The Civil Service Mobility scheme which comes under the remit of my department, and is administered through HR Shared Service, National Shared Service Office, offers an opportunity for staff members to apply for mobility through an open and transparent system. The establishment of the scheme fulfils one of the requirements of Action 15 of the Civil Service Renewal Plan; and Action 14 of the People Strategy for the Civil Service which calls for the further expansion of a coherent mobility policy to facilitate staff development and strategic alignment with other HR policies builds upon this.
As the Deputy is aware, the scheme launched on 13th November 2017 and is being implemented on a phased basis. Phase 1A of the scheme is for the general Civil Service grades of Clerical Officer (CO) and Executive Officer (EO) to apply for mobility between and within 46 zones - excluding mobility within Zone 46 (Dublin) which will be included in Phase 1B. There has been a high level of interest in the scheme since its launch with over 3,500 staff members applying for mobility and making an average of 9 organisational choices.
The location choices in the scheme are divided into mobility zones rather than county or province. An applicant may express a preference for mobility for a maximum of 3
zones from the list of 46 zones (full list is available on the Mobility webpage –see below link) with a choice of any or all organisations in each zone. Staff members can apply for mobility within their current zone (excluding Phase 1B, Zone 46 Dublin) as well as other zones. A number of mobility zones also have an option to include or exclude a choice of satellite towns.
To date, 963 staff members (541 COs and 422 EOs) based in Zone 46 (Dublin), have applied for Mobility to organisations outside of Dublin. In the same period, 154 staff members (112 COs and 42 EOs) have applied for Mobility to organisations located in Zone 46.
Phase 1B for the general Civil Service grades of CO and EO for mobility within the zone of Dublin and Phase 2 for the general Civil Service grades of HEO and AP will launch at a later date. Further information on the Mobility scheme is available to view at http://hr.per.gov.ie/civil-service-mobility/.
