This document summarizes a communication event on the local employability partnership in Edinburgh. It discusses Edinburgh's strategic skills pipeline framework for integrating employment services through the Get On Gateway. It provides statistics on unemployment, client outcomes, and labor market supply and demand, including upcoming development projects that could generate thousands of jobs. The integrated service model aims to connect job seekers and employers through collaboration between local and national providers.

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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

5. Edinburgh Economy - Demand Side

6. 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.

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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 OutcomesJoint Successful Outcomes

10. 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

11. 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.