Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the the Special Recruitment Advertisement No. 51/2024 on the behalf of Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) under Ministry of Labour & Employment, for the post of Personal Assistant (PA) in EPFO.
UPSC EPFO PA Recruitment 2024 : Overview | |
| Recruitment Organization | Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) |
| Post Name | Personal Assistant (PA) |
| Vacancies | 323 |
| Exam Conducting Body | Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) |
| Online Application Closing Date | 27th March 2024 |
| Stages of Exam | Two Stages-
|
| Pay Scale | Level - 07 in the Pay Matrix as per 7th CPC |
| Online Application Link | https://upsconline.nic.in/ |
Eligibility Criteria
Essential Qualifications
(i) Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized University.
(ii) (a) Dictation for a period of 10 minutes with a Speed of 120 words per minute in Stenography (English or Hindi)
(b) Transcription Time for the dictation taken as per (ii) (a): 50 minutes (English) / 65
minutes (Hindi) (Only on Computer)
Minimum Essential Qualifications
All applicants must fulfill the essential requirements
of the post and other conditions stipulated in the advertisement. They are advised to satisfy themselves
before applying that they possess at least the essential qualifications laid down for various posts. No
enquiry asking for advice as to eligibility will be entertained.
Note-I: The prescribed essential qualifications are the minimum and the mere possession of the same
does not entitle candidates to be called for Skill Test(s).
Note-II: After Result of written Recruitment Test Result, the successful candidates will be
provided a link to fill up the Detailed Application Form (DAF).
Duties : Taking dictation and typing from officer concerned, Handling telephone calls of members and field
offices, Handling visitors, Maintaining engagements, preparing tour programmes and travel
arrangements, Handling parliamentary work, Diarizing files and papers, Tracking of files and important
papers, Monitoring management system of important references.
Other Details:
The post is permanent. Group- “B” Non-Gazetted.
Headquarters : New Delhi. The Officers recruited are liable to be posted any-where in India.
Probation Period : Two years.
Details of Vacancies
| Reservation Category | No. of Vacancies |
| Unreserved (UR) | 132 |
| Other Backward Class (OBC) | 87 |
| Scheduled Caste (SC) | 48 |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 24 |
| Economically Weaker Section (EWS) | 32 |
Total 323
Mode of Selection
A Pen & Paper based Recruitment Test (RT) followed by Skill Test(s) to short-list the candidates
to appear in the Skill test(s) for the post of Personal Assistant shall be conducted by the Commission.
The date of Skill Test(s) will be intimated later on UPSC website.
Scheme and Syllabus & Weightage for the Recruitment Test (RT)
a) Scheme of UPSC EPFO PA Recruitment Test
(i) The test will be of two hours duration.
(ii) All questions will carry equal marks.
(iii) The test will be objective type questions with multiple choices of answer.
(iv) The medium of Question Paper is in English and Hindi except for those questions in
English Language.
(v) There will be penalty for wrong answers. Every wrong answer will carry a deduction of
one-third of the marks assigned to that question. If no answer is marked for a question,
there will be no penalty for that question.
b) Syllabus for UPSC EPFO PA Recruitment Test (RT)
The syllabus of the Test broadly comprises the following topics :-
i) English Language
ii) General Awareness
iii) Quantitative Aptitude
iv) Reasoning & Computer Aptitude.
c) Weightage in UPSC EPFO PA Recruitment Test (RT)
(i) 300 marks (100% weightage) will be accorded for the Recruitment Test.
(ii) Based on the marks scored in the Recruitment test, candidates will be shortlisted,
category-wise to appear in the Skill Test(s) for the post(s) they have applied for.
(iii) Skill Test is mandatory but qualifying in nature. The candidates who qualify the
Skill Test will be considered for final selection on the basis of merit in the
recruitment test.
(iv) In the Online Applications Form, candidate will have to indicate the language
(English/Hindi) for the purpose of Stenography [dictation and respective
transcription for the dictation taken (only in Computer)]
(v) The qualifying standard in the Skill Test(s) are relaxable at the discretion of the
Union Public Service Commission, for reasons to be recorded in writing, in the
case of candidates otherwise well qualified.
The Date of the Recruitment Tests (RT) is 07-07-2024.
The Centers and the date of
holding the Recruitment Test as mentioned above are liable to be changed at the discretion of the
Commission. Applicants should note that there will be a ceiling on the number of candidates allotted to
each of the Centers, except Chennai, Dispur, Kolkata and Nagpur.
Allotment of Centers will be on the "first-apply-first allot" basis, and once the capacity of a particular Centre is attained, the same
will be frozen. Applicants, who cannot get a Centre of their choice due to ceiling, will be required to
choose a Centre from the remaining ones. Applicants are, thus, advised that they may apply early so
that they could get a Centre of their choice.
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