Author: Opportunity

Opportunity Sheffield is the employment and skills service within Sheffield City Council.

Job vacancies: Specialist Employability Adviser (Big Ambitions)

Big Ambitions CIC has vacancies in Sheffield and Barnsley & Doncaster for Specialist Employability Advisers. Please see below for more details: Specialist Employability Adviser - Sheffield 37.5 Hours per week (would consider part time applicants) £22,268 - £24,698 Big Ambitions CIC are currently recruiting for a Specialist Employability Adviser. Working from our Sheffield office at … Continue reading Job vacancies: Specialist Employability Adviser (Big Ambitions) →

Urgent call for Sanctuary Scholarship applications – deadline 8 Dec

Calling all students from refugee backgrounds interested in the following degree course subjects only starting January 2023 at Sheffield Hallam University and in need of a scholarship: MA/ LLM APPLIED HUMAN RIGHTS https://www.shu.ac.uk/courses/law/llm-applied-human-rights/full-time and https://www.shu.ac.uk/courses/law/ma-applied-human-rights/full-time Ideal for aspiring human rights practitioners and activists. MA DIGITAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT https://www.shu.ac.uk/courses/digital-media/ma-digital-media-management/full-time MSC GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS https://www.shu.ac.uk/courses/geography-and-environment/msc-geographical-information-systems/full-time  MSC PUBLIC HEALTH https://www.shu.ac.uk/courses/sociology-and-politics/msc-public-health/full-time

Job vacancies: IAG roles (Sheffield Community Youth Services)

Sheffield Community Youth Services are looking to recruit posts to support young people with Careers Information, Advice and Guidance. The main role of the Advisers and Assistants will be to engage with young people and support them into Post 16 opportunities within education, training and employment. The Opportunities Development Officer role will also help to … Continue reading Job vacancies: IAG roles (Sheffield Community Youth Services) →

Skills discussion & brunch at Advance Sheffield’s networking event

Opportunity Sheffield’s Advance team welcomed a range of employers and speakers to their Upskill Your Workforce brunch and networking event last week at Lykke at New Era Square in Sheffield. Speakers included Fiona Duxbury from Department of Work and Pensions (Jobcentre Plus), who spoke about the support available for local workers, and Paul who delivered … Continue reading Skills discussion & brunch at Advance Sheffield’s networking event →

Sheffield’s Working Jobs Fair programme concludes for 2022 in Broomhall

The final Sheffield’s Working Jobs Fair of 2022, delivered by Opportunity Sheffield in partnership with Jobcentre Plus, took place at Broomhall Community Centre on Tuesday 22 November. Jobseekers from the local area attended to discover the latest job opportunities, meet employers and find out about employment support and training options. Employers in attendance included The … Continue reading Sheffield’s Working Jobs Fair programme concludes for 2022 in Broomhall →

Find out about Disability History Month 2022

Disability History Month (16 November to 16 December) explores the history of disabled people’s struggle for equality and human rights. This year’s theme is Disability, Health and Wellbeing. During the Covid-19 pandemic, health inequalities for disabled people were starkly exposed. They were more affected in terms of loss of life, and many barriers to services that already existed … Continue reading Find out about Disability History Month 2022 →

Welding and Engineering, FLT/Warehousing, SIA Security & CSCS opportunities with Momentum Training

Written by Tom Winbrow, Momentum Training Momentum Recruitment and Training have been operating in the Sheffield/Rotherham/Barnsley and Doncaster area for over two years now with some fantastic success stories along the way.  At the start of August we were awarded part of the Sheffield AEB contract and cannot wait to get started, offering local people … Continue reading Welding and Engineering, FLT/Warehousing, SIA Security & CSCS opportunities with Momentum Training →

Replay: Employer Masterclass: Unlocking the Labour Market Crisis (video)

In support of older workers week, w/c 21st November. Age Friendly Sheffield, Business in the Community (BITC), Sheffield Business Together (SBT) and the South Yorkshire Chambers hosted a free masterclass for employers - unlocking the labour market crisis – talent across the generations. Angela Watson, Age Project Manager at Business in the Community alongside guest … Continue reading Replay: Employer Masterclass: Unlocking the Labour Market Crisis (video) →

Sheffield Apprenticeships Bulletin (ESFA) – 21 November

The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) provides weekly district-level apprenticeship vacancy bulletins, broken down by region and local authority area. See below the latest vacancy lists for Sheffield and South Yorkshire. Sheffield apprenticeship vacancies sheffield-21-nov-2022Download South Yorkshire apprenticeship vacancies sy-apprenticeship-summary-21-11-2022-with-percent-40-l3-plusDownload

Sector Routeways now recruiting for Construction Hospitality/Retail for Dec and Jan

Opportunity Sheffield is now recruiting for its Construction and Hospitality & Retail Sector Routeways Programmes for December and January. Construction DECEMBER The 2-week training will begin on Monday 12 December with a work placement in early 2023 Registration events – Tuesday 6 December, 9:30 @ JCP and Thursday 8 December, 10:30 @ the Construction Design … Continue reading Sector Routeways now recruiting for Construction Hospitality/Retail for Dec and Jan →

Register for Teacake Club on Tues 6 Dec at Event Central; Economic Inactivity theme

The Teacake Club's Winter 2022 meeting will be held on Tuesday 6 November (1:30 - 4pm) at Event Central, 20-26 Fargate, S1 2HE. The theme of the upcoming event is 'Economic Inactivity' - highly topical with the number of unemployed people not claiming benefits rising to record levels in recent months. Our keynote speaker is … Continue reading Register for Teacake Club on Tues 6 Dec at Event Central; Economic Inactivity theme →