voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
Employer Recruitment Incentives
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Employees are an organisation's greatest resource. Fife has a range of employer focussed training to work pathways including Employer Recruitment Incentives (ERI) that help businesses (which includes third sector organisations) cover some of the costs of recruiting and developing new staff. These opportunities are available for Fife-based businesses.
Diversity within Fife’s workforce is a key determinant of economic growth and a means of increasing job prospects for people most disadvantaged in the labour market. ERIs can be used to create paid jobs for emerging and challenged business sectors or harder to fill vacancies; and addresses recruitment deficits by helping the employer reach an untapped labour market by targeting ERI funding for people from diverse backgrounds who experience barriers and disadvantages accessing jobs via traditional recruitment routes.
Fife Council’s Fife Job Contract (FJC) team are responsible for Fife’s Employer Recruitment Incentive portal- they can be contacted at [email protected]
The Fife Job Contract team engage with public, private and third sector employers and employability partners to help businesses create ERI funded jobs at a minimum of the Living Wage for individuals who reside in Fife and who require support to find and stay in work. ERI funded jobs can also create apprenticeships, traineeships and graduateships. The amount of funding available is dependent on employers’ and the prospective employees’ circumstances. Typically, funding can be for 13 weeks for 36 hours per week. The jobs created must be sustainable beyond the period of funding and cannot be used to replace existing jobs or vacancies in the business.
Contact [email protected] to request more information about funding or to ask for a Funding Application form.
Once funding is approved, the Fife Job Contact team can support employers to recruit and select suitable candidates and ensure wrap around support is put in place to aid the employee’s sustainment and progression in work.
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Further information
Please note that Fife Voluntary Action does not run or operate any of these ERI's. Further information and how to apply is available in the links or contact details provided.If you have other queries about employability then please do get in touch with us: 0800 389 6046 or [email protected]
