Welcome to Bristol Employment, Skills and Learning

WORKING WITH US

This is our call to action. We want to work with you to make a difference. Don’t delay. Here are some ways you can join us.

Here’s How You Can Join Us

Employers

Hundreds of Bristol employers are choosing ESL as their CSR and social value partner. Over 100 local employers have joined Bristol WORKs to provide meaningful and inspiring experience of work to young people, particularly those with limited contact with employers. Going beyond the traditional work placement, employers are providing site visits, visits to schools and settings, providing mentors and offering real work challenges.

To help with recruitment, hundreds of employers have joined forces with our One Front Door to provide job matching opportunities and engage with potential candidates through our annual programme of jobs fairs. Recruiting employers are also working with our Adult and Community Learning Team, developing pre-recruitment and workforce development programmes providing effective talent pipelines.

Over 200 employers in the construction sector are working with Building Bristol and On Site Bristol to recruit and train new construction apprentices and build a future workforce together.
Other Council Teams

Different Council teams are joining forces with us to achieve our shared goal of changing lives through ground breaking programmes. Some teams are sharing resources and time to enable people facing the greatest risks to get on and achieve a brighter future. A great example is our collaboration with the Bristol Housing and Homelessness Teams.

Together we have developed a range of customised services: The Roof Over My Head course provides social housing tenants with information and skills to manage their tenancy; the Move in Move on Move up (MIMOMU) project is providing employment and skills support for homeless people, and On Site Bristol provides apprenticeships for the Housing Maintenance Team.

The Council’s Apprenticeship Stakeholder Group provides a forum for different teams, staff led groups and trade unions to shape our apprenticeship offer.
Local Providers

Hundreds of providers come together with ESL to network, share information, co-design services, help us tap into amazing Bristol resources and spread the word. The City Leaders Group for Employment and Skills provides a strategic forum for the DWP, the City Council, the local college, probation service and mental health service to discuss and tackle priorities together.

The Into Learning Meeting brings post 16 providers and frontline workers together to find post 16 places for young people disengaged from learning. The Ways2Work Network provides an opportunity for employment support providers to plan and promote their work together. The Community Learning Advisory Board provides a forum to monitor, champion and steer community learning in Bristol.

The value in all these collaborative forums and exchange networks is reaping rewards for all.
Community Based Organisations and Groups

Hundreds of community-based organisations have joined forces with ESL to enable their members and users to access employment, skills and learning. Children Centres, schools, libraries, faith-based organisations, community groups and centres are working with Community Learning to host free courses and to distribute free digital devices to enable people to get online.

Some community groups and voluntary sector providers have been able to apply for funding from ESL through grants, sub-contracting and levy sharing. Some equalities groups and community leaders have been working with ESL to co-design customised programmes to meet the needs of under-represented and marginalised groups.
Employees

People join us from a range of backgrounds – all with a shared passion to make a difference. With our strong commitment to diversity, we are always welcoming of applications from people from equalities communities and those that have faced a non-traditional route into learning and work. If you’re looking for a great career move where you can make a difference with others, then we’re interested in you!

There could be the perfect role here for you – whether you’re just starting out or you’ve already achieved success in other jobs. Across ESL, you will be able to develop your career in a thriving and supportive team, enjoy excellent learning and development opportunities, receive great benefits, a competitive salary and work in a friendly, collaborative and flexible environment. Sound good? Take a look at the Bristol City Council current vacancies page to find out if there are live job opportunities within our brilliant team.

Bristol City Council Apprenticeships & Community Learning Sub Contracting Commissioning Fees & Charging Policy (PDF)

To discuss how we might make a real difference together, get in touch through our contact page today.

Work with Us

Together, we can make a difference