Kirsten Trussell Skills Development Manager

Coastal West Sussex Rural Sussex Gatwick Diamond Brighton and Hove Croydon Lewes district

STRATEGIC ECONOMIC PLAN Our growth ambitions are set out in our Strategic Economic Plan Job creation is key to growth and key to job creation is skills development

PRIORITY SECTORS Sectors targeted for growth Advanced manufacturing and engineering Creative, digital and IT Environmental technologies Financial and business services Health and life sciences High employment sectors Care Construction Visitor economy First 5 are those sectors where there is clear competitive advantage Next 3 are important across the region are expected to make a significant contribution to growth and jobs

SKILLS STRATEGY

THE NATIONAL SKILLS PICTURE A slowly improving economy Increasing employment rate but youth unemployment remains too high Increased drive for devolution and for that to include skills Reviewing and reshaping of post-16 provision with a drive to specialise A ‘skills emergency’ Increasing effectiveness, simplicity and localisation of the Adult Education Budget 3m Apprenticeships by 2020

COAST TO CAPITAL EMPLOYMENT FORECAST Number of jobs predicted to rise by 45,000 between 2012-2022 (ambition 60,000) Private sector expected to contribute 99% to net job growth between 2012-2022 45% of employment is in the three high skilled occupational groups: managers, professionals and associate professionals (+65,000 by 2022 of which 66% women) 31% of jobs are in the middle ranking occupations of administration, skilled trades and caring/leisure roles (-31,000 by 2022 but still significant source of employment)

COAST TO CAPITAL EMPLOYMENT FORECAST 23% of employment is in sales or customer service, plant/process operatives and elementary roles Leading sources of job growth forecast to be professional services (+10,000), support services (+7,000), information technology (+7,000) and construction (+6,000) Replacement demands will contribute around eight times as many job openings as net job growth over the next decade: 369,000 openings compared with 45,000

The Coast to Capital Skills Picture Low Average Earnings Talented residents lost to neighbouring labour markets Technological changes requiring technical skills Productivity growth will require higher level skills Ageing workforce, will need to draw on pool of 135,000 involuntarily inactive residents English and maths, STEM, Apprenticeships and ‘Employability’

SOME OF OUR PRIORITIES Higher level skills STEM, technical and professional skills Strong leadership and management Apprenticeship growth, particularly at Higher level, but must link to our Strategic Economic Plan and Skills Strategy English, maths and basic skills Reskilling of the older workforce Clear learning and career pathways Supporting a co-ordinated approach to careers guidance and employer engagement in enterprise education

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES EUROPEAN SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUNDS 2014-2020 ESIF STRATEGY European Fund for Regional Development (ERDF) European Social Fund (ESF) European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) THEMES SME innovation and R&D Business competiveness Adoption of low carbon technologies Skills to support future growth Employment focused social inclusion Support for the rural economy

ESF SKILLS SUPPORT FOR THE WORKFORCE Opt-in with SFA Focus on Coast to Capital priority sectors Lot 1 - £450,000, employed, training needs analysis with businesses, delivery of workplace literacy and numeracy and referral and brokerage for intermediate and higher level skills Lot 2 - £885,000, employed, training needs analysis with businesses, delivery of intermediate and higher level skills Lot 3 - £220,000, unemployed (e.g. recently redundant), delivery of intermediate and higher level skills Possible to bid for 1 or more of the lots Consortia approach would be welcomed Due out by end of May Coast to Capital information workshop beginning of June – tbc Join LinkedIn - Coast to Capital ESIF Partners Forum

ENGAGING WITH OUR STRATEGY Developing vocational and technical progression pathways Engaging with our Growth Hub to access the region’s employers Supporting local employers to develop their leadership and management to create vision and ambition for growth Supporting FE and HE sector to develop higher level provision through traditional or apprenticeship routes

Kirsten Trussell Skills Development Manager kirsten Kirsten Trussell Skills Development Manager kirsten.trussell@coast2capital.org.uk 07769 272901 www.coast2capital.org.uk Twitter: @coast2capital LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3837330