Immigration Control Officer - Dublin Airport

Communication out there is pretty poor anyway so nobody exactly knows what's happening with new staff . People seem pretty fed up with the way they are been treated and getting stressed out and how the place is been run out there . No wonder they will take most appointments if offered. Its very sad but that's the reality.

Tbf….it’d be true in most departments. You having a poor HEO’s, or being the stereotypical CO that every office has who knows how thing’s should be done best doesn’t change that.

New competition announced today https://publicjobs.ie/en/index.php?option=com_jobsearch&view=jobdetails&Itemid=263&cid=160731&campaignId=22250401

In the CS, HEO is recruited via internal and interdepartmental only for generalists. Specialist posts can be via open competition.

The mobility map shows 2 HEOs in Justice for the airport, but reality is it won’t be 100% accurate, some posts won’t be up to date and might be down as Burch Quay. The best answer is to ask Justice Local HR.

I know Justice have advertised internal mobility ads for the airport in the past, can’t recall what grade though.

4 on shifts and 1 in the back office if memory serves me right. Only recruited from within Dept Justice, usually by way of internal expression of Interest.

Seriously well paid HEO positions; too good a number to let outsiders in.

Check out the ICO promotional video on Twitter for the new ICO competition. The booklet on publicjobs doesn't do the pay rates justice as they don't show the full amounts that are paid.

Are they leaving in droves? Hearing 8 going to Customs in next few weeks - why? (serious question)

But why are people leaving? Is it money?

Looking at the promo video for the new campaign, it paints a different picture. Fair enough maybe the participants were hand picked, maybe it was scripted, but at the same time there are BMU officers saying "Its a great place". Looking at the money side of things, taking the Shift allowance, Sunday allowance, Public Holiday pay into account, the money is decent is it not? I knew a few folks who were out there in the early years and they all moved on through promotion - some had been in the Service for years and it took a move to the Airport before they got a promotion; for others who were new to the Service they got promotions faster than would be the norm in other places.

Have a nephew and a niece who are looking at applying, and a civil servant myself, I want to tell them to give it a lash but just trying to give them a good steer.

If you think they'd be ok with working early (5/6am) shifts and nights etc, I'd wholly recommend the job to them. Contrary to what a few of the (weirdly angry) posters above think about the place, its a great place to work the vast majority of the time.

The job is interesting and you deal with wide varieties of different people/cases, other than the occasional monotony of dealing with loads of tourist Americans in T2. Like any job, you'll have days where you'd rather be anywhere else, but most days fly by and the 12 hour shifts don't feel as bad as they sound. The shift pattern gives you a 3 day weekend every second week while never working more than 3 days in a row, and the shift allowance along with Sunday premium and bank holiday pay is a nice chunk on top of a basic Clerical Officer wage starting off.

You bring none of your work home with you, and when common sense is applied to your work you'll very rarely have any issue or complaints with passengers or anyone in the airport for that matter. The rate of promotions from the job is absolutely miles above what you'd see in a normal office in town (as you mentioned before) as the work is much more responsibility than what a CO would be doing in the offices, so it looks great in applications/interviews.

As you will have seen from previous posts from people above, they just seem to have a personal issue and want to drag the entire place down with them, which is a pity, but they'd be better off walking away themselves and leaving the job to the majority of us who enjoy our work and get along well!

In summary, I wouldn't put anyone off applying for the job ever, its a buzzing environment to work in especially in the hectic summer months but there's plenty of quiet hours/shifts in the winter that we take advantage of, and once you're able for shift work life then there's far far worse gigs out there! 😊

I'll tell you what, this is the best constructive post so far. If you have any doubts about whether to apply or not for this position, simply read this. 👆

Nephew is writing form as we speak. Was doing part time in a late bar for a while and has a factory job for the Summer so late nights or early starts won't faze him. As some said, shifts are not for everyone but the airpory is only half an hour journey for him and.at 20/21 the money is.decent.

€31,673 on the starting co wage currently.

€32,298 after the €500 increase in October.

Or put into one number, approx €38500 to €39000 on Oct 1st on first point of scale. About €63000 at top of scale.

Plus overtime?

I'm an AP in the service, and having read some of the illiterate ranting from 1 poster in particular, and seeing some of the others complaining, it paints a very clear picture.

I don't work there but can see as clear as day that a handful of staff have ruined the place.

I was considering going for the AP role out there, if anything this has motivated me to do so even more now. Looks like there's some useless dead weight that needs to be moved off and made some other unfortunate Departments problem.

I'll gladly take that challenge

You must be a pretty lousy AP so, I mean rather then attempt to listen to staff or make positive changes your main objective is to remove people and send them to a different Department.

Your also making the assumption that a handful of staff have ruined the place soley based off an outdated internet forum. One that way way to many people pay attention to.

If thats your main objective for the job I surely hope you don't get it. The last thing anywhere needs, especially civil service is more narrow minded people like yourself who shouldn't hold the position they currently allege to have.

I see...well clearly you know the ins and outs of it all now. Thank God you'll have such a great understanding of all the dead wood from both sides of shifts of staff from an internet forum and your daughther, if the unfortunate day ever comes that your assinged there.

Good look at your AP duties for the day, good to see the right people in senior Managerial roles.

If the Ministers office still monitors this trend please don't laugh to much, people actually take whats said here seriously out there.