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Northern Ireland; Northern Ireland; Derry City and Strabane
Location of affected unit(s)
Londonderry
Sector
Professional Services 70 - Activities of head offices and management consultancy 70.2 - Business and other management consultancy activities 70.20 - Business and other management consultancy activities
289 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
2 July 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
US firm OneSource Virtual will create 289 new jobs in Derry (Northern Ireland) with the opening of a new office. The company specialises in providing online human resource services. It will open its new outsourcing centre in September 2015 where it will service existing US clients as expand into serving new clients based in Europe. The positions to be filled include payroll services, benefits administration and application management services. The company has said that it is looking to recruit technology graduates with three to five years of experience as well as experienced payroll professionals. The company plans to fill all of the jobs by December 2017. OneSource Virtual received £2.9 million (approx €4.1 million ) in support from Invest Northern Ireland towards the new jobs and training.
2 July 2015: BBC News Northern Ireland (www.bbc.co.uk)
Citation
Eurofound (2015), OneSource Virtual, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 83903, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/83903.