Business Gateway Recruitment Advisers

 
Business Gateway Highland has launched a service to help create new jobs in some of the region’s most remote, rural areas.

The service will target more than 300 businesses in Caithness, Sutherland, Wester Ross, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch and Strathspey to help them better understand the process of recruiting staff for the first time.

Two recruitment advisers, based in Fort William and Bonar Bridge, have been taken on to give businesses help on issues including employment legislation, identifying the right people for interview and employment contracts.

Marianne Ross, the new recruitment adviser in Bonar Bridge says: “Business Gateway’s recruitment service sets out to help businesses by providing an integrated package of information, advice and practical support.

This service is highly personal, specialist and designed to help create jobs in some of this region’s most fragile areas by helping give businesses greater confidence and knowledge about the recruitment process.”

Marianne, from Migdale, will be based in the Key Commercial Services offices in Bonar Bridge and can be contacted on 07867 394346 or marianne.ross@highland-opportunity.com

Employ: Grants

 Here's a message from the Highland Council about their new employment initiative:

The Highland Council, supported through the European Social Fund, is pleased to launch the Employ Grants Scheme to encourage and support businesses in the creation of additional posts for unemployed people including people in receipt of benefits, returners to the labour market, disabled people and young people.

Targeted at Small and Medium sized enterprises who employ fewer than 250 people, a wage subsidy is available for 26 weeks, (or a maximum of 52 weeks towards recruits who are aged 16-19) to create additional and permanent posts.

Businesses in all sectors of industry located within The Highland Council area are eligible and may be private companies, co-operatives or social enterprises.

Follow these links to obtain The Operational Guidance document and the application form

but, before completing an application, please contact the Employability Team on 01463 702912 for an informal discussion.

Job Vacancies in Bonar Bridge & Fort William - Create & Employ

Highland Opportunity is advertising two recruitment advisory posts (one of which is to be based in this office)

RECRUITMENT ADVISERS - Create and Employ Project

Fixed Term to 31 March 2013 - 35 Hours per week - Starting Salary £27,846 per annum

We are currently seeking two enthusiastic Recruitment Advisers to operate as part of our Business Gateway service providing support to small businesses to encourage them to take on employees for the first time. The successful post holders will be based out of our Bonar Bridge and Fort William offices and will be required to travel extensively throughout the north, west and south Highland areas visiting clients.

The successful candidates will have experience in a business advice role and a sound understanding of employment and HR matters as well as the issues faced by small businesses. They will have excellent communication skills.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on 19 December 2011. Interviews are scheduled to take place in Inverness on 4 and 5 January 2012

More information and application packs from the Highland Opportunity website (Link)