Cookstown District Council

About the council

Corporate Services

Introduction

"Support to and facilitation of the co-ordinated delivery of the Council's Business Plan, taking account of member, service and community need"

 

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 Director of Corporate Services
(Mr Ivor Paisley)

 Corporate Services responsibilities include

  • Working  within a continuously evolving environment
  • Spearheading  the delivery of the Council's Corporate Plan.
  • Facilitate and manage an evolving capital portfolio.
  • Manage and provide for an increasing staff compliment.
  • Apply all legislative responsibilities.
  • Identify staff and member development.
  •  Ensure effective financial control Support partnership and public consultation.
  • Oversee efficient and effective service delivery Corporate Services Department.

The Department provides financial, personnel and Information Technology services to the Council's main spending departments. The overall annual budget of the Council exceeds £8.5 million, and there are around 250 permanent staff on the payroll.

The following are the Department's primary functions:

Finance
The Finance section is responsible for:
Salaries/Wages for Council Employees
Debtors/Creditors
Invoicing customers & paying suppliers
Preparation of estimates in order to strike the District Rate
Financial Planning & Control, i.e. Management accounting
Treasury Management - Management of short-term and long-term cash flows for Council
Annual Accounts 0607
Annual Audit Letter 0607

Contact: Marissa Canavan at (028) 8676 2205 or email finance@cookstown.gov.uk

Personnel
The Personnel Section carries out the following roles:
Recruitment and Selection
Staff Training and Development
Employee Relations
Industrial Relations
Development of Personnel policies and procedures

Contact: Ivor Paisley at (028) 8676 2205 or email personnel@cookstown.gov.uk

Information Technology 

The ICT section operates , mantains and troubleshoots any ICT related services throughout all the the council sites.The team is made up of  Barry O'Hagan (ICT Manager) and Fred Greer (ICT Assistant).They are responsible for a  Windows 2003 domain encompassing servers and a communication infrastructure  which supports over 100 users based at various council facilities throughout the district including members notebooks.

Contact: Barry O'Hagan at (028) 8676 2205 or email barry.ohagan@cookstown.gov.uk

Internal Audit
In addition to the above matters, the Department also provides an internal audit service to the Council. This covers;
systems reviews
value for money audits
financial audit

Contact: Paul Jameson at (028) 8676 2205 or email paul.jameson@cookstown.gov.uk

Risk Management
The department co-ordinates the Councils Risk Managemnt strategy.
Risk Management Policy

Contact: Ray Hall at (028) 8676 2205 or email ray.hall@cookstown.gov.uk

Health & Safety
 Health & Safety Manual

Contact: Ray Hall at (028) 8676 2205 or email ray.hall@cookstown.gov.uk

Insurances

Contact: Ray Hall at (028) 8676 2205 or email ray.hall@cookstown.gov.uk

Equality Scheme
Dominic McCanny is responsible for equality issues within the Council. Please visit the Equality Section for further reading.

District Policing Partnership
The Department also provides a supporting role to the District Policing Partnership.
http://www.districtpolicing.com/cookstown

Contact: Philip Moffett at (028) 8676 2205 or email districtpolicing@cookstown.gov.uk

Corporate Sevices Staff

For further information, please email info@cookstown.gov.uk