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  • Recruitment competition opens for non-legal members of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal

    Date published: 3 May 2024

    The Department for the Economy has launched a competition to recruit non-legal members of the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal.

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    Industrial Tribunals decide legal disputes concerning a wide range of employment rights matters. The Fair Employment Tribunal similarly decides legal disputes about discrimination on grounds of religious belief or political opinion.

    Non-legal members play an active and key role in the tribunal process in using their practical knowledge and expertise in employment relations matters to assist the tribunal in reaching its decision.

    This is an open competition which involves an application form and interview.

    To ensure the appointments reflect the full range of employment across Northern Ireland, the Department welcomes applications from representatives from all types of industry and employment, regardless of the size of enterprise in which an individual has worked.

    No academic qualifications are required for the posts. Appointments will be made on merit from those applicants who best satisfy the criteria detailed in the Candidate Information Booklets.

    The Department is currently operating the Guaranteed Interview Scheme in this competition for applicants with a disability.

    The closing date for receipt of applications is 12:00noon on Friday 24 May 2024.

    For more detailed information and how to apply, please visit the NICS Recruitment website.

    Alternatively, an application pack can be requested by contacting:

    Mail: HRConnect PO Box 1089, Beacon House, 27 Clarendon Road Belfast BT1 9EX

    Telephone: 0800 1 300 330

    Email: recruitment@hrconnect.nigov.net

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    2. For media enquiries contact the Department for the Economy Press Office at pressoffice@economy-ni.gov.uk 

    3. The Executive Information Service operates an out of hours service for media enquiries only between 1800hrs and 0800hrs Monday to Friday and at weekends and public holidays. The duty press officer can be contacted on 028 9037 8110.

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