Higher Executive Officer 2024

congrats great news, any idea of number of vacancies for kildare or how many they put on the panel ?

does anyone know what number they are at for Dublin? Thank you

got this response yesterday

At present for Higher Executive Officer 2024,we have called candidates up to and including Order Of Merit 770 for stage 2 (Shortlisting) from initial Dublin batch.

Candidates will be brought forward to each stage by order of merit per location.

Successful candidates at stage 2 receive a new OOM and it is based on this that they are taken to stage 3 consisting of a presentation and interview held via Zoom, within their batch.

Unfortunately, we cannot give candidates a timeframe for if and when they may be called to the next stage of the competition as we are vacancy led.

The Higher Executive Officer (Nationwide) 2024 panel will remain open until November 2025 as per circular.

Yes, but the union got involved in this one. I believe specialist roles can be advertised as open competitions but other than that, the HEO grade is internal promotion. Until I read the Revenue/Union dispute I didn't realise this myself and wondered why PAS didn't run open comps.

https://forsatradeunion.newsweaver.com/designtest/hbym6599v1kxvx09ge10df?lang=en&a=1&p=64901292&t=30063856

Lol give over. "I had to suffer so you have to suffer too."

@Abbotsford5 I enquired 2 weeks ago and was told they had shortlisted up to oom 8 for Limerick.

It will probably depend on how old your example. ideally your examples will be from your most recent role but if your best example is from a previous role then include that. If your word count allows, include something more recent and then provide your better example or vice versa. If it's straight to interview and you are asked about it, again ensure you have a current example ready in case they are insistent on that it needs to be recent. Others might have a different opinion but this is what I would do.

They've shortlisted and interviewed up to number 8 in Kerry as well.

Just been called for interview. Would be very grateful if anyone who has done their interview would pm me some of the questions they were asked in their interview aswel as presentation.

there was a really good, helpful post a couple pages back about this.
Basically they want an introduction , a Why and a How.
I would recommend focusing in on a very specific area that you feel would support the Gov in delivering on the Renewal Strategy. Otherwise it’s far too much to fit into a 3 page report.
zero in on one of the pillars and come up with an idea , you are allowed to be a bit creative , it doesn’t have to be something that’s in place already, as long as you can justify why you think it’s important and how you would choose to implement it.
I found writing and presenting the report the easiest part of the whole process.

they don’t interrupt. It’s a timed 5 minute presentation. Just try to summarise your report , they will let you know with a little gesture when you’ve only a minute left. They stick rigidly to the 5 mins.

Afterwards only one panel member asks you questions on it , deffo not trying to trip you up. Questions were just like how did you conduct your research , what sources did you use , what did you find most difficult about writing the report , if you’ve mentioned budgets or anything they might ask how it would be costed, that kind of thing

They help you along and gently redirect you to give you the best opportunity to reply. Remember they want you to score and they except that people get nervous. I thought the EO interview was tougher but maybe that was just me. I got through even though I didn't perform to my best level. Three weeks now as a HEO and loving it. I emailed both PAS and local HR to stay in my department (Dublin) and got it. The introduction of the capability framework is a game changer for those lacking management experience. Good luck.

Would anyone who has done their interview be able to advise what sort of questions they were asked for the interview itself ? Very nervous and stressed about what to expect.

Hi all I'm currently in the final stages of the report writing (due tomorrow at 9am!!). Can anyone recommend a reliable plagiarism/ AI tool to ensure it's ok. I've ran it through 2 different tools and getting wildly different results for AI/ originality which is worrying. If anyone knows what software PAS use that would be even better.

Of course I do but PAS will run my writing through software to detect AI. One tool I've used has said 20% of my writing is unoriginal and another has given much higher results. I'm obviously pulling pieces (not directly quoting) from various open source docs so just want to put my mind at ease that it's ok for PAS.

Are you quoting direct paragraphs or something? You should write something yourself based on the reference you are citing as the basis for it

All those AI checking tools check different things - types of word grouping, the tone of the sentence - they will all give different results and unless you are hitting 0% chance of AI you are losing.

Can I ask for anyone who has done the interviews, did you go in with 8 ready to go answers for each sub capability or did you have 4 good answers which covered both sides of the capabilities?

They have called up to batch 2 OOM 43 for stage 3 Dublin

Just asked for an update from Public Jobs to see if there was any new movement, response as follows - Thank you for your candidate ID.

At present for the Higher Executive Officer 2024, we have called forward candidates up to and including the order of merit 770 for stage 2 Dublin.

Candidates will be brought forward to each stage by order of merit per location as vacancies arise.

Unfortunately, as we are vacancy led the numbers called forward in each batch will vary from time to time.

Should we reach your order of merit we will be in touch via your publicjobs message board, so I recommend that you check this regularly.

If you have any further questions , please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Seems to have stalled here for a bit. I guess until more interviews are conducted 🤷‍♀️

Anyone called for interview for Clare or Limerick.

Will there be an Internal HEO in Revenue within coming months?? Last one was 2023.

There's a general Revenue HEO competition starting soon (according to Forsa). The ongoing competition is for the tax specialist.

@Philipberry

I went in with 8 ready but did not get to use them all

Best of luck! Are you Dublin batch 1 or 2? Thanks

How long after interview did people get their results?

Had my interview today. Dublin Batch 2. The interview itself was lovely, the board were great and everything was clearly explained at each stage. The new capability framework is so much better for interviews. I found the questions far more targeted to specific skills etc.

The hardest part for me was the Q&A after the presentation. Didn’t have great answers prepared for some of them as I never even thought of those questions!!

Interviews are all week I think so might be hear later next week maybe.

Realistically I think my presentation let me down as I feel the interview went well but it’s a step in the right direction and I’ll learn from it.

Best of luck to everyone else this week!