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Local Employability Partnership “Making the Pipeline Work”

Communication Event Norton Park

27th May 2014

Brian Martin

Head of Employability & Skills (Acting)

City of Edinburgh Council

Content • Strategic Skills Pipeline – a recap • Pipeline Approach

• Edinburgh Guarantee, JET, IYP and others

• Labour Market Information • Demand • Supply – where are they, are they ready?

• Joined up for Business • FKRSC, ESS, ARC

Integrated Service Model •The Strategic Skills Pipeline is the framework within which the city's Integrated Employability Service (IES) is organised. •The aim is that local and national service providers collaborate to meet the "full" needs of our jobseekers and employers. •The Get On Gateway provides integrated access to services. •5 local Employability Hubs were commissioned to help ensure ease of access to services across the city.

Programme 4: Help unemployed people into work and learning

Priority areas for Council action:

• Coordination of employability services – Strategic Skills Pipeline

– Get On Gateway

– Third Party Grants – Challenge Fund

– European Social Fund – additional need

– Joined Up For Business

• Helping school leavers and young people make the transition into work – Edinburgh Guarantee

– JET Programme

– Inspiring Young People

– Modern Apprenticeships

– Capital Skills

• Early intervention on unemployment – Integrated Employability Hubs contract

• Supporting those in low paid or insecure employment – Subsidised Childcare contract

– Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE)

• Supporting vulnerable individuals – Supported Employment contract

– Project SEARCH

Edinburgh Economy - Demand Side

Potential Benefits to the City

A total GDV in excess of £2.14 billion 1.3 million sq ft of retail and leisure space

The potential to support approximately 20,000 FTE jobs upon completion, plus 28,000 jobs during construction

1,600 hotel bedrooms

1.5 million sq ft of Grade A office space 1,650 residential units.

Jobs Breakdown Site Construction Jobs Operational Jobs (Indirect

and FTE) TOTAL

Haymarket 2614 4524 7138

Dewar Place 1656 1472 3128

New Waverley 2614 2245 4859

Shrub Place 436 290 726

RHS 959 139 1098

Donaldson’s College 627 95 722

India Buildings 418 142 560

KSR 314 - 314

Fountainbridge 3486 3090 6576

Quartermile 2266 2626 4892

St James Quarter 12201 3680 15,881

St Andrew Square 523 1556 2079

TOTAL 28,114 19,859 47,973

Other Demand • Joined up for Business

– Business Gateway -

– Fort Kinnaird Recruitment & Skills Centre

– Edinburgh Skills Shop (St James)

– Airport Recruitment Centre

• Community Benefits • RHSC

• 21st Century Homes

• Edinburgh 12 +

• Labour market Intelligence – Regional Skills Assessments

– Skills Investment Plans

VACANCY

Proposed Vacancy Handling Procedure for DEVELOPER X

Notify Network Partners

Jobcentre Plus, SDS, JU4Js etc

Inform SPoC of outcome

Positive PR

Contractor Role Network Role

• Receive, sort & sift candidate CV/application

Successes Communicated

Provide Vacancy Information

1. Workforce Plan/Schedule

2. Competency Framework

3. Job Description

4. Application Process: Form/CV?

Vacancy Filled

SPC role:

•Handle enquiries

•Activate job advert communications

• Act as the link between Contractor & network

• Present candidates to Employer

KPI Achieved

Community Benefit

Realised

Maintain Case

Studies

Edinburgh’s ‘Joined up for Business’ (JUFB)

INTERVIEWS

Single Point of Contact (SPoC)

DEVELOPER X

Preparation of Candidates

1. Identify workforce needs/competencies

2. Candidates receive job related training, skills & knowledge

3. Competency Training

4. Application Process: form/CV

•Suitable candidates identified & presented for interview

• Select candidates for interview.

• Interview candidates

• Select candidate (s)

Action

Process

Outcome

KEY

Communications to

network

Joint Successful Outcomes Joint Successful Outcomes

Labour Market - Supply Side

Claimant Count Unemployment 8,831 (2.6%) April 2014

16/17 40

18-24 1,815

25+ 5350

50+

1620

Caselink Client Numbers Outcomes 2013/14

2012/13 – 5,945 Clients Jobs – 1,598

2013/14 – 5,114 Clients Education – 327

2014/15 – 451 Clients to date Progressions - 2,409

Sustained - 2,351

Integrated Service Model •The Strategic Skills Pipeline is the framework within which the city's Integrated Employability Service (IES) is organised. •The aim is that local and national service providers collaborate to meet the "full" needs of our jobseekers and employers. •The Get On Gateway provides integrated access to services. •5 local Employability Hubs were commissioned to help ensure ease of access to services across the city.