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Director of the Employment and Equal Opportunities Service
The States of Guernsey is looking to establish an Office of the Director of the Employment and Equal Opportunities Service ("the Director"). The Director will be a statutory role under The Employment and Equal Opportunities Service (Guernsey) Law, 2023, initially on a designate basis until the Law comes into force, which is expected to be on 1st October 2023.
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The Director will have day-to day management responsibility for staff of the Employment and Equal Opportunities Service (currently the Employment Relations Service) and will need to ensure the timely delivery of effective Advisory and Conciliation Services. They will also have oversight of Arbitration and Industrial and Discrimination Tribunal Services and ensure the smooth running of i) the administration functions to support these tribunal services and ii) the office of the Industrial Disputes Officer.
The Employment and Equal Opportunities Service (EEOS) will become operational in the third quarter of 2023 in preparation for the introduction of The Prevention of Discrimination (Guernsey) Law, 2022 coming into force. The new service will provide the same high-quality advisory and conciliation services as the current Employment Relations Service but across a wider range of protected characteristics (disability, carer status, sexual orientation, race and religion or belief) and will cover both goods and services as well as employment.
The essential criteria for the role include significant experience of good employment relations practice; a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of statutory employment and discrimination law; proven leadership skills, and evidence of impartiality, exercising sound judgement and problem solving, and maintaining integrity & confidentiality at all times.
The role is an independent, statutory position, and the postholder would not be an employee of the States of Guernsey.
Read the full job description here: Job Description [222kb]
To apply, please send a covering letter, demonstrating how you meet the key criteria for this role, and a CV, no longer than two pages, directly to Becky Chilcott: Becky.Chilcott2@gov.gg.
Deadline: 5th April 2023.
We anticipate interviews will take place in early May, subject to the States approving the Projet de Loi (The Employment and Equal Opportunities Service (Guernsey) Law, 2023) at the April 2023 States meeting.