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  • Competition launched for an Independent Chairperson for the Northern Ireland Search and Rescue Practitioners Group

    Topics:
    • Policing and community safety

    Date published: 26 June 2026

    The Department of Justice has launched a competition to appoint a successor independent chair to the NISAR Practitioners Group.

    The NISAR Practitioners Group represents those involved in the provision of frontline search and rescue services and includes representatives of a wide range of voluntary and statutory organisations. 

     It is led by an independent Chair who is also responsible for representing the Practitioners Group at meetings of the NISAR Policy Group. The Policy Group comprises those with a strategic interest in search and rescue and is chaired by the Department of Justice.  The NISAR Practitioners Group has responsibility for advising the NISAR Policy Group on all operational search and rescue issues.

    Please note that the closing date for applications is noon on Friday 21st August .  Late applications will not be accepted.

    Documents

    • Application form independent chairperson for NISRAMicrosoft Word (188.46 KB)
    • Candidate information pack independent chairperson for NISRAAdobe PDF (265.19 KB)

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