Outside body

York Skills & Employment Board

Description

Purpose:

The Board has developed and is responsible for implementing and overseeing the delivery of the Skills for Employment: York’s 10-year Strategy. The Board is aligned with the city’s emerging Economic Growth partnership. Through its work, the Board will seek to facilitate a deep and long-lasting partnership between skills providers and employers to support the development of key and growth sectors in the York economy and enable York residents to get well-paid and rewarding work 

 

The Board comprises representatives from:

              City of York Council

              York College

              University of York

              York St John University

              Askham Bryan College

              West and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce

              Federation of Small Businesses

              YNY LEP

              Trade Unions

              JobCentre Plus and DWP

              Independent training providers

              Small, medium and large employers in the city

 

Through ongoing and tailored engagement, the range of voices will be broadened, for example to include secondary education partners, relevant sector skills bodies and industry representatives.

 

The Board is not a decision-making body but will advise and make recommendations to the Council, combined authority, and to the Economic Partnership.

 

Meetings:

 

The Board will meet every 6-8 weeks, with frequency of meetings to be reviewed annually.

 

 

Contact information

Address:
Alison Edeson
Skills Manager: Employer Engagement, Employability

Our representatives

 

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