Jane Samuel Communications Adviser Tim Cowley Task Force Manager

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Jane Samuel Communications AdviserTim
Cowley Task Force Manager
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What is West at Work and how did it come about?

• 10,000 vacant jobs.
• 10,000 unemployed.

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Partners

• Regional Development Agency
• Learning and Skills Council
• Jobcentre Plus
• Business West
• Connexions
• Four local authorities

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Key Development Sites

• Ten sites identified across Bristol, Bath, North
  Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

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Priority Sectors

• Construction
• Retail and Tourism
• Food and Drink
• ICT and Media
• Financial Services and Call Centres
• Logistics
• Public Sector

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Key Relationships

• Investors/developers
• Employers
• Community Organisations

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Expected Outcomes

• Sustainable economic growth
• More training and job opportunities for those
  from deprived areas
• Detailed and targeted labour market information
• A collaborative approach for new or expanding
  investors
• A more appropriately skilled workforce
• More jobs for local people

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Project Strands

• Sectors
• LMI
• Key Sites

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Key Site Developments

• Over the next 15 20 years there are planned
  developments in the West of England to the value
  of 500 billion mostly mixed use with a high
  concentration on retail and hospitality but
  including ICT/Media, high tec science park,
  call centres and public sector.

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TASK FORCE ORGANISATION STRUCTURE
Project Manager
Sectors LMI
Community Engagement
Task Force Manager
KEY SITE TASK FORCE
Cabot Circus Delivery Group
BANES Delivery Group
Cabot Marketing Comms Group
SPark Delivery Group
Other Bristol Sites Delivery Group
Cabot First Step Learning Group
Weston Delivery Group
Career Paths Group
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The Model
Employers
Supply Chain Procurement
Unemployed Potential Workforce
Employed Workforce
People in Education
Engagement
Engagement
Engagement
Engagement
Engagement
T/Q/R
T/Q/R
T/Q/R
T/Q/R
T/Q/R
I A G
I A G
I A G
I A G
I A G
Diversity
Diversity
Diversity
Diversity
Diversity
Recruitment
Recruitment
Recruitment
Recruitment
Preparing Businesses
Inward Investment
Local Products And Services
Business Support
IAG Information, Advice,Guidance T/Q/R
Training/Qualification/Registration
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Partnership Issues

• What do we all do?
• Delivery funding policy strategic
• Role of the representative
• Role of the organisation
• Definitions

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Construction

• Managing expectations
• Where are the jobs?
• Understanding the sub contracting process
• CSCS
• Local labour
• Section 106

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Retail and Hospitality

• Poor image low wage/high turnover
• Poor career prospects
• Current training delivered without industry
  environment awareness

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West at Work Retail Training

• First Step Retail Training
• Expanded pre employment training
• Bespoke training linked to job offer
• Train to Gain and other post employment training
• All linked to partner training provision

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Lessons Learned

• Common languagecommon understanding?
• Bring in skills,training and recruitment agenda
  at earliest possible time
• Engage with developers as early as possible
• Establish sub contracting timeline with main
  contractor before work starts

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Lessons Learned continued

• Establish site activities and timeline with main
  contractor
• Influence Section 106 negotiations training,
  work experience, method statement
• Manage expectations