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Discover Work Partnership would like to thank everyone who contributed their stories for this quarter’s newsletter. Going forward we will do our best to highlight more of the inspirational employability journeys happening in Dundee!
If you’re a woman (living in the UK) looking to enter a career in online/cloud services, you could be eligible for Primed Talent‘s ‘Amazon Web Services (AWS) re/Start‘ programme:
Alexander Community Development is an exciting and innovative charity with the aim of helping the progression and future growth of Dundee. With a focus on young people, construction and innovative employer engagement, ACD’s meteoric rise has been accompanied by brilliant outcomes for people in our city.
School’s Programme: ACD’s most recent school cohort has supported all 12 candidate’s to achieve positive destinations in further education or training. This vital work helps to encourage young people at risk of leaving school with no plan or next steps to explore their potential and believe in their future.
Celebrating Success: ACD is also celebrating the success of their 16+ cohorts with 3 recent candidates securing employment after attending the course and 7 previous attendees achieving vocational qualifications. Not to mention the plucky young school leaver who has secured himself a work trial by handing his CV (expertly supported by ACD staff) direct to an employer!
Please visit ACD’s website for more info and to get involved!
The Discover Work Partnership is delighted to announce the launch of its Strategy & Action Plan 2022 – 2027, where we set out our strategic vision, goals and context relating to our ambitious transformation of employability for a new Dundee.
Download: Discover Work Strategy & Summarised Action Plan 2022-2027.
On behalf of the Discover Work Partnership, Dundee City Council is delighted to launch Challenge Fund (Round 2) – an Application Process for funding – with a value of up to £1.55m for the delivery of additional and / or enhanced services in an Employability Pathway during the period 1 July 2022 – 31 March 2024 with scope for two further annual extensions.
The Challenge Fund (Round 2) is open to eligible organisations who want to support our Community Wealth Building approach to economic development, by delivering employability services that remove structural inequalities experienced by local residents that prevent their progression towards sustainable employment.
This enhances the original Challenge Fund framework published in 2019, where many aspects continue to be relevant and have been absorbed into Challenge Fund (Round 2). The outcome of the original Challenge Fund framework was summarised in a report for Dundee City Council’s City Development Committee on 9 September 2019, including the details of existing Delivery Partners awarded funding for the delivery of services in the Employability Pathway during the period 1 October 2019 – 31 March 2023.
Organisations can request a copy of the Challenge Fund (Round 2) Application Pack by emailing partnership@discoverworkdundee.co.uk
A timetable for the advertisement, application and assessment process is provided below:
| Key Milestones | Day | Date | Days since previous Milestone |
| Advertisement published online | Monday | 25/04/2022 | 0 |
| Last Date for questions to be submitted to the Lead Partner | Friday | 13/05/2022 | 18 |
| Closing Date for the Submission of Applications | Friday (4pm) | 20/05/2022 | 7 |
| Technical Checks of Applications (i.e. financials, etc.) | Friday | 27/05/2022 | 7 |
| Assessment Panel – Begin Independent Assessment | Monday | 30/05/2022 | 3 |
| Assessment Panel – Complete Independent Assessment | Wednesday | 08/06/2022 | 9 |
| Assessment Panel – Conduct Moderation Meetings | Thursday | 09/06/2022 | 1 |
| Clarification Process Begins ** | Monday | 13/06/2022 | 4 |
| Clarification Process Ends | Friday | 24/06/2022 | 11 |
| Notification of Outcome(s) | Monday | 27/06/2022 | 3 |
| Challenge Fund Award Letter(s) | Friday | 01/07/2022 | 4 |
| Service Inception Meeting(s) | Monday | 11/07/2022 | 10 |
| Service Start Date(s) | Monday | 18/07/2022 | 7 |
6 week training course delivered by Discover Work Partnership
For more information or to apply, please contact Kathryn Simpson – k.simpson@dundeeandangus.ac.uk
Check out Social Security Scotland’s website so you know who they are and what they do before applying. You can apply directly on their jobs site.
Be sure to attend all available information and feedback sessions during the application process.
Applications are a little different from what you might be used to, but if you are unsure the Discover Work Partnership will be happy to help!
For help to apply click here – Contact us – Discover Work (discoverworkdundee.co.uk)
Applications for this round of recruitment end 27/04/2022
Discover Work Service now offers free support to businesses and individuals in Dundee who face redundancy situations.
Continue reading “Local Redundancy Support for Dundee”
On behalf of Scotland’s Local Authorities, Scotland Excel have published a Contract Notice for a national Flexible Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the supply of Employability Services.
Continue reading “Flexible Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)”
Please click here to view the Discover Work Newsletter for January 2022, including Good News Stories, Staff Updates and the latest developments in our service.
