Director of Human Resources - Mr Joe Stewart OBE LLB FCMI FCIPD JP
As Director of Human Resources, Mr Stewart is responsible for the department, which manages the Recruitment, Training and Development of all police and police staff. Responsibility for Equality and Diversity, Health and Safety and Occupational Health and Welfare also sits with this department.
Around 500 police and police staff in multiple locations are managed by the department with a spend of almost £40 million annum allocated to facilitate training and the various human resource functions.
Since his appointment Mr Stewart has fully re-organised the Health and Safety and Occupational Health and Welfare function in the PSNI increasing their effectiveness and ensuring that they are class leading. Mr Stewart is currently national lead for a Healthier and Safer workforce on behalf of the Association of Chief Police Officers.
Mr Stewart was awarded the OBE in 1994 for services to policing and is a Graduate in Law from Queens University, Belfast.
