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By Jayne McCormack
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image captionJayne Brady is currently the digital innovation commissioner for Belfast City Council
Jayne Brady is to become the new head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS), the first and deputy first ministers have confirmed.
Ms Brady currently works as Belfast City Council s digital innovation commissioner.
In March, it emerged that a new permanent secretary role, described as a de facto chief operating officer, is being created within the Executive Office (TEO) to do this.
That will remove the responsibility of managing the TEO from the new Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) head.
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