Tag: employment

Edinburgh’s female workforce to be featured in London exhibition

JOB TODAY, the UK’s number one mobile hiring app, is championing  the female workforce of Edinburgh by working with critically acclaimed British photographer, Lewis Khan, for an upcoming exhibition called ‘Saturday Girls’ in London. Continue reading Edinburgh’s female workforce to be featured in London exhibition

Competition for jobs hits five year low

  •   Current number of opportunities available sits at 1,141,733
  • Competition for roles hits record low – as jobseekers per vacancy drop to 0.38
  • Average advertised salaries stutter – falling 0.5% since last month, to £33,762
  • Scientific jobs rank amongst worst declining industries for pay –sector salaries average £37,967, 2.5% under June 2017 levels
  • Creative & Design roles sitting pretty – salaries up 10% from 2017, to £34,892 
  • London salaries continue to perform well, rising 5.2% year-on-year in June 2018 to  £41.262

Continue reading Competition for jobs hits five year low

Childcare Academy: Information Sessions coming up

We have dates in place for our Childcare Academy Information Sessions: 

Thursday 26th July @1pm

Wednesday 8th August @10am

Monday 20th August @1pm 

If you would like to book a place to come along and hear more about the Academy, ask any questions and take away an application pack, please do not hesitate to contact me on the number below or Audrey O’Neill on 0131 311 6931.

Kind Regards

Liam Moffat

Training Administrator

North Edinburgh Childcare

18b Ferry Road Avenue

Edinburgh, EH4 4BL

Tel:  0131 311 6929

Fax:  0131 315 4420 

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Still time to book your place at Voice Your Choice event

Voice Your Choice Launch Event

Date: Wednesday 18th July 2018

Time: 9.00am – 1.00pm

Location: European Room, Edinburgh City Chambers, 253 High St, Edinburgh EH1 1YJ

About Voice Your Choice:

Voice Your Choice is a £40,000 Participatory Budgeting Programme, offering small grants of up to £2,000 for ideas that support positive steps towards employment. Stage one of the process involves organisations submitting a project proposal, those that meet the criteria will move on to stage two, where the community will decide how public resources are allocated by attending a voting event in their locality.

About the launch: 

The launch event aims to provide information to community organisations on the process of submitting a project proposal to the Voice Your Choice fund. You can register for an application pack, receive guidance on the employability theme of the fund, find out more about Participatory Budgeting (PB) & what’s involved in the funding process, share ideas and hear about past project successes that have come from other PB grants in Edinburgh. 

9.00 – 9.30:                Networking & Refreshments

9.30 – 9.35:                Welcome

9.35 – 10.00:              Quick Introduction to Participatory Budgeting (small grants)

10.00 – 10.30:            Voice Your Choice Information Session

10.30 – 11.15             Case Study

11:15 – 11.30:            Refreshment Break

11.30 – 12.30:            Mock PB activity

12.30 – 1.30:              Lunch & Refreshments (Provided) 

Other Information:

Lunch and refreshments will be provided

Please note there are a limited number of spaces available for the launch event so please do let us know as soon as possible if you are able to attend so we can inform the venue and catering.

Interested? Please contact stacey.cuthbertson@capitalcitypartnership.org to confirm your attendance at the launch.