Lead for Business and Skills

I am responsible for the day-to-day management and co-ordination of the Business and Skills team and leading, developing and delivering funded regeneration programmes and projects that address Skills, Employability, Business Growth, Inward Investment and Business Retention.

Marketing & Digital Project Apprentice

I research, prepare, and develop the messaging of Achieve in B&NES to maximise our audience offering information, advice, and guidance around employment and skills. I capture the strategy and objectives of Achieve in B&NES and the needs our residents and businesses, and I am responsible for delivering high quality content on time and on budget that meets my brief. This content is used on Achieve in B&NES website, X and LinkedIn.

Employment and Accessibility Officer - Constructing B&NES

I lead on Section 106 which supports local residents with work placements, apprenticeships and jobs with local projects/contractors. I also lead the board and work closely with Bath College, set up and lead on the Kickstart programme, which supports hardest to reach into work.

Project Officer

I welcome local residents to Skills Connect, as the first point of contact by phone, and support the project to ensure we achieve our service goals.

Information, Advice & Guidance Officer

I work with participants who are not currently in paid work. I offer tailored support to help participants get work-ready, upskill, or progress in their employment journey. I offer person-centred support to our participants to help them find training, work placements, volunteering, or jobs that are sustainable and meaningful to them.

Information, Advice & Guidance Officer

I work with participants who are not currently in paid work. I offer tailored support to help participants get work-ready, upskill, or progress in their employment journey. I offer person-centred support to our participants to help them find training, work placements, volunteering, or jobs that are sustainable and meaningful to them.

Project Engagement Officer - Skills Connect & Future Bright

I liaise with partners and providers across the B&NES region to agree and generate referrals into Skills Connect and Future Bright. I work on finding and promoting work placement and job opportunities to broaden the range of support and training on offer attending network meetings and events. I lead and support on both the development of communications and marketing materials and the delivery of workshops and events alongside the Information and Guidance Officers.

Careers Progression Coach - Future Bright

I work with participants who are already employed or self-employed. As a Career Coach, I help people work out what they want to achieve in their working life and support them as they work towards this goal. This is individual to the participant, but it can include developing confidence, new skills, and working towards a promotion or higher pay. I can help participants work out what is holding them back and direct them to other forms of support if they need it.

Careers Progression Coach - Future Bright

I work with participants who are already employed or self-employed. As a Career Coach, I help people work out what they want to achieve in their working life and support them as they work towards this goal. This is individual to the participant, but it can include developing confidence, new skills, and working towards a promotion or higher pay. I can help participants work out what is holding them back and direct them to other forms of support if they need it.

Careers Progression Coach - Future Bright

I work with participants who are already employed or self-employed. As a Career Coach, I help people work out what they want to achieve in their working life and support them as they work towards this goal. This is individual to the participant, but it can include developing confidence, new skills, and working towards a promotion or higher pay. I can help participants work out what is holding them back and direct them to other forms of support if they need it.

Careers Progression Coach - Future Bright

I work with participants who are already employed or self-employed. As a Career Coach, I help people work out what they want to achieve in their working life and support them as they work towards this goal. This is individual to the participant, but it can include developing confidence, new skills, and working towards a promotion or higher pay. I can help participants work out what is holding them back and direct them to other forms of support if they need it.

Administrator - Future Bright

I provide administrative support for the Future Bright team, supporting coaches behind the scenes. I enable local residents to improve their career prospects, skills, and pay.

Lead Project Officer - WE WORK for Everyone

I engage with people with a learning disability, learning difficulties, and autistic people to find a way into paid work. Once a participant has been referred, we arrange to meet and enrol the person if we mutually feel the programme will be appropriate. We then start to look at job interests, and volunteering adult learning courses. We have had great success with participants in full and part-time work over the past year.

Youth Lead, NEET & Young People

As the Youth Guarantee Trailblazer Lead, I play a key role in improving access to education, employment, and training opportunities for young people across B&NES. I lead on identifying the challenges young people face when travelling around the area, particularly in relation to accessing training, education, and work. By working closely with local youth providers, education institutions, and employment services, she helps to map out gaps in provision and understand the support needs of young people. Through strong partnerships and collaboration, I ensure that the voices of young people are heard and that services are better connected and more responsive. My work is central to shaping a more inclusive and supportive local offer, helping young people to thrive and reach their potential.
 

Employment & Skills Officer

I lead on and support Skills Projects in the B&NES area, as well as supporting delivery of regional projects, working closely with the West of England Combined Authority. I work with partners, providers and other members of the Business and Skills team on all stages of projects, from applying for and securing funding, through to managing and evaluating delivery. I also work on our skills strategy, having produced our Business and Skills Plan, with a focus on achieving outcomes against objectives in the B&NES Economic Strategy and WoE-CA Employment and Skills Plan