10/10/2023

NI Civil Service Opens 4th Annual Student Placement Competition

The Northern Ireland Civil Service has announced the return of its annual Student Placement Competition for 2024/25.

Now in it's fourth year, the scheme offers 150 placement opportunities across a wide variety of government department. The scheme gives valuable experience for aspiring Civil Servants, providing an excellent opportunity for students to put into practice their classroom learning, develop personally and professionally and undertake meaningful work which directly impacts the lives of our citizens.

In turn the Civil Service also benefits from fresh views and skills and offers staff the opportunity to guide and share their professional experience to those who wish to pursue a career in public service after university.

Opportunities are available for students across a range of degree areas including accountancy, architecture, communications, economics, engineering, geographic information systems, planning, ICT, surveying and science. These are paid placements with an annual salary of £21,053 per annum (under review).

The competition is open to students currently studying towards an undergraduate degree, who will have successfully completed their second-year examinations by the end of the 2023/24 academic year and who have the opportunity to undertake a placement for the 2024/25 academic year.

The competition is open for applications now and will close on Friday 27 October 2023 with placements expected to start late July/early September 2024 for a period of up to 51 weeks.

Further information on the range of placements and details on how to apply are available at www.nicsrecruitment.org.uk/studentplacements.


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