The UK has been playing a leading role in supporting Ukraine and until the conflict with Russia is resolved, will continue to do so.
To help make the transition to life in the UK as seamless as possible for those arriving under such difficult circumstances, the UK Government has established three official schemes for Ukrainian refugees to come to the UK. In Northern Ireland (NI) the support and delivery of key services is co-ordinated by the Executive Office (TEO),...More
We would really appreciate your feedback on the recent Sensory Attachment Intervention training that you attended. This is to help us decide if this training was beneficial to you in your job role and to help in future training planning.
This survey will only take a couple of minutes to complete.
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We would really appreciate your feedback on the recent Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) Skills training training that you recently attended. This is to help us decide if this training was beneficial to you in your job role and to help in future training planning.
This survey will only take a couple of minutes to complete.
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Consultation on NICS Recruitment Advertising
The Department of Finance has launched its consultation to seek your views on proposed policy changes to the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) Recruitment Policy, specifically the provisions relating to recruitment advertising.
The proposed policy amendment would remove the mandatory requirement to advertise every job opportunity in the three local daily newspapers and allow for a more flexible approach to...More
The HR Consultancy Services (HRCS) Team within NISRA publishes an annual Analysis of NICS Recruitment Competitions report.
This report summarises applications for and appointments from NICS recruitment competitions across various equality categories. Further analysis is presented in the report relating to the various stages of recruitment competitions between application and appointment.
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The HR Consultancy Services (HRCS) Team within NISRA publishes an annual report Personnel Statistics in the NICS “(please see related link below) . This report covers staff numbers, part-time working and grade. It also includes some data on those who left the NICS during the previous 3 years.
HRCS also publishes a quarterly Employment in the NICS report “(please see related link below) for users requiring more frequent data on NICS staff as well as GB...More
The six Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland (including the NI Ambulance Trust) have worked in partnership to develop new draft Equality and Disability Action Plans for 2023-28.
These draft equality and disability action plans outline the proposed actions to be undertaken by the Health and Social Care Trusts over the next 5 years to respectively address Section 75 inequalities, and to promote positive attitudes towards people with a disability and to...More
Applications are invited for a Study Tour to the Netherlands (22 nd – 24 th November 2023)
The three-day study tour will focus on the latest technologies being adopted for hatching and commercial egg production in the Netherlands.
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is offering broiler breeder and commercial egg farmers the opportunity to travel to the Netherlands to learn about new technologies for their sectors. The...More
The 3 rd and 4 th floors in Lanyon Plaza have been fully open for hybrid working since Autumn 2022. The layout and furniture solutions on these floors were designed to support new ways of working post-COVID. Business areas helped design the space based on the kind of activities they thought the teams would use the office for once hybrid working was implemented.
Now that we have been using the space on those floors for nearly a year we want to review the new solutions and...More
Please indicate your level of expertise & experience for each area of board responsibility. For each area of responsibility, a short list of the types of knowledge and skills is provided, but is not exhaustive.
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Fire safety measures in buildings established through the local Building Regulations contribute significantly to maintaining life safety standards for occupants/residents and firefighters alike, not to mention the contribution they make in terms of property protection.
The proposed consultation contains amendments to uplift fire safety protection measures in a range of buildings. They are mainly focused on residential buildings and in particular domestic multi-residential buildings,...More
The HR Consultancy Services (HRCS) Team within NISRA publishes a quarterly and annual report on Sickness Absence in the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS).
The Quarterly Sickness Absence in the NICS report (please see related link below) is published three times a year by HRCS and provides analysis of sickness absence in the NICS over the last five quarters.
The Annual Sickness Absence in the NICS report (please see related link below) provides analysis of...More
A Community Development Capacity Building Programme has now been established and successfully delivered for the last 3 years. Further details on the current programme can be found: The Elevate Programme – developing skills in your community | Community Development and Health Network (cdhn.org)
We are now seeking to inform the next phase and help shape the onward development of this Community Development Capacity Building work and would invite you to share your...More
Radiology in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust wish to collate your views on the radiology service. Reports will be analysed to inform service improvement and delivery.
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DAERA has now completed the Mentoring Programme for EOI/EOII and analogous grades.
Evaluation is an important aspect of the process to determine the next steps in our mentoring programme. You are therefore asked to complete this evaluation to allow us to take on board your feedback /comments.
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You have previously attended a ‘NI Market Outlook’ roundtable stakeholder group meeting, hosted by Neil Gibson, Permanent Secretary of the Department of Finance. Neil would like to thank you again for your valuable contributions on the day and looks forward to future engagement.
It was agreed at the previous event that a follow up survey would be issued to help inform our approach for future meetings. Therefore, Neil would very much appreciate if you could...More
Have you or someone you cared for used urgent and emergency care services in the last 6 - 12 months?
We are looking for people in Northern Ireland who have used these services to get involved in our work.
Our work is to implement the recommendations of the Review of Urgent and Emergency Care.
By getting involved, you could help us improve the delivery of key, vital health and social care services.
Definition of Urgent and Emergency Care
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The Human Resource Consultancy Services (HRCS) branch, in the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), produces a range of HR related statistics on staff within the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS). These statistics include quarterly publications on Sickness Absence (see link below for the most recent quarterly publication).
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