Announcement: Appointment of implementation partners
POSTED ON: August 15, 2024 IN Newsby admin
The Jobs Boost Outcomes Fund, an innovative new approach to tackling youth unemployment, is pleased to announce the finalisation of implementation partners for the project. Following a rigorous selection process that began with over 100 organisations that submitted an expression of interest, 12 partners have been selected as grant recipients in terms of the R300m fund. Most of the partners have already begun work and the programme has recorded its first job placements, on a journey to place over 5,000 unemployed youth into quality jobs over the next 18 months. Over 300 jobseekers have already been placed into employment through the programme.
An Outcomes Fund operates by paying only for delivered results, ensuring that funds are not wasted on activities and processes that fail to deliver the desired outcomes. Jobs Boost is designed to incentivise effective and innovative skills training by providing 80% of the grant only after employment is secured. This approach ensures that skills providers focus on equipping their candidates with skills that meet employer needs and enable them to maintain employment.
Jobs Boost is a programme of the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention. The National Skills Fund, an entity of the Department of Higher Education and Training, is the sole outcomes funder of this pilot phase, drawing on a R200m grant from National Treasury and R100m from the NSF. The fund is managed and implemented by consulting firm Krutham.
Based on projections, we expect that over 5,000 sustainable high-quality jobs will be unlocked at an average grant per job of R53,000. Implementation partners were selected through a detailed assessment of proposals, in which value for money and additionality played an important role. Partner capacity and experience, quality and sustainability of jobs, and the demographic features of targeted job seekers, were also considered through a scorecard. Proposed partners were approved by Jobs Boost’s advisory committee, consisting of representatives from the Presidency, Krutham and international and local experts.
Eligible job seekers must be currently unemployed and have certain indicators of exclusion including limited qualifications and under-resourced school history. This demographic currently carries the heaviest burden of youth unemployment
Below we list the 12 organisations that have successfully been appointed as implementation partners to Jobs Boost. Krutham provided detailed feedback to unsuccessful applicants, whom we hope will apply in future rounds of the programme which is intended to scale post the pilot phase.
| Implementation partner | Programme summary | Target job placements |
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Afrika Tikkun is an NGO that follows a “cradle-to-career” human development approach. For this programme it will place 1,000 young people in jobs across various sectors including agriculture, waste management, renewable energy, retail and sales, hospitality and tourism, education and care work, vocational, and logistics, manufacturing, and administration. | 1,000 |
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Amazi Shetribe is a social enterprise in the beauty sector that is aiming to place 102 women into employment. that was formed with the specific objective of creating employment in the beauty industry in a sustainable manner. It runs several beauty kiosks that are placed into various large-chain retailers such as Woolworths selling beauty products and services. | 102 |
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BluLever is a specialised artisan development organisation. BluLever will place 240 jobseekers into apprenticeships in various trades (electrician, solar installation, and plumbing). | 240 |
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BPESA is an industry body that works with most of the BPO skills development partners nationally to match the demand of the industry to an aggregated supply of labour. BPESA will train and place 1,635 jobseekers into BPO jobs. | 1,635 |
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Cheeba will train and place 54 jobseekers into retail positions as cannabis consultants within private cannabis members clubs (registered non-profit companies) or South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) licensed Section 21 cannabis dispensaries. | 54 |
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The Collective X (TCX), with the backing of Bonds4Jobs, is an NPC established to unlock potential in the IT sector. IT will work through partners to deliver 12-month work-integrated-learning programmes that job seekers will be placed into, in the IT sector. | 100 |
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ESM is a specialised employment social enterprise. It will place 400 youth into VOX as rural fibre sales representatives and 100 youth into the cleaning industry. | 500 |
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FPD, a private learning institute, will develop lay mental health counsellors who are trained to deliver interventions for common mental health conditions. The organisation will place up to 324 excluded youth into employment in mental health. | 324 |
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Green Riders, a last mile delivery training specialised partner, will train and place into employment youth that will serve as last-mile delivery employees. | 840 |
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Swift Skills Academy Swift is a specialist youth development organisation that aims to place 57 youth into coded welding and metal work programmes within partner companies. | 57 |
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TTBISA is a specialised training organisation focussed primarily on training and secondarily on placing youth into employment. It will place 470 youth into employment in the hospitality and retail industries. | 470 |
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V&A Waterfront, through its partnership with Harambee and Solve@Waterfront, will train and place 106 youth into employment in the V&A Waterfront precinct in Cape Town. The programme aims to place South African youth into jobs that would otherwise be filled by more mature, and often non-South African employees. | 106 |
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About Jobs Boost Outcomes Fund
Jobs Boost is a R300 million pay-for-performance model being piloted in South Africa. It is an outcomes fund that works with implementing partners to secure sustainable, quality jobs for unemployed, excluded youth.
Jobs Boost was initiated by the Presidency, DHET and the NSF as part of the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention (PYEI). Krutham was appointed to support with the design and the management of the pilot programme. Funding for the design of the programme was provided by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. The Jobs Boost Outcomes Fund is a project of a non-profit company, Employment Outcomes NPC, which Krutham established to administer the fund. For the pilot, the National Skills Fund, a part of the Department of Higher Education and Training, will act as the sole outcomes funder.
About Krutham
Krutham is a leading financial and policy advisory firm committed to driving positive impact in emerging markets. With a deep understanding of financial and capital markets, combined with a keen sense of social impact and politics, Krutham is dedicated to shaping industries and contributing to a better future. Straddling the spectrum of capital, Krutham works with diverse clients to deliver beyond the obvious and create financial systems that serve as a force for good. Krutham believes that financial systems are a force for good, and our role is to help maximise that good.
For more information
Jennifer Kann: jkann@krutham.com | +27 83 455 3289
Kennedy Dube: kennedy@lingocom.co.za | +27 78 844 4229
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