Job application - PublicJobs.ie Competency examples

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[FONT=&quot]Family friend is doing her best to fill out a detailed application for a public sector type job (that would be a promotion for her).

Here's what application says...

describe some of your personal achievements to date that demonstrate certain skills and abilities which have been identified as necessary, for the position of . The skills and abilities are indicated in the headings of questions on the following pages.

For each heading you are given a description of a skill or ability. You are then asked to describe a situation, from your own experience, which you think is the best example of what you have done which demonstrates or provides evidence of this skill or ability. It is essential that you describe how you demonstrate the skill or quality in question.

The information you provide will form part of the short listing process, where necessary, and may also be used to help structure your interview, if you are invited to one. Therefore, compose your replies carefully and try to structure what you write so that you give specific information about what you have done - for example, do not simply say that "X was successful", describe exactly what you did and how you demonstrated the skill or quality in question. Please try not to exceed the space provided in the boxes.

For each of your examples, you must structure your answers so as to include the following:
(a) the nature of the task, problem or objective;
(b) what you actually did and how you demonstrated the skill or quality (and, where appropriate, the date);
(c) the outcome or result of the situation and your estimate of the proportion of credit you can claim for the outcome.


While she has examples to match, she is getting it difficult to personalise to say how much she actually did as she works as part of a team/ group for all projects she has listed. Any advice/ guidance?

4 headings for which examples required...
1. Staff management and development
2. Managing budgets
3. Planning and organisational skills
4. Strategy implementation[/FONT]
 
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