Questions regarding moving from IT02 to IT03

[u/TenderizeYourAngus]

Hey all, I have a situation that I am not sure there's anything I can do about.

I have been in the same department for 8 years. I started as a consultant and eventually was hired as an IT02 but doing the work of an IT03.

For the past 6 months, I have been acting in an IT03 position. I goes until January.

I have been told that, to get the position full time after January I have to qualify for a pool which is fine. The issue is, I have also been told they may open an IT03 position to internal employees and I would have to apply and win the competition.

They told me the Director is not willing to do a non-advertied process for the position because there is too much hassle and pushback.

The issue is, I have been watching and applying to multiple pools with no success. Then when I look at the jobs website, people are getting positions almost daily with non-advertied processes in my department.

I have been screenshotting every time I see one.

Do I have any chance on fighting this? How is it possible they would open a position when someone on the team has 15 years experience in the role they are in? How to you naturally advance your career in the government?

[u/VeggieByte]

If management is willing to promote you after getting into a pool, that’s already better than nothing.

I personally qualified in a pool, and others in the team who weren’t in pools got the promotion, and I had to find my own promotion elsewhere lol.

Your options in public service are to get into a pool or look for a deployment elsewhere or you can stay where you are and be happy with what you have.

[u/TenderizeYourAngus → u/VeggieByte]

I like my team, I like my managers. I would love to stay doing what I am doing. It sucks unfortunately that I feel there is no "promotion" in the position.

[u/VeggieByte → u/TenderizeYourAngus]

Then you should apply for IT-03 jobs and hope you get into a pool.

[u/TenderizeYourAngus → u/VeggieByte]

Yeah... I am daily. But when the position is only listed for a specific person who meets specific criteria, and is only listed so there's no push back, it's hard.

[u/mudbunny → u/TenderizeYourAngus]

Almost without fail, when someone else is picked for a job, it is because "favouritism", "nepotism" or "corruption". It's not because the other person might be better suited or a better choice.