JumpstartJobs Fund Expansion

Project

Jumpstart History

• Redcap started Jumpstart in 2007

• Work experience for unemployed who

have gone through life skills training

• Started partnering with various NGOs in

2009 in KZN

• Expanded this nationally in 2010

• Jobs Fund project 2012

Work Experience Programme• Unemployed referred by organisations placed

into 6 day work experience programme at a

nearby Mr Price clothing, home or sport store

• Trainees get certificate for completion

• Suitable candidates selected by store

managers as casual workers

• Some move into permanent positions while

others move into other employment elsewhere

• Feedback given for all candidates by stores

Motivation for Jobs Fund Project

• Funding for NGOs to scale up work

• Better coordination of project with help of

systems like Joblinx

• Better collaboration of stakeholders (e.g.

network, curriculum development)

• Help NGOs to add key components required

for entry in Mr Price (e.g maths, literacy,

customer service)

Partner Criteria

1. Already running soft skills programmes (with

possible exceptions)

2. Operating in areas where there is demand for labour

with Mr Price

3. Have capacity to expand

4. Have appropriate organisational systems in place

(reporting, financial, HR, etc.)

5. Willing to comply with minimum requirements for

training

6. Training costs fit within budgets

Partner Criteria (Cont.)

1. Willing to target people with Mr Price minimum

requirements

1. Matric certificate

2. Under 30 years old

3. No criminal record

4. No bad credit history

5. Ability to pass Mr Price tests (math literacy,

bar code recognition and customer service

assessment test)

Jumpstart Training Criteria

Core Purpose

• Attitude/Behaviour/Character

Development and Basic Skills

Course/Topic Hours

• Course Minimum Hours: 40

• Topic Minimum Hours: 1 (unless

otherwise specified)

Required Life Skills Topics (1)(with required hours if different from standard of 1 hour)

• Career guidance (2)

• Communication/Presentation Skills (3)

• Conflict resolution

• Customer Service (2)

• Finances

• Goal setting/Planning

• Healing of the Past (2)

• Sexual health/Romantic relationships/HIV/AIDS (3)

• Job preparation skills (2)

• Physical health (Healthy Living)

• Rights and responsibilities

• Time management

• Vision/Purpose

Required Life Skills Topics (2)

The following topics may be covered within the above

topics or separately and thus don’t have 1 hour

minimum requirements:

• Life-long learning

• Motivation/Self-esteem

• Personal Development/Character

• Work ethics

• Emotional maturity

• Problem solving/Decision making

• Substance abuse

Math/Literacy

• Students need to be equipped to pass Mr

Price Test

• No training requirements will be set, as it is up

to the organisations how much they want to

screen people. As mentioned earlier:1. These skills can be taught by organization

and/or

2. Students can be prescreened based on ability

to pass

Distribution Strategy

• Disbursements based on people placed – key

indicator still to be determined in consultation

• Training done for first placements will be

“frontloaded” by NGOs

• 75% in Mr Price, 25% outside (possibly can

shift over time)

• Funding not intended to replace existing

funding, but rather to scale up training

capacity (with possible exceptions)

Distribution Amounts Per Person Placed

Year 1 - R 2,478 – 1250 people

Year 2 - R 2,651 – 2000 people

Year 3 - R 2,837 – 2750 people

Avg 1-3 years - R 2,700

Mr Price Allocation Process

• Identification of needs in specific Mr Price stores

• Identification of capacity and location of

organisations

• Allocate targets for specific regions/stores to

organisations (e.g. 150 placements among “x” 5

stores in “x” region in the next 6 months)

• Mr Price has a key window for placements between

March and October. No placements are done during

November-December, and few, if any, during

Jan/Feb.

Mr Price Group Needs

Annual Needs Home ApparelOther

Divisions Total

Permanent 500 1100 700 2300Ongoing Casual 800 4000 ? 4800

Holiday Casual 1600 8000 ? 9600

Total 2900 13100 700 16700NOTE: The casual needs are rough estimations, based on current needs in July

2012 at 40% of Mr Price Home stores and 60% of Mr Price Apparel stores

Joblinx

• Online system developed for linking employers with

candidates of training providers

• System has been functional since the beginning of last

year

• New developments are being done to enable it to have

additional functionality for Jumpstart specific needs

• Automated linkage between base stores, head

office and NGOs

• More fields specific to Jumpstart

• Better searching and reporting processes

Employer Partnerships

• Spar – Estimated 5000-1000 vacancies

annually

• Smollan – 4000 vacancies annually

• Mr Price Supply Chain

NGO Partnerships

• Other Jobs Fund Beneficiaries

• Dell Foundation: 100 computers, 5 NGOs

Thank You