1. Joint School and Enterprise Adviser Network Meeting
Northamptonshire
Joint School and Enterprise Adviser Network Meeting
Moulton College
14th June 2017

2. Welcome and Introductions
Greg Kirkman
Managing Director, Ensafe Consultants
Paul Thompson
Employer and Skills Manager, SEMLEP

3. Building a Talent Pipeline Paul Thompson Employer and Skills Manager
Skills Plan
Building a Talent Pipeline
Paul Thompson
Employer and Skills Manager

4. Business & Financial Services
South East Midlands - Growth Sectors
TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR GROWTH
High-Performance Technology
Advanced Manufacturing
Logistics & Supply Chain
Cultural & Creative
KEY SECTORS WITH GROWTH AND/OR HIGH REPLACEMENT NEED
Business & Financial Services
Health &
Social Care
Education
Construction
Retail
Accommodation & Food

5. South East Midlands - Employment by Occupation Type
Growth is for occupations with higher skill levels

6. South East Midlands - challenges for employers, educators and individuals
Mismatch of skills needed by employers and those held by both applicants and employees with a trend for higher skill levels
An ageing workforce and lack of young people coming into the growth sectors
Awareness and preconceived ideas of the opportunities that the sectors offer
Employers state young people are “poorly” or “very poorly” prepared for work, a third of employers for 16 year olds, 29% employing year olds  
There is a lot of CEIAG provision and STEM activity in schools but little evidence of impact or relevance to opportunities of SEMLEP labour market
Awareness of education and training pathways and provision

7. Employment and a Career
SEMLEP Skills Plan - Lifelong Development
9-11
11-14
14-16
16-19
19-24
+24
Aware
Inspire
Aspire
Inform
Employment and a Career
Continuous Development and Engagement
CPD
Up-skilling
Re-skilling
Leadership skills
Enable employment
Re-engagement
English & numeracy
Training Awareness
Business start up
Develop basic
Numeracy
Literacy
Develop core competencies
Communication
Confidence
Initiative
Organisation
Problem Solving
Resilience
Teamwork
Basic IT
Encourage Creativity
A plan to develop a talent pipeline based on opportunities
Develop Key Employability Skills
Job specific
Technical or practical skills
Advanced IT skills
Customer service

8. Food and Drink Innovation Centre, Moulton College
SEMLEP Skills Plan - Capacity to meet employer needs
Capacity through investment
Food and Drink Innovation Centre, Moulton College
Northampton College
Daventry Campus
University of Northampton
Waterside Campus

9. SEMLEP Skills Plan - Relevant Provision, Right Time
Sector Focused Knowledge, Attitude, Competencies and Skills Development through Employer Engagement
Education Phase
Primary
Secondary
Further Education and Sixth Form
Higher Education and Adult
Year Group 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Age Range
9-10
10-11
11-12
12-13
13-14
14-15
15-16
16-17
17-18
18-19
19-20
20-21
21-22
+22
Desired Outcomes
Aware
Inspire - Aspire - Inform
Develop Competencies
Develop Key Employability Skills
High Impact Sector Focused
Enterprise Activities
Workplace visits
Work experience
Medium Impact Sector Focused
Talks and Websites
Employability Workshops
Employer-Delivered Classroom Learning
Work shadowing
High Impact Person Focused
Mentoring
Medium Impact Person Focused
Volunteering and Citizenship
CV Workshops
Mock Interviews
Priority activity
High impact
Medium impact

10. SEMLEP Skills Plan - Efficient, Effective Provision
Need and Relevancy Driven From
Businesses
Sector Bodies
Focus provision to reflect sector and employer needs
SEMLEP
Local Authorities
Talks
Site Visits
Mentoring
Enterprise
Work Experience
Agencies
Business networks
High-Performance Technology
Growing and replacing sectors
Activity and Labour Market Information
Logistics
Advanced Manufacturing
Cultural and Creative

11. SEMLEP Skills Plan - Employer and sector driven LMI
Developing understanding between sectors and educators and trainers through participating and facilitating networking and dialogue
SEMLEP Sector Skills Forums
Business
Sector Bodies
LA Sector Groups
SEMLEP Research and Economic Analyst
Business Networks
Labour Market Information
Industrial Strategy Sector Groups
FUSE
SEMU
LA Employability and Skills Groups
Careers and Enterprise
Skills Forum
LA Economic Development Officers

12. SEMLEP Skills Plan - Employer and sector driven LMI
Education Phase
Primary
Secondary
Further Education and Sixth Form
Higher Education and Adult
Year Group 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Age Range
9-10
10-11
11-12
12-13
13-14
14-15
15-16
16-17
17-18
18-19
19-20
20-21
21-22
+22
Young People
LMI introduction
infographic based outlining the local economy and sector focus
Sector themed LMI
digital, sector based including definitions, opportunity, job types, earning potential, local company profiles, pathways for entry and where to study, relevance of competencies to sector and employer needs
aimed at HE, agencies and training providers, sector based including definitions of sectors, where opportunities will be, job types, earning potential, local company profiles, pathways for entry and where to study
Parents and Guardians
Use by schools, colleges, training providers, local authorities, agencies
Teachers, training providers, local authorities, agencies, businesses
Detailed LMI information and raw data with evidence base
Focused relevant Labour Market Information for use by all stakeholders. All material will be digital and appropriate for branding by users.

13. LMI sector themed and pathway mock up
SEMLEP Skills Plan - Employer and sector driven LMI
LMI sector themed and pathway mock up
LMI introduction mock up

14. Vocational/Technical Vocational/Technical
SEMLEP Skills Plan -Promotion of Relevant Attainment Pathways
Vocational/Technical
Higher
Education
+19
Employment & Career
A-Level
Vocational/Technical
Study
Programme
+16
GCSE
Vocational
14-16
No ‘better’ or ‘worse’ pathway just the relevant route for a career
Key stages 1, 2 & 3 in education

15. Making it happen Group Activity
Skills Plan
Making it happen
Group Activity

16. Employment and a Career
Making it happen
9-11
11-14
14-16
16-19
19-24
Inspire
Aspire
Inform
Employment and a Career
Develop basic
Numeracy
Literacy
Develop core competencies
Communication
Confidence
Initiative
Organisation
Problem Solving
Resilience
Teamwork
Basic IT
Encourage Creativity
Talks
Site Visits
Mentoring
Enterprise
Work Experience
Develop Key Employability Skills
Job specific
Technical or practical skills
Advanced IT skills
Customer service
What do you need to make it happen?
Distribution of LMI – considerations?
The 5 activities – how do we embed?

17. Making it happen Feedback and Discussion
Skills Plan
Making it happen
Feedback and Discussion

18. The National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP
Tim Dobson
Head of School Engagement, Changemaker Hub, The University of Northampton

19. Verity Timmins Head of Business Growth, The EBP
CEC Funded Activity
Verity Timmins
Head of Business Growth, The EBP

20. Robert Rajeswaran Founder of GoCode Academy

21. Paul Thompson Employer and Skills Manager
Q&A
Paul Thompson
Employer and Skills Manager

22. AOB & Next Steps

23. SEMLEP Skills Plan – Building a Talent Pipeline
Contact information
Vikki Morton
Enterprise Coordinator T:
Paul Thompson
Employer and Skills Manager T:
Office T: