Economic Prosperity Sub Committee 3 March 2020 Employment and - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Economic Prosperity Sub Committee – 3 March 2020 Employment and Skills Update

Mark Barrett – Senior Manager Employment and Skills

Key Statistics - Employment

• Population – 206,000 / 127,700 Working Age
• 100,300 (77.3%) in employment (71.2% NE / 75.7%

GB)

• 9,300 (7.0%) self-employed (8.5% NE / 10.8% GB)
• 77.2% females in employment (68.7% NE / 71.5%

GB)

• Higher numbers employed in professional
• ccupations and health, business and administrative

sectors

• Gross weekly pay £576.2 (£531.1 NE / £587.0 GB)

Key Statistics - Skills

• 33.6% with an NVQ4 and above (31.1% NE / 39.3% GB)
• 76.8% with an NVQ2 and above (73.0% NE / 74.9% GB)
• 7.2% with No Qualifications (9.5% NE / 7.8% GB)
• Vacancies in last 12 months – Care Workers and home

carers (235) and Nurses (201)

• Employers with vacancies – NHS, NTC, Home Group
• Key skills required – Customer Service, Teamwork and

Teaching

Challenges

• Whilst our NEET rates for 16-17 year olds remains

low (2.4%), youth unemployment (18-24) is rising elsewhere and we need to be alert to this

• Our numbers are stable, but the rate has risen

slightly

• Very tight labour market – pay and poverty
• Pockets of deprivation
• Key sectors requiring intervention – health and

social care, retail and digital

• External Factors!!

Opportunities

• Engagement with business is strong on inward

investment and recruitment

• Cobalt, Quorum and Silverlink continue to attract

investment

• Availability of provision – employability and skills
• Good education attainment and participation in

learning

• Areas where we are bucking the trend – NEET

rates, Apprenticeship starts

Regional Landscape

• North East Strategic Economic Plan (SEP)
• NE Local Industrial Strategy
• North East Skills Advisory Panel (SAP)
• North of Tyne Economic Vision and Inclusive Economy

Statement

• North of Tyne Inclusive Economy Board (IEB)
• Our North Tyneside Plan
• North Tyneside Employment and Skills Strategy
• NT Inclusive Economic Strategy - Plans to bring

Ambition and Skills into single strategy

North of Tyne Inclusive Economy

• Inclusive Economy Board (IEB)
• Inclusive Economy Innovation Fund (IEIF)
• Sector Analysis - Tourism, Culture and Creative and Digital

sectors, Ageing, Offshore Wind, and Green New Deal

• Initiatives:

– AEB Devolution – Education Challenge – Good Work Pledge – Working Homes – Return to Work (Carers) – DWP Employability Framework – Employability and Skills Programme

NT Employment and Skills Strategy

• Delivery of a universal offer for young people
• Delivery of a targeted offer for young people and

adults

• Delivery of a universal offer for employers
• Delivery of a targeted offer for employers
• Trying to be an exemplar employer
• Influencing the local, regional and national picture

Key Activities

• Careers Advice – full Connexions offer in schools,

school and business connections

• Supporting vulnerable young people – SEND, Care

Leavers

• Employability – Maximised use of ESF to 2022
• Business Engagement – NT Business Forum, HR

Management Groups, Chambers of Commerce

• Skills Support – Health and Social Care, Digital Skills,

Adult Education, Apprenticeships

• Recruitment – Jobs Fairs, Apprenticeship events,

Inward Investment

Contacts: Mark Barrett Senior Manager - Employment and Skills North Tyneside Council Tel: (0191) 643 6061 Mobile: 07970 227094 E-Mail: mark.barrett@northtyneside.gov.uk Mo Dixon Principal Tyne Metropolitan College Tel: (0191) 229 5287 Mobile: 07790 923760 E-Mail: mo.dixon@tynecoast.ac.uk