Opportunities for businesses to join key regeneration partnerships

19 Apr 2010

The newly formed ONE HULL Employment & Skills Board and the ONE HULL Enterprise Board are seeking business representatives to provide private sector advice on the key issues of employment, skills and enterprise.

Established to support the work of the ONE HULL Earning Partnership, the Boards will bring together a number of organisations in the public, private and voluntary and community sectors to form a strategic overview of the needs and opportunities in Hull in relation to employment, enterprise, skills and business development.

ONE HULL Enterprise Board

The Enterprise Board is looking to recruit two business people. The Board aims to facilitate new business start-ups, encourage citizens of Hull to be more enterprising and make Hull an attractive, economically viable and competitive location where businesses want to locate and invest.

The two private sector representatives will work to ensure that business needs are put at the heart of enterprise programmes and that local decision makers are fully informed about the views of local businesses. They should have practical knowledge of enterprise issues in Hull and should be able to identify good practice and champion enterprise initiatives within the city. Experience of starting a business or managing the development of a business would be desirable.

The Board is chaired by Martin Shaw, Managing Director of D3 Office Group. Other members include Hull Forward, Hull Enterprise Partnership, Yorkshire Forward, the University of Hull, and Hull City Council.

The terms of reference are available to download below.

ONE HULL Employment & Skills Board

The Employment & Skills Board is looking to recruit two business people. The Board aims to raise employability and skill levels in line with targets and aspirations set out in Hull’s Sustainable Community Strategy and Local Area Agreement.

The two private sector representatives will work to ensure that employer needs are put at the heart of employability and skills programmes and that local decision makers are fully informed about the views of local businesses. They should have practical knowledge of the employment and skills issues in Hull and should be able to identify good practice and champion employability and skills initiatives within the city. Experience of managing a business, employing staff and dealing with skills issues would be useful.

The terms of reference are available to download below.

Background information

Full background information and support to the representatives will be provided by the ONE HULL Business Forum.

Both Boards will work under the direction of the ONE HULL Earning Strategic Delivery Partnership which is one of four Delivery Partnerships within the Local Strategic Partnership, ONE HULL. The draft terms of reference for the Earning Partnership are also available to download below.

Time commitment:

The meetings for both Boards will last approximately two hours and will take place on a bi-monthly basis in central Hull.

Application process:

Expressions of interest in joining either Board should be made in writing to Ben Delaney, Project Development Officer, ONE HULL Business Forum, via b.delaney@hullbusinessforum.com

Applicants are asked to include a statement of no more than 250 words outlining their relevant experience with employment and skills or enterprise and business development issues and how they can support the work of the board.

The closing date for expressions of interest is 12 noon Tuesday 27th April.

All applications will then be considered at the next full meeting of the ONE HULL Earning Partnership on Tuesday 4th May.

Full background information and support to the representatives will be provided by the ONE HULL Business Forum.

Please note these are voluntary roles and there is no salary or expenses available.

Relevant documents and information:

For an informal discussion please contact Ben Delaney on 01482 324976 or b.delaney@hullbusinessforum.com.