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Belfast: Future City Employability & Skills Catherine Christy Human Resources Manager 10 December 2015 www.belfastcity.gov.uk A focus on Belfast www.belfastcity.gov.uk The Belfast Agenda Our Plan on a Page www.belfastcity.gov.uk


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Belfast: Future City Employability & Skills

www.belfastcity.gov.uk

Catherine Christy Human Resources Manager 10 December 2015

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www.belfastcity.gov.uk

A focus on Belfast

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The Belfast Agenda Our Plan on a Page

www.belfastcity.gov.uk

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Investment Programme

www.belfastcity.gov.uk

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Employability in BCC

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Target:

  • 200 job opportunities
  • 400 work placements
  • over three years

(no additional cost to the rate payer)

  • trebled target in two years
  • BCC living wage employer

Employability in Belfast City Council

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Benefits:

  • Demonstrating civic leadership
  • Promoting BCC as a lead employer
  • Building effective partnership working
  • Showcasing range of job opportunities e g professional &

technical roles

  • Understanding employability needs in our city
  • Promoting best practice through a range of

employability initiatives

  • Attracting new talent
  • Sharing learning with and from other organisations

Employability in Belfast City Council

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Apprenticeship scheme

  • 3 Electricians (4 year apprenticeship)
  • 2 Painters (3 year apprenticeship)
  • 2 Fleet Technicians (3 year apprenticeship)
  • 3 Gardeners (3 year apprenticeship)
  • Considerable investment

Employability in Belfast City Council

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Apprenticeship recruitment process

  • council website, jobs and benefits office
  • outreach activity with employability partners

and schools

  • all eligible candidates required to undertake

skills tests including understanding instructions, working with numbers, visual checking & visual estimation

Employability in Belfast City Council

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Apprenticeship appointment process

758 applications

  • Painter- 186
  • Electrician- 215
  • Fleet Technician 162
  • Gardener- 195
  • 215 interviews held over 11 days
  • 10 APPRENTICES appointed

Employability in Belfast City Council

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Thomas Fraser

Employability and Skills

Case study

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Other successes

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www.belfastcity.gov.uk

What next?

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Belfast City Council

  • Employability and skills a key strand of the

Belfast Agenda

  • Use our unique position
  • Build on our success – strive to be an exemplar

employer and role model What next?

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Thank you for your time & attention