Creation of employment was the top priority highlighted during the recent “Have Your Say” open evening for the Urras membership. The Urras currently employs five people, two full-time (based at Buth Lisa) and three part-time. Over the last few years we have also taken on a number of summer student placements for various projects.
Countryside Ranger. 
Julie Sievewright (Lionel) has been an employee with the Urras since 2005 and has recently had her contract renewed till 2011.
Power-Down Officer. 
Kirsty Maclennan, who is from Callanish, graduated this year from The University of Paisley with a BA (Hons) in Business Studies. She is employed on contract till March 2011.
Administrative Officer. 
Joanne Matheson (Eoropie) works part-time as administrator for the Urras. She works from home and has been employed by the Urras since July 2007.
Amenity Site Operatives. 
Iain (Tiny) Macleod (Habost) & Finlay Campbell (Habost) have been operating the site for the Urras since it opened in March 2008.
Summer Student Placement s
Over the last couple of years UOG have taken on a number of summer placements through both CnaG and the Shell Step programme. All the students have worked on a variety of projects such as research with Greenspace Research, web design and database creation and creating elements of our community website project.