The Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland

ABOUT US

LGT PROGRAMME

WHO WE ARE

COMMISSION STAFF

ADRIAN E KERR, MBE
Chief Executive
e-mail: adrian.kerr@lgsc.org.uk The Chief Executive has overall responsibility for the implementation of the Commission's strategy and the management of resources. For more information go to WHAT WE DO.

Commission staff work as a team in the performance of their duties and are guided by a three-year Corporate Plan and an annual Business Plan. The functions of the Staff Commission are managed by professional and administrative staff as follows:-

Professional Team

LORNA PARSONS
Professional Officer (Equality of Opportunity)
e-mail:lorna.parsons@lgsc.org.uk
Responsibilities include developing Equality of Opportunity policies/practices and associated external liaison

JOHN HANNA
Professional Officer (Training and Development)
e-mail:john.hanna@lgsc.org.uk or lgtg@lgsc.org.uk
Responsibilities include developing training and personnel systems and chief executive liaison

LINDA LEAHY
Professional Officer (Employee Relations)
e-mail:linda.leahy@lgsc.org.uk
Responsibilities include developing advisory/support services and employee relations liaison

DIANA STEWART
Project Officer
e-mail:diana.stewart@lgsc.org.uk
Responsible for assisting the Professional Officer team with the human resource development projects

LISA O'NEILL
Policy Officer
e-mail:lisa.oneill@lgsc.org.uk
Responsible for assisting the Chief Executive with policy development and research projects

Administrative Team

JANET HAWKINS
Office Manager/Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive
e-mail:janet.hawkins@lgsc.org.uk
Responsible for all administrative and office services and secretariat support to the Chief Executive

TRACEY WALKER
Finance Officer
e-mail:tracey.walker@lgsc.org.uk
Responsible for financial services and systems

ANNE GALLAGHER
Administrative Officer
e-mail:anne.gallagher@lgsc.org.uk
Responsible for administrative and secretariat support to the Professional Officers

ANDREW MORTON
Administrative Assistant
e-mail:andrew.morton@lgsc.org.uk or lgtg@lgsc.org.uk
Responsible for clerical support to the Professional Officer (Training and Development) and general office services

HAZEL PURDY
Office Assistant
e-mail: hazel.purdy@lgsc.org.uk
Responsible for direct customer contact and general administrative support

CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS

The Commission consists of fourteen members appointed by the Minister responsible for local government and drawn from representatives of council elected members and chief executives, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and the trade unions, together with independent members chosen for their expertise in the organisational and human resource areas of management.

BRIAN HANNA, CBE
CHAIRMAN
Former Chief Executive of Belfast City Council
Chair of the British Council (UK)-NI Committee
e-mail: brian.hanna@lgsc.org.uk

The Commission is scheduled to meet regularly and meets at least six times per year and the current membership has been appointed to serve from December 2005 to November 2009 and is as follows:

CAROL ACKAH
Part-time Lecturer and
HR Consultant

BRIAN CAMPFIELD
Assistant General Secretary
Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA)

CARMEL CONNOLLY
Assistant Director of Corporative Services
Lisburn City Council

ADRIAN DONALDSON
Chief Executive
Castlereagh Borough Council

OLIVER GIBSON
Former DUP Councillor
Omagh District Council

BARBARA GILLILAND
UUP Councillor
Newtownabbey Borough Council

ROBERT HANNA, CBE
Former Pro-Chancellor
University of Ulster

BRONAGH HINDS
Senior Fellow
Queens University

MAURICE JENNINGS
Assistant Director of Personnel & Management Services
Northern Ireland Housing Executive

WAVELL MOORE
Chief Executive
Coleraine Borough Council

EAMON MULLAN
Head of Governance Services
University of Ulster

THOMAS McCALL
Chief Executive
Newry and Mourne District Council

MARION SMITH, VICE-CHAIR
UUP Councillor
North Down Borough Council

ROGER WILSON
Strategic Director of Corporate Services Armagh City and District Council

Commission House, 18-22 Gordon Street,
Belfast BT1 2LG Telephone: (028) 9031 3200
Fax: (028) 9031 3151 Email: info@lgsc.org.uk