Aspirational Essex Programme
– Employer Accreditation
About the Programme
The Aspirational Essex Programme is a voluntary programme for bold employers, training providers, and residents committed to making a difference to the Greater Essex skills landscape and developing tomorrow’s workforce. Our ambition is to create a county full of opportunity and growth. We want to help young people and adults to access quality training provision, career education, and employment support. We also want to empower them to make informed careers choices and enter the local labour market.
Aspirational Essex for Employers
Aspirational Essex for Employers offers organisations with the opportunity to publicly demonstrate that they are making a positive contribution to the skills and employment landscape in Greater Essex. Organisations taking part in the Programme will be awarded with digital badging to acknowledge the commitments they’ve made.
With the support of partners and businesses from across Greater Essex we have developed a set of 15 commitments that your organisation can pledge towards. These commitments include priority areas of action for Essex such as helping with careers education, providing entry level employment opportunities, delivering quality employment practices, and actively supporting the local economy and our communities to thrive.
As an Employer, you can choose how many commitments you’d like to pledge towards, and although we will provide examples of how you can deliver against these and signpost you to our partners who can support you with your delivery, the commitments have been designed to be flexible to work around the size and capacity of each organisation.
There are 3 levels to the Aspirational Essex for Employers accreditation, the more commitments delivered the higher the badging awarded, and the more benefits received:
BRONZE EMPLOYER
Delivering 2 Commitments
GOLD EMPLOYER
Delivering 9 Commitments
SILVER EMPLOYER
Delivering 5 Commitments
How do I join?
When you register you can choose as many commitments as you would like. Our team will contact you to create a plan to achieve them. Sign-up to Aspirational Essex for Employers below:
Or to speak to a member of the team please contact skills@essex.gov.uk
Aspirational Essex for Providers
If you are training provider and are interested in the Aspirational Essex for Providers accreditation process, please visit the website Essex County Council for further information.