A NEW training academy aims to provide 20 graduates with leader-ship and management skills.
The Deloitte Human Capital Academy will offer experience and training in the areas of project and programme management capabilities with human resource consulting, change management, organisational design and lead-ership expertise to manage and solve people issues.
Targeting graduates from any discipline, the academy will offer an intensive six week training programme with successful participants gaining relevant indus-try skills and a potential offer of employment with Deloitte.
Launching the training academy, the minister for Employment and Learning, Stephen Farry said: “The introduction of this new Human Capital Academy is further evidence that companies like Deloitte believe in the talent of our young people and that Northern Ireland is a good place to invest:’ The training will be delivered by Belfast Metropolitan College and applicants have until July 31 to apply for the programme starting on October 5.
Meanwhile, 20 new jobs are to be created when a US-based firm establishes a software engineering centre in Belfast. Supported by Invest Northern
Ireland, NuoDB’s centre will have 20 highly skilled and experienced software engineers developing database solutions designed to support “cloud-scale” applications and connected devices. The software team will be recruited over a three year period with an average salary of £40,500.
Barry Morris, CEO and co-founder of NuoDB said: “During the Web Summit in November 2014, I accepted an invitation from Invest NI to visit Northern Ireland and explore the possibility of opening an office here. Invest NI’s support played a major role in our decision to choose Belfast.
“In addition, I am familiar with the strong talent pool in Northern Ireland, the focus on skills development and the pro-business climate. We are looking forward to working with Invest NI