{"id":4007,"date":"2018-01-16T13:21:50","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T12:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=4007"},"modified":"2018-01-16T13:24:35","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T12:24:35","slug":"fife-council-employability-expert-takes-up-institute-of-economic-development-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=4007","title":{"rendered":"Fife Council employability expert takes Institute of Economic Development role"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gordon Mole<\/p><\/div>\n

Reporter: Steve Harrison<\/span><\/p>\n

The Institute of Economic Development (IED) has added Fife Council\u2019s business and employability specialist to its Board of Directors.<\/p>\n

Gordon Mole, who moved to Scotland two years ago from a role as Head of Culture and Environment Services at Ipswich Borough Council, is responsible for employability, economic policy, inward investment, town centres and tourism at Fife. He was formerly Employment and Brokerage Manager for Crossrail where he led on the development of new apprenticeships and graduate training and, as Building London Creating Futures project manager, worked on economic development and employment initiatives for construction programmes including The Shard, Heathrow Terminal 5 and Tate Modern.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an honour to join the IED Board alongside a team of highly knowledgeable professionals and I am very excited about the challenge ahead,\u201d Gordon said. \u201cI am keen to ensure that employability has a strong voice within the Institute. A lot of my time is spent working with large employers on the demand side, supporting employer engagement initiatives with companies such as Amazon, and helping organisations better understand what \u2018good\u2019 employability initiatives look like is absolutely key to economic development. I also want to bring a Scottish perspective to the IED and help develop its presence and reputation within Scotland. For Scottish-based economic development professionals to recognise the IED as the \u2018go to\u2019 UK body to join and the impact it has.\u201d<\/p>\n

An IED member himself since 2010, Gordon has personally benefited from the organisation throughout his career and is now looking forward to supporting the next stage of its growth. \u201cAs a young economic development manager the main value of the Institute was the network and access to like-minded professionals who you can bounce ideas off,\u201d he said. \u201cThat is evidenced today in the number of connections who I have met through the IED and can tap into. The other main value is having the affiliation \u2013 it really means something professionally to be a member of the IED \u2013 and we should not underestimate the credibility of being aligned to the Institute through professional membership.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gordon said that the IED has a particularly important role to play in improving the status of the economic development profession. \u201cIt has been relatively evolutionary and has certainly changed a lot in my 15-year career,\u201d he explained. \u201cEconomic development, as a profession, is perhaps only recently recognised. When I started out it used to be an arm of planning but I was not from that background. Personally, I upskilled by doing an MA in economic development, and increasingly the profession has been an active choice. However, professional standards have not caught up and the IED has a huge opportunity to influence this. In a rapidly changing economy, we need to consider succession planning for the next generation of economic development professionals, not just support the here and now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The IED must continue to be vocal at a regional and national level, including around emerging spaces such as regional working and city deals as well as broader issues relating to jobs and the economy, Gordon insisted. \u201cWe are building from a platform of strength,\u201d he said. \u201cThe IED brings the UK-wide picture and learning on all things economic development and we have to capitalise on our position as a unique national body. On the ground, resources are as stretched as they have ever been, and we need to help councils appreciate why economic development is so important. The function is non-statutory, with discretionary budgets, so we must work closely with decision-makers to understand how widely economic development spreads, the impact it really has, and for everyone to recognise it for what it does.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gordon Mole<\/p>\n

Reporter: Steve Harrison<\/p>\n

The Institute of Economic Development (IED) has added Fife Council\u2019s business and employability specialist to its Board of Directors.<\/p>\n

Gordon Mole, who moved to Scotland two years ago from a role as Head of Culture and Environment Services at Ipswich Borough Council, is responsible for employability, economic policy, <\/p>\n

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