position anyway so I'm looking forward to leaving

When taking the job I just presumed it was the same flexi time as everywhere else in the Civil Service, judging by some comments I might be wrong....

Shador74

DM26 wrote: »

I'm expecting to start at the bottom of the pay scale too, I'm just hoping it is a reasonably decent starting point. Anything is better than my current position anyway so I'm looking forward to leaving

When taking the job I just presumed it was the same flexi time as everywhere else in the Civil Service, judging by some comments I might be wrong....

The starting salary for CO's is €459 per week. Not all civil service depts offer flexi. Call centres in revenue have set hrs 9 to 5 which I annoyingly discovered after accepting a post.

lego.andi

shmeee wrote: »

Don't the exact figures but number 40 in batch 3 Tipperary was interviewed and since started a position.

Thanks so much

Ollie321

Shador74 wrote: »

The starting salary for CO's is €459 per week. Not all civil service depts offer flexi. Call centres in revenue have set hrs 9 to 5 which I annoyingly discovered after accepting a post.

When did they tell you this? Had u already accepted the position?

DM26

Shador74 wrote: »

The starting salary for CO's is €459 per week. Not all civil service depts offer flexi. Call centres in revenue have set hrs 9 to 5 which I annoyingly discovered after accepting a post.

Before or after tax?😅

Shador74

Ollie321 wrote: »

When did they tell you this? Had u already accepted the position?

There was a batch of us started together the 1st any of us heard was at induction.

Shador74

DM26 wrote: »

Before or after tax?��

Before

Ollie321

Shador74 wrote: »

There was a batch of us started together the 1st any of us heard was at induction.

I had thought they would be more up front about that. Thanks for letting me know

Ek1313

Has anyone been offered CO Post in Revenue in Ennis yet??

DM26

Shador74 wrote: »

Before

That's okay, at least the salary rises a little bit unlike my current position. Work-life balance too which is very important, I haven't had a Monday to Friday for a long time.

dublingirlx

Does anyone know how to access the map for civil service posts to see how many vacancies are available within each sector across the country? I remember seeing something like this around the time the civil service campaign went live back in 2018 but can’t find it since. Thanks.

Blubelle18

dublingirlx wrote: »

Does anyone know how to access the map for civil service posts to see how many vacancies are available within each sector across the country? I remember seeing something like this around the time the civil service campaign went live back in 2018 but can’t find it since. Thanks.

https://dper.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=83eb12efc9c7478a982d39a89f759663

Ollie321

Are higher grades ie AO/HEO not able to apply for Mobility?

November Golf

Ollie321 wrote: »

Are higher grades ie AO/HEO not able to apply for Mobility?

Not yet for the HEO, AO or AP... Mobility is available to CO, EO & PO grades so it will be coming down the line.

suppet

Blubelle18 wrote: »

https://dper.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=83eb12efc9c7478a982d39a89f759663

Can you explain this to me please? Does it mean that many positions are available or that's how many are in each place already?

Blubelle18

suppet wrote: »

Can you explain this to me please? Does it mean that many positions are available or that's how many are in each place already?

It is confusing. It's exsistent posts per organisation. But if you click into individual organisations you can view them in an attribute table in which, if you scroll to the right, will show if there are CO & EO posts available. This is the only information openly available and I have no idea how up to date it is.

Twe2018

Update on limerick they have reached 32 oom in batch 5.1 I’m number 55 so just waiting game now .

Ruby75

Update on Donegal... they still have 4 to place on batch 3

flamingopark

I got offered the garda station in Limerick City yesterday. I was top 5 of batch 4 but placed back on the panel after declining the prison service. Anyone else hear anything. Submitted the e-vetting today

CorkyT

A few weeks ago I accepted a clerical post with the garda so going through the lengthy vetting process. Hope I am over-thinking this but does anyone know what they look for with the extra security checks. I'm squeaky clean but I do know my dad had a DUI offence many many years ago.

PinkLady2016

Anyone here called for interview on the Meath or Louth panels.

Samuel T. Cogley

CorkyT wrote: »

A few weeks ago I accepted a clerical post with the garda so going through the lengthy vetting process. Hope I am over-thinking this but does anyone know what they look for with the extra security checks. I'm squeaky clean but I do know my dad had a DUI offence many many years ago.

That's fine, they just want to check you've no links to organised crime etc.

liniloo

PinkLady2016 wrote: »

Anyone here called for interview on the Meath or Louth panels.

I’ve recently been offered a position in Meath and I was in batch 2.1. Don’t know about Louth panel, sorry ðŸ˜

shmeee

Twe2018 wrote: »

Update on limerick they have reached 32 oom in batch 5.1 I’m number 55 so just waiting game now .

Number 37 OOM batch 5.1 Limerick was offered a position today.

So it's moving along nicely.

Ewahstank

Paris123 wrote: »

I Have received an email from PAS today stating that I have been assigned to AGS, all vetting has been completed and gave them my current employer as a reference.
The email states that I will be contacted by AGS HR department in relation to assignment date, anybody have any idea how long this usually takes?

How long altogether from initial phone call did it take for you Garda clearence to go through?

Paris123

Ewahstank wrote: »

How long altogether from initial phone call did it take for you Garda clearence to go through?

About 12 weeks for all vetting to completed.. Pas will ring and tell you all is completed and after that the HR dept of the relative civil body will be in touch with you regarding a start etc...

carlow30

any news on kildare anyone

Star333

Kildare still at 1.4 number 7. One left in batch 1.4 then on to batch 2.1.

shmeee

Anyone able to give information on the Clerical Officer roles? And whats involved.

Thanks, in advance.

*Edit. With Revenue I ment to say.

carlow30

we need to move to limerick

Twe2018

I received message in the portal yesterday to show expression of interest for role for revenue . So hopefully hear something soon

suppet

Twe2018 wrote: »

I received message in the portal yesterday to show expression of interest for role for revenue . So hopefully hear something soon

What's this, I've never heard of getting an expression of interest?