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Forces Families Jobs
WHAT IS FORCES FAMILIES JOBS? HOW IT STARTED
Forces Families Jobs is an employment and training platform designed to support military families into meaningful employment and provide opportunities for training and development.
It’s being delivered by a tri-service partnership between the Naval Families Federation (NFF), Army Families Federation (AFF), and Royal Air Force Families Federation (RAFFF).
FFJ is a platform that bridges the gap between spouses, partners, and family members of current serving personnel, organisations who have signed the Armed Forces Covenant, and organisations offering training and development opportunities as well as access to career-related information.
If you’re a partner of a serving person, you will likely be familiar with frequent moves and the subsequent need to hand in your notice, update your CV, and look for a new job whilst trying to move, sort out schools, or organise childcare in a new area.
You may have to look at changing your career or applying for jobs that are not at the same level as the one you had previously.
FFJ came about as a result of AFF research conducted by the University of Warwick, entitled ‘Military spousal/ partner employment: identifying the barriers and support required’, which stated a key recommendation to be the introduction of an online jobs platform.
FFJ IN 2022
FFJ continues to grow and has thousands of live jobs available for you to view and apply for on the website.
The number of job seekers registered on the site now exceeds 12,500, highlighting the service community’s need for a jobs and training platform, now more than ever.
More than 1,300 employers are now registered and the number of training opportunities on the site is also growing, with 79 different providers now signed up, all of whom offer free or discounted training for Armed Forces families.
NEW FEATURES
During autumn 2021, FFJ went social and can now be found on Facebook and LinkedIn! This means we can update our audience more frequently with news and events.
We have also launched our new ‘Other Routes to Employment’ page. As well as displaying apprenticeship opportunities for our employers, we also showcase any special employment pathways that organisations may have for the Armed Forces community.
WHO CAN USE IT?
1. Employers who have signed the Armed Forces
Covenant (AFC) – Any organisation that has signed the AFC can advertise their job opportunities free of charge. For employers, it’s an opportunity to promote their organisation and showcase their commitment towards fulfilling the AFC. As well as advertising their job vacancies, employers can access a large, highly skilled candidate database of Armed Forces family members from all three services.
2. Training providers who demonstrate a commitment to the Armed Forces community – Training providers who offer training or career opportunities without charge and companies who offer a discount specifically for Armed Forces families on a training course.
3. Spouses, partners, and family members of current serving military personnel • Spouses, partners, and family members of current regular and reservist personnel • Spouses, partners, and family members of service personnel who have left the Armed Forces within the last 12 months • Bereaved spouses, partners, and family members for up to two years post-service PROMOTING THE AFC
For employers to be able to advertise on the site, they must have signed the AFC. The Families Federations are working with the MOD’s Defence Relationship Management to encourage all those employers who have signed the covenant to use the site to promote their jobs and increase their exposure to a highly skilled and relatively untapped area of the labour force.
The advantage of employers all being AFC signatories is that partners, spouses, and family members can be reassured that the employers are aware of the challenges presented by the military lifestyle, won’t discriminate against them because of this, and are committed to being supportive of this community.
ABOUT THE SITE
As a jobseeker you can register to create an account, upload or build a CV using the site’s CV builder, create job alerts, and search for jobs using a variety of filters. The site is for all service families, anywhere around the world.
If you have any queries, or if you’re an employer or training provider who would like to sign up, please contact the team on help@forcesfamiliesjobs.co.uk.
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