Why now is the time for #AgeDiversity

How to become an age friendly employer

23rd November 2021, 1pm until 2.30pm

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Who should attend

HR and diversity leads, recruitment specialists and business owners.

Overview 

This event will be focused on countering ageism within organisations. Drawing on best practice, we will take a look at how to eliminate bias in the recruitment process and we will review, with leaders in this field, the best policies and practices that attract, support and retain older workers.

Policies and practices will include:

• Returner programmes
• Retraining/upskilling/lifelong learning
• Midlife MOTs
• Menopause
• Carers
• Reverse mentoring
• Flexible working

Panel

Our panel brings years of experience of working with employers and older workers.

David Blackburn, Chief People Officer, Financial Services Compensation Scheme

David Blackburn from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme is one of the most awarded HR professionals working in the UK today and listed as one the top 100 HR Directors in the World in the HRD Global 100 2021. Passionate about older workers, and with a number of policies and initiatives, David will be sharing what is working within their organisation to attract and retain this demographic.

Judith Wardell, Time of Your Life

Judith Wardell from the Time of Your Life works employers on midlife MOTs and has a in-depth understanding of the challenges older workers face within the workplace. She is also an expert in upskilling, what is needed to help people engage with training and development and what older workers typically need to aid learning.

Sana Ahmed, Senior People Partner, QA Ltd

Sana Ahmed is a Senior People Partner at QA, where she advises and partners with senior business stakeholders in developing people solutions supporting the delivery of the business’s strategic objectives. Sana has over 13 years of HR experience working across the tech, FMCG and manufacturing sectors in business partnering and COE roles in global/matrix structures. Her experience spans across various HR domains such as Talent Management, Compensation & Benefits, Employee Relations and Change Management which she has built working in the UK and India and partnering with businesses and teams in Latin America, Asia and Africa.

Louise Stibbs, Apprenticeship Development Officer, Clarion Housing 

Louise works within Jobs and training at Clarion Futures, where they support our Clarion residents (and none residents) in education, training and supporting them through their day to day lives. Her role is working with individuals looking to either start a new career, or at the beginning of their careers and taking the Apprenticeship route. She works closely with businesses to support them in developing their current staff; as well as working with them to incorporate Apprenticeship opportunities within their businesses which are tailored to all.

Our chair is:

Gillian Nissim, Founder of WM People

Managing Multigenerational Teams

Sponsored by Corbin & King

24th November 2021, 1pm until 2.30pm

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Who should attend

Line Managers who are responsible for teams. Directors, HR and diversity leads will also find value being part of this event.

Overview 

The workforce is now made up of four different generations and managing multigenerational teams in an inclusive way that gets the best out of everyone can be challenging.

This event, sponsored by Corbin & King, will bring together those organisations that have successfully managed multigenerational teams. They will share the challenges they have faced and how these have been overcome, whether that is combatting ageism – both against young and old – in their processes and policies or promoting lifelong learning.

Areas of focus will include:

• Reverse mentoring
• Midlife MOTS
• Flexible teams
• Tackling ageism
• Managing workers with a range of different needs

With thanks to our sponsor:

Panel

Our panel brings years of experience of managing multigenerational teams and understanding the needs of older workers:

Kim Chaplain, Associate Director, Centre of Ageing Better 

We are pleased to announce that Kim Chaplain will be joining us from the Centre for Ageing Better. Kim has over 30 year of experience in the employment and skills sector spanning both operational and policy roles.

Dawn Moore, Group Director of People, J Murphy & Sons Ltd

Dawn Moore from J Murphy & Sons Ltd has over 26 years of HR experience and has received numerous awards for her work on culture change, people strategy, learning and development and diversity and inclusion – work which has made a tangible difference to the organisations she has worked for and which others have learned from.

David Blackburn, Chief People Officer, Financial Services Compensation Scheme

David Blackburn from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme is one of the most awarded HR professionals working in the UK today and listed as one the top 100 HR Directors in the World in the HRD Global 100 2021. Passionate about older workers, and with a number of policies and initiatives, David will be sharing what is working within their organisation to attract and retain this demographic.

Ninoska Leppard, Group Personnel and Development Director, Corbin & King

Our chair is:

Gillian Nissim, Founder, WM People

A graduate of Birmingham University, Gillian launched workingmums.co.uk in 2006, followed by workingdads.co.uk in 2018 and workingwise.co.uk in 2019.

How to find a job you love

Sponsored by Now Teach

25th November 2021, 1pm until 2pm

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Who should attend

Older workers looking to progress their career in their current role or change careers completely.

Overview 

Our final event, sponsored by Now Teach, will be for the candidates themselves. This will be a coming together of older workers to share their experiences. An uplifting event to help older workers to feel valued. We will also be joined by John Lees, career strategist and author who will offer advice for those who wish to change their careers or progress further in their current role.

John Lees

John Lees is one of the UK’s best known career transition coaches, specialising in helping people who say ‘I know I want to do something different, but I don’t know what it is’. He has published 15 books on careers and work including the UK best-seller How to Get a Job You Love.

Lorna Valcin

Lorna Valcin is a highly qualified solicitor with over 30 years’ experience in the legal field, the vast majority of which has been spent specialising in Employment and Immigration Law. More recently, Lorna has qualified as a life coach and has set up a life coaching business helping people make changes in their life and career so they can live to their true values.

Sue Eilfield, Vice President, People & Culture, Coca Cola European Partners

Sue is Vice President, People & Culture based in Great Britain and also leads Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP)’s Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (ID&E) Centre of Expertise across 29 countries with 33,000 colleagues. CCEP’s Inclusion strategy includes capability building, listening to colleagues and embedding actions that upweight progress in the important business imperative of increasing inclusion, diversity and equity – and to represent the communities they serve.  An important aspect of CCEP’s philosophy is that Everyone’s Welcome and to encourage the best from their multi-generational, diverse workforce –  to be themselves, be valued and to belong.

Katie Waldegrave, Director Now Teach

Katie co-founded Now Teach in 2016 with journalist Lucy Kellaway. Now Teach recruits, trains and supports experienced career changers to become great teachers in challenging secondary schools. Prior to this Katie co-founded First Story with William Fiennes in 2008. A social entrepreneur at heart, Katie is also a trained teacher and a published author.

Jo Bishenden, Director Of Education, QA

Jo Bishenden has worked her entire career in and around the education, learning and training sectors. A former science teacher in South London, Jo has spent the last 10 years working in educational consultancy supporting universities, colleges and governments both in the UK and around the world who were looking to ensure their students, learners and workforces were equipped with the skills, industry experience and qualifications they needed for the 21st century. As Director of Education for QA, Jo now focuses her passion for lifelong learning to equipping people with the tech and leadership skills needed to embrace the digital revolution.