CLERICAL OFFICER 2022

Does anyone known when new competition is opening

OH is mid 400s and just got placed

How often do EO panels run? Are there internal and external ones on at the same time or different times? Thanks

Hello, yes i am a clerical officer working in the Department of Education. I have been in my position for just over a year and really enjoy it.

I work in the Liberty building in Blanchardstown. It is 3 days a week working from home and 2 days in the office. There are 3 floors of the building for the department.

Interesting work and not stressful in the slightest. A bit boring when working from home if I would be honest. Some days there is not much to do and you'd get one email so you spend the day watching Netflix while 'working' lol

My mother also works in the Department of Education in town as HEO and has been for a long time and loves it too. She also works from home the majority of the time, and has to go into the office once or twice a month.

Depends on the section you're placed in I suppose.

Hi raheny red, yes its quite a big office indeed, there are plenty of meeting rooms all over the place :)

Its very quiet for the most part, i find it relaxing. It's nice and air conditioned in the summer and warm in the winter (sometimes a bit too warm lol!)

Would be handy to get assigned there if ya live very close! :)

Did you get your Garda clearance finalised yet ?

haven’t heard anything in a week

HI Iridescence91. I joined the civil service in 2019 as a CO in the Department of Foreign Affairs. I recently (November) got a promotion to EO in the open competition though PAS. Luckily I was able to stay in the Department after that. While Nigel Fairsevice is correct there is a chance you could be put in the passport service as it is the largest single section in the Department between offices in Dublin and Cork. But if you consider there are over 2,000 people working in the Department there are also a lot of other sections you could be working in. Such as in one of the Ministers offices (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministers of State etc), Protocol, on a regional desk - dealing with correspondence from other countries or helping gathering and processing of information to be used by the Minister or working on projects with an Irish Embassy/Consulate, Consular Assistance- Helping Irish people abroad, HR, Finance, Property Management Unit, Registry etc. Working in the Department of Foreign Affairs also offer you the opportunity to work abroad in one of the many Irish Embassy's and Consulates around the world if it was something you wanted to do. (you wouldn't be doing this straight away, but it is a future option.) I hope this helps. :)

Hi

do you mind me asking what OOM roughly you where ?

thanks

Departments run their own internal competitions at various times, and they're not linked to Public Jobs campaigns, but I'm not sure how often.

I thought that form was only if you had 2 public sector employments? A relative of mine had to fill it out, but it was because he was doing the census and was already employed in the CS.