Development consultancy services

Tender description

East Renfrewshire Council is looking to appoint suitably qualified business partners to support the engagement of workless customers to help them secure and sustain employment, training or education. (Part-financed by European Social Fund monies). East Renfrewshire Council wishes to engage an external partner to support the engagement of the local business base and promotion of business support and employability services. East Renfrewshire Council wishes to engage an external partner to support our job brokerage service to meet the needs of CPP Employability clients and local businesses. East Renfrewshire Council wishes to engage an external partner to support our family firm clients into training/employment. East Renfrewshire that will pilot support for unemployed residents to address and overcome health related barriers to employment. The service will be targeted at supporting individuals with a range of health conditions, including: — physical, — mental, — sensory or learning difficulty or disability, to enable them to actively participate in the labour market. Provide marketing support for our employability services including: — developing marketing campaigns, — planning, — advertising, — public relations, — organising events, — product development, — distribution and research. East Renfrewshire Council wishes to engage an external business partner to provide a wide range of pre/vocational training interventions which will assist customers (aged 16+) achieve their training and job goals. To support local residents who are at risk of becoming “pre-NEET” to meet the needs of CPP Employability clients. To engage with an external business partner to deliver (with appropriate approvals in place), facilitate and/or source appropriate vocational training for our MAs. The overarching aim of the employability service will be to provide locally delivered and targeted employability services to enable East Renfrewshire residents to improve their employability and skills, and progress into sustainable employment. The objectives of the service are to: provide a flexible, client centred employability support service following the 5 stages of the employability skills pipeline. Develop a partnership approach to service delivery to add value to, and complement, other employability services (e.g. Fair Start Scotland, specialist services) by supporting clients to progress into appropriate support relevant to their specific needs.