{"id":91460,"date":"2021-04-06T08:53:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T07:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=91460"},"modified":"2021-04-06T08:53:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T07:53:47","slug":"kickstart-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kickstart-programme\/91460\/","title":{"rendered":"Balfour Beatty VINCI pledges commitment to \u2018kickstart\u2019 programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/balfourbeattyvinci.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Balfour Beatty VINCI<\/a> is offering young people who are out of work the opportunity to kickstart their career at HS2, providing 30 placements this year<\/h2>\n<p>The partnership also aligns with the Prince\u2019s Trust\u2019s aim of getting 1,000 young people enrolled onto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/kickstart-scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kickstart programmes<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Kickstart is a Government-funded initiative aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/new-jobs-work-on-hs2\/88252\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">creating job placements<\/a> for 16- to 24-year-olds who are on Universal Credit and at risk of long-term unemployment.<\/p>\n<p>It forms part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/a-plan-for-jobs-documents\/a-plan-for-jobs-2020#:~:text=The%20Plan%20for%20Jobs%20provides,help%20them%20to%20find%20work.&amp;text=The%20government%20will%20introduce%20a,risk%20of%20long%2Dterm%20unemployment.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Government\u2019s Plan for Jobs campaign<\/a> and is designed to support those who have been adversely affected by the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Placements are for six months and participants are paid a salary equivalent to the National Minimum Wage or the National Living Wage.<\/p>\n<p>Balfour Beatty VINCI\u2019s six-month programme will provide candidates with a combination of practical and theoretical learning.<\/p>\n<p>Placements will be based within a range of different departments, including design, engineering, consents, site support, finance and skills, employment and education, allowing candidates to choose opportunities that align to their future career aspirations and interests.<\/p>\n<h3>The 5% Club<\/h3>\n<p>In line with targets set by HS2, which are designed to create thousands of jobs and opportunities for local people along the route of the railway and through its involvement with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.5percentclub.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The 5% Club<\/a> \u2013 a dynamic movement of employers committed to \u2018earn &amp; learn\u2019 roles as part of ensuring Britain\u2019s social mobility and shared prosperity, Balfour Beatty VINCI has already committed to ensuring that 5% of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/hs2-recruitment-campaign\/88697\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">workforce is made up of apprentices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With Balfour Beatty VINCI forecasting the creation of at least 6,000 more local jobs to support its programme of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/hs2-opportunities\/90822\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">construction work on HS2<\/a>, the prospects for long-term employment are high for those who perform well during their placement.<\/p>\n<p>The first 16 work placements with Balfour Beatty VINCI will begin on 26\u00a0April 2021 and the application process is now open.<\/p>\n<p>The final 14 placements will be advertised later this year.<\/p>\n<h3>Meaningful upskilling opportunities<\/h3>\n<p>Julie Venn-Morton, HS2 Ltd\u2019s skills manager for the West Midlands, said: &#8220;This is a fantastic opportunity for those young people who are finding it difficult to secure a job or meaningful upskilling opportunities that will prepare them for the world of work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The combination of support provided by the Prince\u2019s Trust and the ability to work side by side with Balfour Beatty VINCI\u2019s team of experts, who are constructing the railway, really makes this opportunity unique.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balfour Beatty VINCI is offering young people who are out of work the opportunity to kickstart their career at HS2, providing 30 placements this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[285],"tags":[547,619,676,3649,882,636,276,473,579,592,596,280],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[172945],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-91460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hr-skills-news","7":"tag-apprenticeship","8":"tag-balfour-beatty","9":"tag-construction","10":"tag-education","11":"tag-employment","12":"tag-engineering","13":"tag-government","14":"tag-hs2","15":"tag-infrastructure","16":"tag-skills","17":"tag-training","18":"tag-transport","19":"stakeholder_rel_tag-balfour-beatty"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Balfour Beatty VINCI pledges commitment to \u2018kickstart\u2019 programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Balfour Beatty VINCI is offering young people who are out of work the opportunity to kickstart their career at HS2, providing 30 placements this year\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kickstart-programme\/91460\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Balfour Beatty VINCI pledges commitment to \u2018kickstart\u2019 programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Balfour Beatty VINCI is offering young people who are out of work the opportunity to kickstart their career at HS2, providing 30 placements this year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/kickstart-programme\/91460\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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