New job vacancies at Scottish Entrerprise

Scottish Enterprise have announced new job vacancies Current opportunities. Please apply before July and August 2012


There are 5 vacancies:

Commercialisation Senior Executive

Reporting to the Portfolio Services Senior Manager the successful candidate will have key responsibility for enabling funding mechanisms such as Proof of Concept and Aid for Young Innovative Enterprises.Location: Glasgow

Salary Range: Circa £32,000

Closing Date: 4 July 2012

Job Ref: 12096

Communications Senior Executive x 2

We’re looking for two experienced PR and communications professionals to join our award winning communications team. The successful candidate will have excellent all round communication skills, a good network of contacts in the Scottish, UK, and/or international media and first class business writing skills.Location: Edinburgh or Glasgow

Salary Range: Circa £32,000

Closing Date: 13 July 2012

Job Ref: 12141

Organisational Development Specialist

The Scottish Enterprise Organisational Development Specialist team is seeking to recruit an experienced individual who will provide practical specialist advice to targeted small and medium sized companies to develop leadership, management and talent within their businesses. Location: Aberdeen

Salary Range: Circa £32,000

Closing Date: 13 July 2012

Job Ref: 12134

Scottish Enterprise Apprenticeship Programme

We are looking for the next generation of people who want to do a job that makes a real contribution to the future prosperity of our country.Location: Various

Salary Range: £14,000

Closing Date: 14 August 2012

Job Ref: N/A

Scottish Enterprise Undergraduate Programme

We are looking for the next generation of people who want to do a job that makes a real contribution to the future prosperity of our country.Location: Various

Salary Range: £14,000 pro rata

Closing Date: N/A

Job Ref: N/A

Release of latest unemployment and Jobcentre vacancy figures for West Lothian

The latest unemployment and Jobcentre vacancy figures are out today for West Lothian (Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) based figures). 

• The number of JSA jobless in West Lothian for May is 4,468. This is a decrease of 12 on the previous month.
• West Lothian's unemployment rate of 3.9% is lower than the Scotland (4.1%) rate and the same as the Great Britain (3.9%) rate. West Lothian's unemployment rate ranks joint 14th highest with Midlothian out of all Scottish local authority areas.
• Youth unemployment (18-24 year olds) in West Lothian for May is 1,385. This is a decrease of 25 on the previous month.
• There were 949 notified jobcentre vacancies in May - a net decrease of 786 from April 2012. However, the number of vacancies in May 2012 is 3 more than in May 2011.
• The ratio of jobseekers to jobcentre vacancies stands at 5 jobseekers for every vacancy advertised in West Lothian Jobcentres. In comparison, Scotland’s ratio is 6.0:1, Great Britain’s is 4.3:1 with Clackmannanshire having the highest ratio of 16.8:1 (17 jobseekers for every vacancy) of claimants to vacancies of Scottish local authorities.

Further Funding for Youth Employment

Minister for Youth Employment Angela Constance announced that £8.5 million will be invested in projects to support young people into work. The investment includes:

• £6 million to create 1000 jobs for young people through a continuation of Community Jobs Scotland into 2012/13.
  


• £2.5 million towards a challenge fund to support the third sector to work with employers, delivering 800 opportunities for young people.

This investment is the second tranche of funding from the additional £30 million announced in December to tackle youth unemployment throughout Scotland.

Background
Community Jobs Scotland has been extended following a one year pilot, and is delivered by Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisation (SCVO) and Social Enterprise Scotland (SES) in partnership with the Scottish Government. The Third Sector has committed to working with the Government to deliver a programme which offers the following for 2012/13:

• An opportunity for unemployed people to be given a training opportunity in the third sector for a minimum of 6 months which would allow them to make a contribution to their communities.
  


• 1,000 young people with six month contracts of 25 hours or more per week, for at least the minimum wage.



• Enhancement of longer term job prospects for participants through concrete job experience.- Job specific training.- Additional training which enhances the participant’s wider prospects of securing a permanent job.- Support for the third sector as it seeks to continue to deliver services to communities across Scotland.

The scheme is open to those who have been unemployed for 6 months or more.
The additional £30 million was first announced in December 1, 2011, as explained here.

Latest unemployment and Jobcentre vacancy figures

The latest unemployment and Jobcentre vacancy figures have been published for West Lothian (Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) based figures).

• The number of JSA jobless in West Lothian for December is 4,216. This is an increase of 29 on the previous month.



• West Lothian's unemployment rate of 3.7% is below both the Scotland (4.1%) and the Great Britain (3.9%) rate. West Lothian's unemployment rate ranks 12th highest out of all Scottish local authority areas.



• Youth unemployment (18-24 year olds) in West Lothian for December is 1,255. This is a decrease of 35 on the previous month.



• There were 1,055 notified jobcentre vacancies in December - a decrease of 114 from November 2011. The drop in vacancies is due to the tapering off in seasonal recruitment. However, the number of vacancies in December 2011 is 132 higher than December 2010.



• The ratio of jobseekers to jobcentre vacancies stands at 4 jobseekers for every vacancy advertised in West Lothian Jobcentres. In comparison, Scotland’s ratio is 5.8:1, Great Britain’s is 4.8:1 with North Ayrshire having the highest ratio of 15.5:1 (16 jobseekers for every vacancy) of claimants to vacancies of Scottish local authorities.

Jobcentre Plus modernises service delivery

DWP is modernising the way Jobcentre Plus delivers its services and handing responsibility back to the Jobcentre Plus advisers who work with claimants day in, day out. Jobcentre Plus advisers will assess the individual needs of people and offer the support they think is best.

Jobcentre Plus advisers are now able to offer claimants a comprehensive menu of help including skills provision and job search support. They have the flexibility to judge which interventions will help claimants at the most appropriate point in their job seeking journey, tailoring this to individual need. For example, vulnerable young people often need additional support to find and gain employment. Jobcentre Plus, in partnership with Skills Development Scotland, Community Planning Partnerships, colleges, training providers and employers, has a key role to play in influencing the provision offered locally to best meet the needs of employers and people on benefits.

The flexible support that Jobcentre Plus District Managers are putting in place is being bolstered with a series of Get Britain Working measures such as: Work Clubs, volunteering, work experience, New Enterprise Allowance, Enterprise Clubs, sector-based work academies, and mandatory work experience.