1. Kirsten Trussell Skills Development Manager

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. SKILLS STRATEGY

7. 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

8. COAST TO CAPITAL EMPLOYMENT FORECAST
Number of jobs predicted to rise by 45,000 between (ambition 60,000)
Private sector expected to contribute 99% to net job growth between
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)

9. 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

10. 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’

11. 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

12. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
EUROPEAN SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUNDS
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

13. 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

14. 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

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