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City for business
We help drive Belfast’s economic growth by supporting residents, employers and organisations to strive for innovation and excellence and creating pathways to growth and employment.
We focus on:
We’re keen to work with businesses and organisations to help them:
We want to work with and learn from organisations that are supporting residents to:
If you're a Belfast-based employer and would like to benefit from our employability programmes, please register your interest.
Register as an employer with the Employability and Skills Programme
Belfast is a city of Working and Learning, and you can find out more about the key areas of work that support employability and skills development:
We can work with employers to deliver a support programme which will give employees the training and support they need to achieve qualifications to progress their careers.
| Programmes | Open to | Information and registration |
|---|---|---|
| Upskilling Academy | This programme is for employers in retro-fitting, classroom assistants, social care or child care who need support to help employees have the opportunity for promotion within their organisation |
This programme is available for employers to make an application. For further information on the programme and how to apply, please email economicdevelopment@belfastcity.gov.uk |
Belfast City Council is the Data Controller under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for the personal data it gathers for the purposes of registering your interest in and contacting you about Employability and Skills initiatives.
The Council may appoint companies to deliver Employability & Skills activities on its behalf (such as Gateway to Choice). In such cases these companies will act in the capacity of a Data Processor under contract and instruction.
The Council must have a legal basis under UK GDPR to process your personal data and by completing this form you are providing your personal data on a consensual basis in that you have given clear consent for the Council to do so for a specific purpose. It is also necessary for the Council to process your personal data to perform a task in the public interest or for its official functions, and the task or function has a clear basis in law.
Personal data may be shared between Council staff who are involved in providing this service and between Council Departments with the purpose of supporting an effective delivery of service.
If you provide email addresses of colleagues to be added to our mailing list / Provider Network we are accepting that you have informed them that they will be added to our mailing list. Should they wish to be removed they can do so at any time.
Your personal data will not be shared or disclosed to any other organisation without your consent or unless the law places an obligation on the Council to do so.
Personal data is held and stored by the Council in a safe and secure manner and in compliance with Data Protection legislation. It is also held in line with the Council’s retention and disposal schedule.
If you have any queries regarding the processing of your personal data please contact Employability & Skills at developmente@belfastcity.gov.uk
If you wish to contact the Council’s Data Protection Officer, please write to Belfast City Council, City Hall Belfast, BT1 5GS or send an email to dataprotection@belfastcity.gov.uk
For more information and advice, get in touch.
economicdevelopment@belfastcity.gov.uk
Economic Development, 4th floor, 9 Adelaide, 9-21 Adelaide Street, Belfast, BT2 8DJ
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