1. Croydon Job Brokerage Service Emma Lindsell, Head of Employment and Investment 3 February 2016

2. Great Opportunity Croydon Partnership Ruskin Square Boxpark Croydon
£750m investment
1.5 million sq.ft
600 new homes
100,000 sq.ft retail
500 new jobs
First phase underway
More than 150 new development schemes around the borough.
Opportunities in the building phases and then in the occupying businesses.
Our powers: Section 106, Procurement and Value Croydon
£1.5 billion investment
2million sq.ft retail/leisure space
new homes
5000 new jobs
Expected open 2020
Boxpark Croydon

3. Great opportunity – 2
Delta Point, Cane Hill, New schools programme, Queen’s Gardens (Taberner House), Lansdown Road
More than 23,000 jobs over the next 5 years

4. Addressing the gap
53,400 people of working age are economically inactive (June 2015)
18,300 would like to have a job
4,818 are JSA claimants (JCP clients)
13,400 are ESA claimants (May 2015)
22,540 are claiming out of work benefits (17,000 have no qualifications)
Croydon is home to an above average number of low-paid jobs, with nearly a quarter (24%) being paid below the London living wage.
The JBS will address the gap in provision for people who are employment ready, but cannot access the vacancies available
The JBS will not duplicate provision
The JBS will work with partners to provide additional routes to employment for Croydon residents and job-ready candidates to employers for cansideration.

5. The Job Brokerage A partnership approach matching opportunity and need
A single point of contact for employers with live vacancies - clear pipeline of job opportunities that need to be filled
A single point of contact for residents who are job-ready and are looking for work or the organisations working with them

6. The model

7. Role of the C&V Sector
Continue to work with residents to move them closer to work
Refer job-ready candidates
Shape the brokerage model now and at review points

8. Role of the Job Brokerage
Engage employers – secure vacancies
Develop preferential routes to work for residents e.g. guaranteed interviews, work placement, training to employment etc.
Provide feedback for each candidate
Provide job start evidence
Follow-up and sustainability information

9. Next steps Action Key Dates Engagement - feedback on the model
Feb – March 16
Establishing referral networks / protocols with third sector and other partners – the devil is in the detail
March – April 16
Vacancies begin to flow through the partnership
April 2016
First performance review – feedback from partners
Autumn 2016

10. Who to contact with feedback or for more information?
Emma Lindsell Opama Khan

11. Any questions?