fit for purpose? employment and skills in cornwall
DESCRIPTION
Fit for Purpose? Employment and Skills in Cornwall. Judith Hann Employment and Skills Manager. “The Times, they are a-changin”. Changing economic context Changing policy context Changing European context. Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly LEP. LEP Growth Strategy 2012-2020. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Fit for Purpose?Employment and Skills in
CornwallJudith HannEmployment and Skills Manager
“The Times, they are a-changin”
• Changing economic context
• Changing policy context
• Changing European context
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly LEP
LEP Growth Strategy 2012-2020
The Employment Issues
• Unemployment lower than UK rates– But persistent long term issues for
specific groups– Youth Unemployment a concern
• Low Wage economy– Links to poverty– Impact of welfare reform– Linked to qualifications
The Skills Issues• Attainment
– Gap in GCSE attainment between Cornwall and UK
– Gap in workforce skills at Level 4 and higher– Persistent lower level skills issues
• Aspiration– Continued mismatch between skills being
delivered and what business wants??– Advanced engineering, IT, leadership and
management, R & D and Innovation
The Employment and Skills Board
• Led by the Private Sector– Private sector chair– Over 50% employer membership– Demand Driver Group
• Developed the Employment and Skills Strategy
– Partnership agreed objectives– Sign off through Council and LEP
The Employment and Skills Strategy - Key principles
• Keep it simple– Elucidate simple objectives through
actions plans and projects
• Evidence based– Linked to economic growth for all
• Demonstrable impact– Ongoing monitoring& adjustment
Strategic Objectives
1. Create an aspirational and innovative employment and enterprise culture
2. Improve skills and boost employment in growing global markets
3. Enable those out of work to compete in the labour market by developing the necessary skills
4. Increase employer and individual investment in skills
5. Improve the quality of and access to information for learners, employers and providers
Understanding demand• Research into:
– Aerospace– Creative / Digital– Started: VCSE; Food and Drink; Space– Coming: Offshore renewables; Tele-health/care
• Leadership and Management– Symposium to bring demand and supply
together (planning stages)
• Employment Forecasting Tool and Labour Market Insight Tool
Other Work to date:Links to other groups
– 11 – 25 Strategic Group– Combined Universities of Cornwall partnership– Cornwall Works / JCP
• Youth Employment and Talent Match
Other activity– Cornwall Apprenticeship Campaign– Skills Support for the Workforce– Key messages from sub groups– The ‘Less Developed’ plan!
Back to the Future…
• Developing the Strategic Economic Plan– Structural and Investment
Fund Strategy– Single Local Growth
Fund/growth Deal– Public and Private
investment
Smart, Sustainable, Inclusive Growth for the people of CIoS