DAFM seeks services of recruitment agency
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is currently inviting tenders from recruitment services providers.
The department said the reason for undertaking this procurement process is so it has 'the people resources it needs, in a timely manner, through the services of a recruitment agency'.
According to the tender documents, the value of the contract, which will be for a maximum period of four years, may amount to some €500,000, excluding VAT.
DAFM
The department currently employs over 4,000 staff operating from six large, centralised locations across the country.
Staff also work in 16 regional offices, fishery harbours, meat plants, border inspection posts and laboratories.
In addition to the general administrative grade streams, the department employs several technical and professional grade streams.
This includes technical agricultural officers, veterinary practitioners, agricultural inspectorate, forestry inspectorate, engineers, harbour masters, laboratory specialists and services support staff.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
The process for filling vacancies in the civil service is as follows: open competition; internal promotion competitions or expressions of interest and the Civil Service Mobility Scheme.
'The DAFM Competitions and Recruitment Unit already carry out a large number of competitions and this tender is to add the option of using an outside agency to carry out some of these competitions,' the documents said.
The successful tenderer will be required to design and administer in consultation with the department, 'an effective, efficient and fair recruitment and selection process for various DAFM positions'.
The department noted that the following actions will be carried out by DAFM and not the recruitment agency:
Negotiating start dates;
Contracts;
Garda vetting;
Job descriptions, including the terms and conditions for each position;
The advertising of positions on Public Appointments Service (PAS);
Translation of advertising into Irish;
The advertising of positions on European platforms, where appropriate.
The department said that it has 'a wide and diverse customer base' which includes farmers, consumers, food processers and other commercial operators, those involved in sea fishing, forestry, bioenergy, research as well as diverse EU institutions, other state bodies and special interest groups.
The deadline for the submission of tenders is 5:00p.m on June 24.
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