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Introducing...

our HR Operations team

In the last edition of this magazine we told you about the restructure of our HR team to further our
drive for business excellence.

The new HR Operations team is led by Rob The team: (l-r) Deirdre McNiffe, Rob Dickson, Mary Doyle
Dickson, HR Operations Manager - UK and and Linda Norris. Please come and say hello when you see
Ireland. He is responsible for providing day to us out and about.
day support to individual business units, as well as
assisting the wider team with embedding policies and The team will also be looking for opportunities to
procedures. Rob will help to drive our new initiatives support staff. This could take the form of day to day
and programmes as they are ready for roll out across advice on how to deal with specific issues, through
the business. to delivery of training (both formal and informal) to
complement our existing development programmes.
Our success as a business is highly dependent on
our ability to attract and retain the best people in With the team focusing their energy on this proactive
what is a very competitive market. We want to ensure approach, we can really make a difference to everyone
that the overall employment experience is of the across the whole organisation.
highest standard, just as we strive to achieve on each
of our projects. Our HR Operations team will be out
and about visiting offices and sites to gain a better
understanding of how everyone feels about their own
‘employment experience’, and during that process
they’ll be looking at areas where we can improve.

Sisk’s Seán Finan takes up Presidency
of Macra na Feirme

Until recently Seán Finan well as education and training of All of us at Sisk would like to wish
was one of our Contracts those new to the industry. Sean the best over the next two
Managers in the south of years in his exciting new role. The
Ireland. But with a background Seán commented on these issues future is very positive for young
in beef farming and a passion saying ‘Some 30 people died in farmers and Seán will be a great
for rural affairs he’s taken a two farm accidents in 2014. Education ambassador for the industry.
year sabbatical having been at a young age remains the key
recently elected the 35th National to tackling farm safety. You have SnceaaámFnepciaremilgeenbrmtaeteaimnmgb. ehriss ealnedctmioenmwbienrws oitfhtMheacra
President of Macra na Feirme – the to start with the young lads and
representative organisation for girls, train them and change their
young farmers and rural young mindset. It’s a very long-term
people. process, but it’s very important
that we target schools.’
At Sisk, Seán took part in the
Building for Success programme Sean’s role will see him travel
and that’s certainly stood him in the length and breadth of the
good stead for his exciting new country and Europe representing
role. Indeed there are quite a few young farmers, attending meeting,
similarities between Sisk and lobbying Ministers, MEPS’s and
farming that wouldn’t necessarily politicians on young farmer and
immediately come to mind. The rural policy, developing Macra na
two are intrinsically linked. For Feirme further and representing
example, the focus on safety as the organisation at events and
functions.

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