Employer Engagement
Meet our Regional Employer Engagement Director
The Regional Employer Engagement Director (REED) is an impartial role, created by the Ministry of Defence, to make information and support available to employers of members of the Armed Forces Community and the Cadet Forces.
Darren Niven, NI REED’s role is to support local employers who employ Reservists and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers, to help them understand the value that comes from these volunteers and how it can benefit them as an organisation – recognising the valuable leadership, teamwork, effective communication and organisations skills they bring to the table.
Darren will also support employers who wish to sign the Armed Forces Covenant.
Defence Relationship Management (DRM) partners with organisations to support civilian employment for the Armed Forces community, including Reservists, military spouses/partners, service leaders and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers. We advise organisations on how to improve fairness for this community and encourage forces-friendly HR policies.
We continue to run a series of defence engagement events and activities throughout the year. These include management and leadership training, ship visits, air assets visits, visits to the UK and overseas training exercises and Royal Gun Salutes.
For further information, please contact Darren Niven at [email protected].
The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise that together we acknowledge and understand that those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces, and their families, should be treated with fairness and respect in the communities, economy, and society they serve with their lives.
The two principles of the Covenant are that, recognising the unique obligations of, and sacrifices made by, the Armed Forces:
- Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services.
- Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most such as the injured and the bereaved.