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PRESENTATION

The Future of theMilitary Work Placement Scheme

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BOARD MEMBER

DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF

SUPPORT HQ ALLIED RAPID REACTION CORPS

Brigadier Alistair Deas MBESkills for Logistics

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CEO

Dr Ross MoloneySkills for Logistics

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Logistics is vital to the UK economy employing an incredible 8 percent of the nation’s

workforce. To sustain growth, the Logistics Sector needs to attract talent into the industry,

develop people so they are better at their jobs and provide the support tools they need

throughout their careers.

Skills for Logistics has worked closely with local government, Local Enterprise Partnerships,

professional bodies and employers to successfully develop a range of programmes that help address

the issues faced by the sector like pre-employment Job Clubs, the Military Work Placement

Scheme and The Logistics Guild. There are also a number of other exciting developments in the

pipeline including the new Professional Development Stairway App –

a career benchmarking tool, and the first bank for the sector - the Logistics Guild Credit Union.

This is what Skills for Logistics is about and I look forward to leveraging our capabilities and working

in partnership with the sector to help make the UK the best logistics centre in the world.

Dr Ross Moloney

CEO Skills for Logistics

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Logistics needs to attract new people

into the sector.

Logistics has real job opportunities. However,

many wouldn’t consider logistics as a career

of choice and ‘fall’ into the sector. As such,

many employers struggle to fill job vacancies.

Skills for Logistics has developed a range

of products and professional services to

raise the profile and awareness of logistics.

Our goal? To attract, engage and connect

talent with employers and help get people into

a worthwhile and long-term career of choice.

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Employers often tell us that people

have qualifications but are poorly

prepared, lack certain skills and

competencies and are not ‘work ready’.

Being ‘work ready’ gives people a serious

advantage in securing employment. With

productivity increasingly being driven by

skills, our team deliver development

solutions such as pre-employment training,

to ensure people have the ‘work ready’

skills to get a job.

Once employed, Skills for Logistics

ensures employees can access the advice,

skills and training needed to progress in

their career.

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Accessing funding for skills and training

- either as an employer or employee -

can be complicated and challenging.

Skills for Logistics supports employers, local

authorities, Local Enterprise Partnerships,

schools, colleges and other organisations to

help tackle this issue.

As well as developing the Logistics

Guild Credit Union, Skills for Logistics

has successfully supported and secured

employer match-funding for a range of

innovative skills-based projects,

demonstrating a real conviction of

employers and professional partners to

support the sector.

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“Being in the Army exposes you to things

you might not experience in everyday life.

That learning curve, the knowledge and

self-reliance you build is hugely important

when you find yourself on ‘Civvy Street’.”

Hayden Organ

Senior Vice President

Integrated Logistics, Kuehne + Nagel

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The Military Work Placement Scheme

Funded by the Government via the UKCES, and launched at the

Imperial War Museum by Transport Minister, Stephen Hammond MP,

the Military Work Placement Scheme (MWPS) guaranteed 1,000 Military

Service Leavers a fully-funded, two-week work placement with a good

quality civilian logistics company.

Our structured work placements allowed military leavers to demonstrate the

knowledge, experience and skills gained in the Services to prospective

employers. At the same time, service leavers were able to realise that skills

acquired in the Services are actually in huge demand with employers and

that long-term career opportunities and real jobs exist in the Logistics Sector.

Attracting talent to the sector through the MWPS was hugely successful.

Skills for Logistics was able to develop a world-class relationship with the

Armed Forces during programme delivery. Importantly, 1,000 service leavers

gained invaluable ‘on-the-job’ experience, with over 250 candidates gaining

job offers resulting from their work placement.

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GENERAL MANAGER

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Paul GautTNT

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Paul Gaut

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The Logistics Guild, part of Skills for Logistics wants to match Military leavers with quality Logistics organisations

The Guild has launched a new initiative that sees companies offering a 2-week work placement, guaranteed job interview and feedback to Service leavers

This initiative covers all types of warehouse, traffic office, freight forwarding, driving and operative work from the shop floor to all levels of management

TNT will provide work placement training which will help Military leavers to demonstrate their clear worth and also enable them to see what job opportunities exist in our sector.

TNT originally committed to 200 placements across the network 2 Week placement

Induction – work experience – exit interview with feedback

The Approach

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Logistics Industry facts:

20% management skills shortfall

Aging population, particularly drivers

Not seen as a sector of choice for most school leavers and graduates

Significant under representation of females

The Business Imperative

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50+locations

History of working with the MoD

Role variety

Familiar structure

Familiar environment

Why

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Benefits to

To fuel our talent pipeline with a diverse population, that provides the potential to enable TNT Express to deliver today and

maintain its market leading position in the future

Revenue Stream

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What we saw

Service personnel with:

Strong work ethic

Willingness to learn

Flexibility in location

Strong core skills set

Broad transferable skills set

Increased engagement of existing workforce

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How well did we do!

Provided work placement training for 249 (inc six females)

Recruited 19 (inc one female) new employees with one internal promotion

Appointments range from Driver to Depot Manager

Creation of a talent pipeline for future vaccancies

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Next Steps

More Tri-Service representation

More support for those who are making the transition from military to civilian appointment

More females

Better timing between placement and the end of the resettlement period

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“l am doing well. l had a good time with TNT during the work placement. They gave me good reception on my arrival and it continued throughout my time with them. At the moment, there is a prospect of job opportunity from them which l will quickly let you know as soon as it happens. l will take this opportunity to thank you for giving me that exposure. Furthermore, l will appeal to you to continue to extend it to my colleague soldiers who are getting out of the Army as well. Thanks”

“During my placement with TNT Express, I was exposed to all of the functions within the depot as well as the international logistics operation at their Stansted Airport facility giving me a unique 'top to bottom' understanding of the company. I was mentored by the management team throughout, while also being given the freedom to take ownership of the placement and gain more in depth experience of the areas I was interested in. This meant that I could maximise my benefit from the placement while also demonstrating the transferable military skills that civilian employers highly value”

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SENIOR OPS AND

PROJECT MANAGER

Kevin WaltonGist

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OVERVIEW AND ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

The Future of theMilitary Work Placement Scheme

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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

MANAGING DIRECTOR

BIS HENDERSON ACADEMY

Paul BrooksSkills for Logistics

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