Can anyone think of an EO Civil Service job I could manage?

[Yj75]

I've been a CS for decades and always got praised for excellent work. My good points are that I'm very caring, empathetic and love talking to people and learning about them.

I used to work in a Jobcentre and actually liked it to be honest but my H has a low immune system due to ill health and I kept carrying germs back to him. I was also bored stiff to be honest after being in the job for too long. We also have an autistic son who I am the main carer for who needs a lot of extra care.

I'm perimenopausal and despite being on HRT find that my brain just doesn't actually seem to work like it used to. I can't seem to retain things or learn new things very easily. I try very hard with new IT but it doesn't come easily to me.

Anyway, I'm now in a job where I have to manage large amounts of information at once and juggle many priorities. I'm really good at the interviews part of it but am really struggling to manage a large caseload and do a good job.

Doing a good job is extremely important to me and I'm trying so so hard but it never seems to be good enough. My manager pulls me up a lot on small admin type things which I've missed.

Can anyone think of a job I could actually do which isn't too technical? I live in the NE so there are a lot of different government departments near me but I just can't think of what I could be good at.

I feel so absolutely useless.

Does your local council have any jobs going? They've got a huge variety of roles with various amounts of tech.

@xmasdealhunter I was going to look at the council as they have employability roles but Reform just took over which has put me off. All wfh cancelled etc!

Ah no that's crap! What about school admin jobs?

Yeah that might be an idea actually. I do like being in an office and don't mind going in all the time if it's not too far away. Just my current job is up to 1.5hrs travel which is just too much. Plenty schools around though.

EO job in a non operational field like policy or project delivery? The challenge could be the job application / interview, showing the transferable skills / experience.

You sound like you’re being hard on yourself, you have a lot on! Hang in there if you can while you work out your options, and do good things for your health whenever possible.

There's 170 EO roles externally recruiting nationally at EO grade, or 220 as an internal candidate.

I'd have a flick through and see what tickles your fancy tbh. The options are vast.

I'm not sure what grade/seniority an EO role is? Do you WFH or in an office? Full time or part time?

Would something in research where you are interviewing people suit your skills? Or if you were thinking of retraining, maybe counselling?
In terms of organising and prioritising your workload, have you set up folders for each project? Setting reminders and also blocking time in your diary for lunch or even just to work on projects can help.

I have moved from a hands on/physical job to working solely from home, so using the computer for everything. I'm late 40's and don't consider myself techy savvy at all. There are, however, lots of youtube videos and tips online now to help streamline emails/workloads etc.

EO is a lowest management grade in CS. I don't really trust myself to choose my own job as I've had two jobs that haven't worked out since I left the jobcentre.

I wfh most of the time but this will soon be changing which I don't mind but the office is too far away (2.5 hrs by bus).

I thought about asylum decision maker but think that would be really stressful.

I do need to spend time trying to streamline my workload but I feel like I'm firefighting all the time so never get time.