NorthgateArinso to provide in-house and outsourced services to Government agency

Historic Scotland, the Scottish Government agency responsible for Scotland’s historic environment, has signed a five-year contract with NorthgateArinso for a combination of systems and outsourcing services. A March 2011 implementation is anticipated.

For its HR administration, Historic Scotland is adopting NorthgateArinso’s ResourceLink Aurora solution, including training and HR self-service modules. In common with its application in other Scottish Government organisations, the solution will also include an interface with Historic Scotland’s pensions system to enhance efficiency.

The chosen arrangement for payroll is with NorthgateArinso’s part-managed bureau payroll service. All of the data entry will be carried out by Historic Scotland, again using ResourceLink Aurora, but the processing, pay runs and production of payslips (which will be delivered electronically rather than on paper) will be carried out by NorthgateArinso’s payroll bureau.