The Civil and Public Service is energised by the contribution of employees from all parts of society, leading to more responsive and inclusive policies, programmes, and services. It is a priority to recruit a high-calibre and diverse workforce that can deliver responsive and inclusive public services for the people of Ireland.
The large majority of Civil and Public Service roles are recruited through large volume recruitment competitions (Temporary and Permanent Clerical Officer, Executive Officer, Garda Trainee, Prison Officer, Third Secretary, and Administrative Officer / Graduate roles, amongst others). For specific Professional, Technical, and Management positions recruitment is done on a tailored basis throughout the year.
As recruitment competitions for many positions across the Civil and Public Service usually attract a high number of applicants, candidates are therefore required to undertake a range of relevant assessment tests and exercises over several selection stages. A demand-led approach is used, which means candidates may be progressed in batches through the various assessment stages at different times, based on the number of vacancies that arise.
A candidate may progress through some of all of the stages below, which you will find more information on here. The image below is approximate as each campaign varies and the steps involved in each campaign will be published in the respective Competition Information Booklet.
The eligibility requirements vary per campaign, these are set out in the Competition Information Booklet which accompanies each campaign and is available on our website once a campaign is advertised.
You should register your interest on http://www.publicjobs.ie and select the type of position you want. When a relevant campaign is advertised you will receive a notification.
All our vacancies are advertised on www.publicjobs.ie
Our graduate positions are also available on our dedicated graduate portal www.gradpublicjobs.ie.
