DWP employment waiting list

desperado2

21Twinkle wrote: »

What is the general concensus about what will happen to all these non-existant jobs - if the Tories win the election ?

I think discussions about "party" politics are futile in this context.. bottom line is a national debt where £1 in £8 earned by the country is spent paying back what we owe..

regardless of fairness, cuts will come in areas most palatable to the voting public - civil servants are seen as on a cushy number, with grossly unfair pension entitlements and (quite rightly, given everyones exp on this thread!) inefficient. If you think there's going to be more money for more jobs come May the 7th.. dream on.. Do you think the vast majority of the working tax paying citizens in this country give a toss how many folk are employed to process paperwork around the long term unemployed? - they might care about the treatment of an individual they know, but do they care if it takes 1 day 6 days or 60 days to process benefit claims for what the papers call dole scroungers? Compare DWP employees to Nurses, the NHS Budget, Schools teachers, Police, Firemen,.. who would you put in the firing line?? I am not saying it is "right" just that there is little option open.

I am applying for these jobs as a means to an end - I want a better job and while I am applying for the right ones, I will take "any" to be employed and seen as employable so my position is different to many of the folk on this thread who see DWP as the end goal. Personally I think the next 5 years or more will be a tough time for those anywhere in the public sector.. now wouldn't be my choice to go in to it as a career choice.. any new roles are far more likely to be contract rather than permanent.. and those contracts are very vulnerable to termination and non renewal.

The other issue is that the private sector is not crippled with debt like the government.. the companies that survive are lean(er) fit(ter) on the whole, and will recover rapidly.. I am doing some work at present with consultancy type firms, and they are hiring like mad at the top end.. which means they know there is rapidly rising demand for their services.. which means many companies are already recovering and doing well. It also means jobs lower down the scale.. maybe not this month and next, but in the next 3 - 9 months.. right at the time when a new government will be looking at ways to slash £40Bn off expenditure... I know where I would rather be..:o

kikuchiyu

i will keep this short cos it seems im in the same boat as everyone else and have the same story

back in sept 09 applied for EO role.....irc62408....did the tests and interview....october got the 'on the list' letter

every month since then i have phoned them (and got through!) for progress report.....went from #41 to #8 in january......although the 30 in front of me was waiting on crb checks!

today i havnt been able to get thro to them on the number on the letter so decided to google for an alternative....found this thread..........kinda depressing to realise theres thousands in the same boat...thought i would join up and let everyone know how ive just got on with them

anyway........i worked my way thro some of the other numbers that got posted a page or two back...........on the 01912166596 number it got answered on the second ring!!......nearly fell off my chair with the shock :rotfl:

after a (very) quick chat with the woman, who didnt even want to check my name against the list told me that within the next 7 to 10 days everyone 'on the list' will get a letter in the post..........i asked if this was going to be a 'thanks but no thanks letter'?...........she said 'not necessarily......as theres 7 different kind of letters being sent out'..........so make of that what you will

im not holding my breath...............to be honest im kinda p****d off about it all...:mad:.....back when i applied it was for a job.....not a spot on a waiting list..feels like they have kept me dangling all these months with false promises......i even signed on this morning and my advisor asked me how it was progressing since they were overworked and understaffed


btw....heres another number for the list......01912166209...back in december it belonged to someone called Daniel Tolan


best of luck, everyone

Mango23

Hi, Does anyone have a copy of the original advert for IRC 61099. It was an EO grade that was advertised back in June/July ish 2009... If so please let me know as i have been looking for a copy of it. Thanks

cahill

Executive Officer

Job Title and Grade
Executive Officer/Band C
Job reference
IRC 61099
Business area
Jobcentre Plus, North West Region Merseyside District and Cheshire, Halton & Warrington District
Location
Please note that we have offices throughout the Merseyside District and Cheshire, Halton & Warrington District.
Merseyside District includes: Knowsley & St Helens, North & South Liverpool and Sefton & Wirral.
Cheshire, Halton & Warrington District includes all of Cheshire, Halton & Warrington.
Hours
The full time working week for Jobcentre Plus is 37 hours.
You may be a required to work at anytime between the hours of 8am and 8pm on any day between Monday to Friday and 9am-5pm on a Saturday.
Part time working patterns within these hours are also available but must meet business needs.
Please note that successful part time candidates may be required to work full time for specific periods to complete and consolidate training.
Salary
Starting Salary £20,240 (pro rata for part time) on a scale of £20,240 to £24,230
Closing date
25th June 2009
Term of contract
Fixed term Appointment for up to 18 months with a possibility of extension or permanency. These posts are for a fixed period due to a temporary increase in workloads or to backfill behind permanent staff undertaking other roles.
Existing staff are excluded from applying for posts in their current grade to avoid destabilising the business - Workforce Management Bulletin 111/2007 applies.
At this stage, these posts are solely for customer facing roles in a Jobcentre and we would envisage all successful candidates being posted to these customer facing roles. However successful applicants may be offered equivalent posts in other parts of our business such as Benefit Delivery Centres.
Description
A number of exciting opportunities have arisen in the Department for Work and Pensions within Jobcentre Plus where you can be part of an organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of others. Typical roles may include dealing with members of the public face-to-face in local Jobcentres; managing teams processing benefit in our benefit delivery centres or managing teams taking claims from customers over the phone in our contact centres.
We are looking to recruit people who are customer focused, able to build constructive relationships and who are committed to providing a professional service.

Typical duties include:
Carry out interviews with customers seeking work, helping them to identify realistic job goals and the steps required to overcome barriers to them finding work. Work with colleagues and Jobcentre Plus partners to ensure customers get the support they need to gain employment
Lead a team of people who conduct discussions with customers to review their efforts to find work, answer enquiries, give advice and check customer information. Develop those staff and monitor their work to make sure the highest levels of customer service are maintained.
Manage the flow of customers through the Jobcentre; ensuring customers are signposted to the correct service. Monitor demand for services and direct staff to meet that demand ensuring customers are helped quickly and courteously
Manage a team of people responsible for answering enquires on benefit claims or the processing and maintenance of benefit claims, allocating and monitoring clearance of work, interpreting Management Information and answering complex queries. Make decisions, provide explanations, reconsider decisions and prepare appeal submissions on benefit claims.
Manage a team of people providing the focal point for customers making enquiries to Jobcentre Plus services using the telephone. You will support them in delivering excellent customer service by telephone, manage their performance and deal with complex or difficult queries.
All posts involve ongoing use of management information to monitor and improve personal/team performance.
The Civil Service is an equal opportunities employer.
Competencies
Those successful at this stage will be required to undertake numerical and literacy testing from week commencing 20th July 2009, for two weeks. Candidates successful at test are likely to be asked to immediately attend an interview on the same day.
Contact details
Before you apply, please 'save' your fully completed application form under your full name, (Surname first, followed by your forename) before you attach it to the e-mail. CV application forms are not accepted.
Please email your application to : You must include reference IRC 61099 and your name in the subject box
This email address is for application forms only. We will not reply to any other Correspondence sent to this email address.
If you have a disability which prevents you from applying online and need to request an application pack please call 0191 218 7504 or 0191 218 7277. If you do not have access to the internet you will be able to access it at your local library, Outreach Centre or Internet Caf!.

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DWP is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and which promote equality of opportunity. We also offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet our minimum selection criteria.
Application forms and information in Welsh and alternative formats are available on request.
We will not tolerate discrimination on any of the following: gender, marital status, sexual orientation, race, colour, nationality, religion, age, disability, HIV positivity, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity, or political beliefs – or any other grounds.

JAAL

Does anybody have the original job advert for IRC 64220, blackpool? Would be grateful if someone could post it on here!

Thanks

desperado2

JAAL I dont have the job ad any more, was there something you wanted to check on it?

Viper786

If I wanted to check where I am on the waiting list, is it best to e-mail them, or should I call them?

desperado2

I doubt it matters where you are on the list.. some folk seem to have been close to the top and not got jobs.. despite others lower down already working..

I would email if I were ytou, less stressful, and they do eventually get back to you.

Viper786

Yeah..I already know that people who scored less than me in the interview stage, have now been given a job, yet here I am...still waiting.

Also, I went to the jobcentre today, and upon seeing half the desks empty, I asked why this was the case, and if it meant that they were understaffed. The guy I spoke to said that they like to keep it that way so that they can squeeze as much work out of them as possible.

MargieL

Well I am happy to say that after waiting since 1st September for a start date with DWP and been kept hanging on for months, I have now been offered another job in Personnel for a local company in Southend and start on Monday!!!

BTW I wrote to my local MP Mark Francoise who has raised the DWP issue with Rt Hon Jim Knight MP who is the Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform at the DWP. He will let me know when he gets a reply.

Good luck to everyone who is still waiting for IRC61505 and all the others.
This thread has kept me sane just knowing other people were in the same boat. Good luck to everyone for the future.

Margie