Connect with other people professionals at our very own annual conference and HR Awards ceremony. Join our practitioner networks. Learn about key employment law differences across the UK. Read Working lives in Northern Ireland, our analysis of local job quality. Take part in our learning events and policy campaigns.
Our Northern Ireland HR Awards celebrate organisations who are championing better work and working lives through the contribution of their HR and people management teams.
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Northern Ireland public policy forum
This forum, open to members and non-members, brings together people professionals with an interest in helping the CIPD to influence public policy. We consult and engage with policymakers on workplace practices by sharing our insights and analysis on labour market trends.
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Senior people professional network
This peer-to-peer network brings together senior HR, L&D and OD professionals from across Northern Ireland to network, learn and debate key issues affecting our profession and the future of work.
Our local branches
In addition to our nation-wide networks, our volunteer-run Northern Ireland branch delivers local events, learning opportunities, professional networks and special interest groups. The branch committee collaborates with the CIPD team to shape our national conferences and awards, identify opportunities and act as an advisory board to ensure everything we do in Northern Ireland is relevant and impactful.
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How we’re championing better work and working lives across Northern Ireland
The CIPD’s 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election manifesto
Meet the team
Lee Panglea, Head of the CIPD in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Lee is responsible for promoting the CIPD as the indispensable voice in people and development, and a career partner to around 15,000 members across both nations. Her focus is on building relationships with key stakeholders, including local public policymakers, HR leaders, employers, strategic partners and business communities to encourage key contributors in the world of work to value people and development as indispensable to better work and working lives.
With over 25 years of commercial experience across the consumer, retail and professional services sectors throughout the UK, Lee brings significant personal experience of the world of work to her current role. Since joining the CIPD in 2013, Lee has developed expert knowledge in all areas of HR and the people profession. She regularly speaks on platforms, chairs conferences and judges on regional HR awards.
Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser
Marek leads our public policy work in Scotland and Northern Ireland, focusing primarily on fair work, skills and productivity.
He writes our annual job quality report, Working Lives Scotland, and has written several policy and research reports around skills and the labour market in Scotland and Northern Ireland. He provides evidence to Parliamentary and Assembly committees, responds to government and executive consultations and inquiries and engages with ministers and civil servants.
Before joining the CIPD, Marek spent nearly a decade working at the Scottish Parliament as a political adviser responsible for policy making across devolved areas of public policy. He has written several election manifestos, dozens of policy papers and coordinated a series of independent policy commissions.
George Hannah, Press and Public Affairs Officer, Scotland (Maternity Cover)
As Press and Public Affairs Officer for Scotland and NI, George works with the team to promote our voice on a range of devolved public policy issues by developing relationships with external stakeholders, developing engagement and public affairs strategies and assisting in our response to government and Parliament/Assembly consultations. He also leads our press work for our public policy content for Scotland and NI and is responsible for supporting two of our networks which bring together HR professionals specialising in reward and employee relations/industrial relations.
George joined the team in September 2022 as maternity leave cover for Olivia Carson. He has a background in the Scottish Parliament working with MSPs and Public Affairs for the NHS.
Vivien Struthers, Senior Employer Solutions Manager
Vivien’s passion is unlocking the true potential of individuals and the companies that they work for, which is why she loves her role as Senior Employer Solutions Manager for the CIPD in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Working directly with organisations, Vivien partners with clients to build the capability, impact and credibility of their HR and people functions in order to deliver business outcomes.
Having held multiple senior roles specialising in people development and organisational change, Vivien brings her extensive experience, expertise and energy to this role.
Whether it's establishing what good looks like, assessing current capabilities, providing industry-leading people development programmes, professionalising the people function, or becoming organisationally recognised as a CIPD People Development Partner, Vivien is the person to speak to.
Who we’re working with in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Skills Council
Established by the Department for the Economy, the Northern Ireland Skills Council brings policymakers, business leaders, trade unions and educators together to provide advice and support on Northern Ireland’s Skills Strategy.
Belfast Business Promise
Belfast Business Promise is a new accreditation for employers working to improve Belfast. Working together to make Belfast a better city involves providing good jobs, whilst also supporting a sustainable local economy and building a healthier city for everyone. The pledge aims to create a community of organisations committed to improving how they do business together.
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Championing better work and working lives
About the CIPD
At the CIPD, we champion better work and working lives. We help organisations to thrive by focusing on their people, supporting economies and society for the future. We lead debate as the voice for everyone wanting a better world of work.