CAREER PURSUIT 2021

RESOURCES 70 FORCES FAMILIES JOBS t’s being delivered by a Tri- service partnership between the Naval Families Federation (NFF), Army Families Federation (AFF), and Royal Air Force Families Federation (RAF FF). 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 (AFC), and organisations offering training and development opportunities, as well as providing access to career-related information. HOW IT STARTED If you’re a partner of a serving person, you will be familiar with frequent moves and the subsequent need to hand in your notice with your current employer, update your CV, 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, titled ‘Military spousal/ partner employment: identifying the barriers and support required’, which stated a key recommendation as being the introduction of an online jobs platform. FFJ IN 2021 FFJ has been going from strength to strength and has thousands of live jobs available on the site every day. The number of jobseekers registering accounts has also risen, taking the total to more than 5,500, highlighting the Service community’s need for the site during an unprecedented time. More than 850 employers are now registered and the number of training courses on the site is also growing, with 62 different providers now signed up, all of whom offer free or discounted training for Armed Forces families. Forces Families Jobs (FFJ) is an employment and training platform designed to support service families into meaningfulemploymentand provide opportunities for training and development. I