Moving Between Departments In Civil Service

[FrustratedCivilServant1]

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I have have been unhappy in my job (MOJ AO role) for the last six months. This has increased due to the workload becoming ever harder now another member of staff left. It doesn't look like they are going to be replaced anytime soon.

I am trying to decide whether to stick with CS or look elsewhere. I think if I apply for another job in my department I may be stuck even if I get offered a job. I wondered if this would be the case if I applied for a AO job in another department of MOJ.

Just wondered if anyone had experience of moving to another department when short staffed in previous role. Would you mind sharing your experience please?

Well I manage the staffing in a large department so have a lot of experience of people applying for roles on level transfer. Mostly in to my department rather than out.

While we have to honour any promotion and arrange a quick transfer, that doesn’t apply for a level transfer. Those are often more open to discussion so a person transferring from a busy role may be asked to stay on for a while if the new job holder can wait.

We have never outright refused a level transfer though. If someone has signalled they want to move roles it would be counter productive to force them to stay.

Im not in MOJ but that how it works in my department.

Per PP, they can refuse to release you unless you are either moving to a job in another department that was advertised external or it's a promotion.

We've been told to expect news today for budgets and hope that it includes staffing budget increases. We're working on a 25-30% vacancy rate at present so it's all noses to the grindstone. We need a lot of new staff! So there may be EOIs at least, plus external recruitment. My dept needs all HEOs, so it would be appointment on promotion for you for example.

Thanks for the replies.

I am just trying to weigh up the pros and cons.

After another awful day, resisting the urge to just resign.