News / North isles recruitment drive
AFTER years of reducing the number of local people working for Shetland Islands Council, the local authority is now embarking on a recruitment drive to find relief workers in the north isles.
The SIC has also been hit by competition from the oil and construction industries able to offer better wages than the public sector.
Lately, the council has had to employ agency contractors in care homes and also on ferries to fill empty posts.
Council leader Garry Robinson said the SIC was keen to “top up” its staff numbers in Yell and Unst to work in local schools, care homes and on modern apprenticeships with ferries.
Recruitment sessions will be held in the Baltasound Hall on Saturday (22 November) between 11am and 3pm, and in the Mid Yell hall on Tuesday (25 November) from 3 to 7pm.
The employment possibilities on offer include cleaners, kitchen assistants, cooks, home helps and social care workers.
These posts would be to cover vacancies during periods of training and leave, offering post holders occasional employment.
A spokeswoman said: “The events will give local residents with an interest in working for the council an opportunity to find out more about the posts on offer and to have an informal discussion with representatives from different services and human resources staff.”
The SIC is also offering new modern marine apprenticeships on board its ferries, in partnership with the North Atlantic Fisheries College in Scalloway.
Robinson added: “These recruitment events will give anyone interested easy access to more information and have a face to face discussion with our human resources staff.
“I’d urge anyone living locally who may be seeking occasional employment to attend one of these events to find out more.”
The latest job vacancies at Shetland Islands Council can be found at: www.shetland.gov.uk/about_jobs/default.asp
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