Sector Routeways upcoming course dates

Opportunity Sheffield's Sector Routeways Programme is seeking participants for the following sector-based academies in 2023. These courses are open to unemployed and economically inactive residents who are interested in finding work in the relevant industries. Digital Marketing & Business Admin: Tuesday 11 April & Tuesday 2 May Construction: Monday 17 April Engineering & Manufacturing: Monday … Continue reading Sector Routeways upcoming course dates →

Job Vacancy: Employment and Education Adviser – Voluntary Action Sheffield

Voluntary Action Sheffield is recruiting an Employment and Education Adviser to work on the New Beginnings project Single Job - Voluntary Action Sheffield (vas.org.uk) Location: Sheffield Salary: £25,740 per annum: (pro rata) Contract: Full time Hours: 35 Key duties: Support and prepare refugees to access employment, education, volunteering and social activities necessary to enable them … Continue reading Job Vacancy: Employment and Education Adviser – Voluntary Action Sheffield →

BITC’s National Business Response Network webinar dates

BITC is holding a series of webinars as part of the Business Response Network. These webinars are free to attend and aimed at any organisations looking to develop their professional practice. The webinars will cover: Fixing the digital divide: Thursday 27 April at 10am Looking after your wellbeing: Tuesday 2 May at 2pm Managing your … Continue reading BITC’s National Business Response Network webinar dates →

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Weekly Policy Briefing (31 March)

This week's key messages: A briefing by think-tank Demos sets out the key facts and figures on how inheritance has been exacerbating household income inequality over the past 40 years in the UK. They show that, while inheritances in the UK in 2020 were worth over £98 billion, earners in the top decile received 750 … Continue reading South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Weekly Policy Briefing (31 March) →

SYHA’s Sheffield Employment Workshop to take place on 14 April

South Yorkshire Housing Association (Work and Wellbeing) is holding an employment event on Friday 14 April from 10:30am-2pm The workshop will begin with presentations from employers attending the event, including: RNN Group, Tradewind, Multitask Personnel and the NHS. At this workshop, you'll be able to: Find out more about different roles, careers, and organisations View … Continue reading SYHA’s Sheffield Employment Workshop to take place on 14 April →

Importance of ill health to the UK’s labour market participation challenge

Written by Joseph Rowntree Foundation http://www.jrf.org.uk The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, and the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, are planning to make the UK’s ‘economic inactivity’ challenge a central feature of the Budget on 15 March (Strauss et al, 2023). There are almost nine million people of working age in the UK who are not working, not … Continue reading Importance of ill health to the UK’s labour market participation challenge →

Women in Business community networking event on 26 April

When: Wednesday 26th April, 10am to 12pm Where: Israac Centre, 54 Cemetery Rd, Sheffield S11 8FP (Free parking in Waitrose) Looking for training opportunities? Have an idea for your own business, but don’t know where to start? Want to connect with your community? Join Business Sheffield, Advance Sheffield and ISRAAC for a morning of talks, … Continue reading Women in Business community networking event on 26 April →

Prince’s Trust presentation on 5 April

The Prince's Trust are holding a programme information presentation at The Sheffield College (Peaks Campus) on 5 April at 3:00pm Anybody working with young people who would be interested in finding out more about The Prince's Trust and the programme they run is welcome to attend. There is a smart dress code. To RSVP, email … Continue reading Prince’s Trust presentation on 5 April →

Sheffield Apprenticeships Bulletin (ESFA) – 27 March

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 copy-of-sheffield-27-mar-2023Download South Yorkshire apprenticeship vacancies copy-of-sy-apprenticeship-summary-27-03-2023-with-percent-40-l3-plusDownload

Complete the Sheffield City Goals Survey

What is City Goals all about? As the city emerged from the worst of the pandemic, it became clearer than ever to the city’s leaders that Sheffield needed a new economic plan. A plan to deliver more inclusive and sustainable growth reflecting the priorities and values for our City’s future. In summer 2022, the Sheffield … Continue reading Complete the Sheffield City Goals Survey →

PET-Xi Level Up upcoming course dates (April to June)

Customer Service Level 2 (5 days) Mon 17 – Fri 21 April Team Leading Level 2 (5 days) Mon 24 – Fri 28 April IT User Skills Level 2 (9 days) Mon 2 – Fri 12 May Customer Service Level 2 (5 days) Mon 15 – Fri 19 May … Continue reading PET-Xi Level Up upcoming course dates (April to June) →

Sheffield’s Working Jobs Fair in Burngreave on Thurs 27 April

Opportunity Sheffield's next Sheffield's Working community job fair will be held in Burngreave on Thursday 27 April 2023. Local and national employers will be attending including NHS, Sheffield College, Sheffield City Trust and more. Event details The event will take place at: Burngreave Vestry Hall, 2 Burngreave Road, S3 9DD Open to the public between … Continue reading Sheffield’s Working Jobs Fair in Burngreave on Thurs 27 April →