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Support and advice

• Job search advice

  Belfast City Council	Our open vacancies and advice
  Northern Ireland Civil Service	Specific employer vacancies
  HSCNI	Specific employer vacancies
  nidirect	Assistance and guidance on how to apply for work including. CV and cover letter writing Interview support Career planning Transferable skills
  Employment support for people with disabilities or health conditions	Specialist advice and support
  Work schemes for people with disabilities or health conditions	Specific programmes that will help and support individual needs

  European Social Fund projects directly supported by Belfast City Council

  • Belfast Works
  • Specialisterne
  • Springboard
  • USEL
  • Workforce Training Services
• Redundancy support

  Contact	Redundancy support
  Claim for redundancy	Claim redundancy allows employees who have been made redundant to apply for statutory redundancy payments, and employer representatives to submit relevant information online.
  General Redundancy Advice	Redundancy advice in these areas: Collective redundancies Coping with redundancy Managing your money if your job is at risk Redundancy and benefits Redundancy pay Redundancy Service and advice video Redundancy: new employment Redundancy: selection and notice periods Redundancy: your right to consultation Voluntary redundancy Your rights if made redundant Your rights if your employer is insolvent
  Belfast Employment Academies (Pathways)	Employment academies provide tailored training to help people get jobs and help businesses with their recruitment. An employment academy is a short, intensive training programme. Academy participants must be Belfast residents.

• Get new skills

  Belfast Employment Academies (Pathways)	Employment academies provide tailored training to help people get jobs and help businesses with their recruitment. An employment academy is a short, intensive training programme. Academy participants must be Belfast residents.
  Careers advice and guidance	If you’re looking for a job, or need advice on choosing or changing career, careers advisers are available offering information and support for all ages.
  Go ON NI	Go ON NI works in partnership with other organisations to provide free digital training and events. This page has a list of the organisations involved, what they offer and contact details for more information.
  Apprenticeships	As an apprentice you will be a new or existing employee, in a Northern Ireland-based company, working with experienced staff to learn and develop your skills. The Apprenticeships programme offers training, across a wide range of apprenticeships, to people aged 16 and over. Terms and conditions apply if you are 25 years and over.

• Specialist support

  Careers advice and guidance	If you’re looking for a job, or need advice on choosing or changing career, careers advisers are available offering information and support for all ages.
  Employment support for people with disabilities or health conditions	Specialist Advice and Support
  Work schemes for people with disabilities or health conditions	Specific programmes that will help and support individual needs
  JobStart scheme	If you’re aged 16-24 year old and finding it hard to get a job, the new JobStart scheme offers job opportunities to help you improve your employment skills and potential to get a job or progress into further education or training.
  Work Ready Employability Services (WRES)	If you’re looking for work and receiving certain benefits, Work Ready Employability Services (WRES) offers access to free training in key skills, which may help improve your chances of getting a job.

• Self-employment

  Belfast City: Business Start Up	Information on the support available from Belfast City Council to help you start your own business or become self-employed.
  Starting your own business and becoming self-employed	Advice and Guidance on how to become self employed and start up your own business
  Self-employment advice on rate relief	Worksheet and guidance notes about applying for Housing Benefit Rate Relief if you're self-employed.

• Job Growth Areas in Belfast

  Green Economy (Retrofit)	In our vision for what our city will look like in 2035 (the Belfast Agenda) we committed to environmental sustainability. The high targets that have been set, both locally and nationally, for net-carbon zero can only be met through improving the energy efficiency of homes and buildings in our city. To achieve this, we will need both new roles to be created as well as upskilling existing people who work within the construction and allied sectors. Thousands of opportunities will be created for people to work in the world of retrofitting. These are needed now and for the future.
  Professional Services and Technology	According to official data sources, the Professional Services and Technology sectors in NI represent the fastest growing areas of our economy. Anticipated job growth and opportunity is already outstripping the current supply of qualified talent, leading to competitiveness and staffing issues. Jobs in this area include everything from back office administration posts to roles in cyber-security, financial technology (fintech), software development and much more.