43 (Wessex) BrigadeSwindon Business Show, “Success Starts

Here”19 March 2013

Brigadier Piers Hankinson

Key Messages

• Army is changing: home based and part of your community; regular & reserve balance; still recruiting, whilst down sizing

• Our people are key: in-flow; in-career management; transition or “Soldiers back into Society”; and veterans

• Military Civilian Integration & Partnership

43 (Wessex) Brigade

Supporting soldiers and their families across

the South West

• Territorial Army• Recruiting• Cadets• Ten Tors• UK Resilience• Community

Engagement

43 (Wessex) Brigade Area

Cornwall

Devon

Gloucestershire

Bristol

Somerset

Dorset

Wiltshire

Isles of ScillyChannel Islands

South West Region – Size and Scale

• £9bn of £36bn Defence Expenditure

• 38,800 Armed Forces Personnel

• 17,200 Civil Servants

• 37,000 direct full-time jobs

• 45,000 buildings in 90 establishments

• 4000 service leavers per year

Wiltshire Research

• Military are 3% of population

• Military is largest employer

• 30,000 military personnel and dependants

• Spending power of £400m pa

• 1000+ young people are cadets

• Significant contribution to conservation and environmental protection

Recruiting

• Target of 52 Regular Recruits this year (Mar to Mar) in the Swindon RecruitingOffice,35 enlisted or allocated = 67% of target• Target to maximise TA Recruits this year,12 Expressions of Interest, and 4 have Joined since 1 Jan 13 

Officer Training Corps• Exeter UOTC

– Exeter– PlymouthOfficer Cadets - 176

• Bristol UOTC– Bristol– Bath– Bath Spa– UWEOfficer Cadets -212

Cadets in Wiltshire

Army Cadet Force32 Adult Instructors727 Cadets22 Detachments

Combined Cadet Forces2 Schools – 280 Cadets

Swindon

Ten Tors

• Ten Tors Challenge- 11th/12th May 13

- 2400 over 35, 45 and 55 mile routes

• Jubilee Challenge- 300 handicapped

- Routes between 7 and 15 miles

Army Redundancy Programme

&Growth of the Army

Reserve

ARMY PERSONNEL

RegularRegular ArmyArmy

Territorial Territorial ArmyArmy

112,000 Integrated Force by 2018

The Army’s Core Values

Selfless CommitmentCourage

DisciplineIntegrityLoyalty

Respect for Others

Leadership and Management

Professional Development

AEC

Career Transition Partnership (CTP)

• CTP is the MOD’s contracted recruitment consultant and employment agency for all Service Leavers, it offers:– A ‘no cost’ recruitment service for employers– Accessible, free of charge, on-line system of advertising job

vacancies to suitable candidates – An on-line job matching service – ‘Rightjob’ – Employment fairs, industry awareness days and company

presentations– Trial attachments– Central employment team

• 92% of Service Leavers are in employment within 6 months release, and 97% within 12 months

Key Events

• 22 April 2013 – Special Lunch Time Event for HR Managers (to explain the opportunities and benefits of employing Service Leavers), at De Vere Village Hotel, Swindon

• 26 June 2013 – Living and Working in Swindon and Wiltshire Job Fair (to show case job and re-location opportunities), at Tidworth Leisure Centre

• Invitation only, for more information see 43 (Wessex) Brigade Handout

Economist – How to make a Killing

16th Feb 2013

“Companies that complain that they cannot find people with the right mixture of drive and experience have only themselves to blame if they miss this arsenal of talent…”

Questions?