Enterprise Advisor Network launch event

Local Schools and Employers working in Partnership to help young people unleash their potential.

Local Businesses in Rushcliffe, Gedling, Broxtowe, Newark ad Sherwood and Nottingham City are being invited to the official launch event of the Careers and Enterprise Company Programme. This is the local implementation of the scheme launched nationally in 2015.

The event will be held on:

Thursday 3 March from 12.30 to 2.00 in the Boundary’s Edge Suite at Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, Trent Bridge, Nottingham, NG2 6AG

Stronger links are being built between schools and employers in the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership area, to help young people better realise their career potential.

There are now seven Enterprise Co-ordinators employed across the D2N2 area, whose role is to engage with 80 schools and link them with 80 business leaders. Business people will act as volunteer Enterprise Advisors; forming an Enterprise Advisor Network of employers, large and small, to work with school leaders, to develop a plan to engage with employers.

The ambition over the next two years is for every secondary school and college in the D2N2 area, and at least 20% of specialist schools, to have:

• A designated employer linked to their organisation;
• An Enterprise, Careers and Employability Strategy;
• Undertaken a self-assessment, to produce an action plan in response to the Enterprise, Careers and Employability Strategy;
• Access to providers delivering enterprise, careers and employability activities who have been quality assured against the D2N2 Employability Framework;
• Access to a range of funding to support their school strategies.

We are looking for volunteers of exceptional calibre from the world of work (from employers or the self-employed). To see the ideal characteristics for a D2N2 Enterprise Advisor, see here.

You will work closely with the Senior Leadership Team in local schools and colleges to support them in developing their careers and enterprise strategies and employer engagement plans, drawing on your own local business networks.

Becoming an Enterprise Adviser is a unique opportunity to support a school or college in improving opportunities for young people. The event will be an opportunity for you to learn more about the project and the role of Enterprise Advisor and it is a chance to network with like-minded peers. A light buffet lunch will be provided.