Agenda of Business and Employment Development Committee

Business and Employment Development Committee – Wednesday 28 February 2018

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Membership

John Lamont – RDA – Chairperson

Clr Amanda Findley - Mayor

All Councillors

General Manager or nominee

Gareth Ward MP (or nominee Tony Emery)

Shelley Hancock MP (or nominee)

Ann Sudmalis (or nominee)

Graham Baxter / Scott Inman – Southern Regional Business Enterprise Centre

Robbie Collins – University of Wollongong

Paul Goodwin – NSW TAFE

Megan Cleary – NSW Department of Industry

David Goodman – SBC

Representative – Milton Ulladulla BC

Angela Byron – Nowra HS

Fiona Hatcher – RDA FSC

Steven Bayer – Shoalhaven Prof. Business Assoc

Lexie Meyer – Community

James Coburn – Community

Peter Dryer - Community

Alison Chiam - Shoalhaven Art Board Representative

Robert Crow – Shoalhaven Tourism Advisory Group

Peter Masterson – Department of Industry, Innovation & Science

Representative – Defence

Representative – Manufacturing

Representative – Construction

Quorum – Six (6)

Purpose

· To assist in the implementation of the Economic Development Strategy and monitor and report on performance.

· Support the expansion of industry activities within the Shoalhaven, across all sectors.

· Encourage the location of new industries in the region which will lead to an increase in the number of employment opportunities for the residents of the region

· Grow the socio economic base of the Shoalhaven.

· Examine and review employment development strategies and report on initiatives to carry their strategies forward.

Minutes of the Business and Employment Development Committee

Meeting Date: Wednesday, 22 November 2017

Location: Jervis Bay Rooms, City Administrative Centre, Bridge Road, Nowra

Time: 4:05pm

The following members were present:

Mr John Lamont - Chairperson

Clr Joanna Gash

Clr Patricia White

Clr Nina Cheyne

Clr Mark Kitchener

Ms Robbie Collins

Paul Goodwin

Mr Megan Cleary

Mr Steven Bayer

Mr Robert Crow

Ms Lexie Meyer

Mr Peter Masterson

Ms Alison Chiam

Deborah Langton

Mr Russ Pigg - General Manager

Others Present

Craig Milburn – Director Finance Corporate and Community Services

Coralie Bell – Tourism Section Manager

Marianne Jones – Economic Development Officer

Rianna Burgess – Administration Officer

Catherine Shields – Shoalhaven Tourism Advisory Group

Bob Hayward – Sustainable Futures Committee

Peter McVay – Sustainable Futures Committee

Avalon Bourne – Sonder Youth

Election of Chairperson

RESOLVED (Clr Gash / Clr White)

That Mr John Lamont be appointed as the Chairperson for Business and Employment Committee.

CARRIED

Apologies / Leave of Absence

An apology was received from Ann Sudmalis, Fiona Hatcher, Peter Dryer, James Coburn, Cathy Bern, David Goodman.

Confirmation of the Minutes

RESOLVED (Clr White / Lexie Meyer)

That the Minutes of the Business and Employment Development Committee held on Monday 21 August 2017 be confirmed.

CARRIED

Declarations of Interest

Nil

Reports

BE17.31 Development in the Shoalhaven - Significant Projects

HPERM Ref: D17/368306

Recommendation (Item to be determined under delegated authority)

That the report of the General Manager (Planning Environment & Development Services) regarding the update on development in the Shoalhaven be received for information.

RESOLVED (Paul Goodwin / Clr White)

That the report of the General Manager (Planning Environment & Development Services) regarding the update on development in the Shoalhaven be received for information.

CARRIED

BE17.32 South Coast Youth Leadership Forum

HPERM Ref: D17/366170

Avalon Bourne from Sonder Youth provided a presentation on SCYLF – South Coast Youth Leadership.

Avalon advised this is the fourth consecutive year the forum has been run. Avalon outlined the program and some of the challenges as well as guest speakers.

The new outcome is that they are looking to expand the program from being local to running two programs across to include the Far South Coast and have four follow on programs and online catch ups.

The Economic Development Team from Shoalhaven City Council were thanked for their support of the program.

Recommendation (Item to be determined under delegated authority)

That the report – South Coast Leadership Forum, be received for information.

RESOLVED (Lexie Meyer / Robbie Collins)

That the report and presentation – South Coast Leadership Forum, be received for information.

CARRIED

BE17.33 Inclusive Employment Conference 2018

HPERM Ref: D17/375579

Recommendation (Item to be determined under delegated authority)

That the committee endorse and support this event, assisting with the formation of a Steering committee to ensure effective and relevant stakeholder engagement.

RESOLVED (By consent)

That the report - Inclusive Employment Conference 2018 be deferred to the next meeting of the Business and Employment Development Committee.

CARRIED

There being no further business, the meeting concluded, the time being 4.19pm.

Following the meeting a workshop was held by consultants Michael Clarke and Dr Rob Gillespi to facilitate input of ideas and context for the draft Regional Economic Development Strategy (REDS).

Mr John Lamont

CHAIRPERSON

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BE18.1 2018 Professional Snapshot

HPERM Ref: D18/49313

Group: General Manager's Group

Section: Economic Development

Purpose / Summary

The purpose of this report is to provide the Business and Employment Development Committee with information about the upcoming 2018 Professional Snapshot being conducted by the Economic Development Office and its partners, the Shoalhaven Professional Business Association and the Career Advisors at local High Schools.

Recommendation (Item to be determined under delegated authority)

That the report on the 2018 Professional Snapshot being conducted by the Economic Development Office and its partners, the Shoalhaven Professional Business Association and the Career Advisors at local High Schools, be received for information.

Options

1. The report is accepted as written.

2. An alternative recommendation be proposed.

Background

The Professional Snapshot is a collaboration between the spba (Shoalhaven Professional Business Association) and Shoalhaven City Council, with support from the UoW Shoalhaven and local businesses. Run annually, this will be the 9^th Snapshot to take place in the Shoalhaven. This innovative and unique program aims to expose local high school students in Year 10/11 to a variety of career paths and to demonstrate what these professionals undertake on a day to day basis thereby encouraging students to persue a professional career, and one hopefully in the Shoalhaven. This year in the order of 80 students will participate with groups being lead by the various Career Advisors and other helpers.

The Professional Snapshot’s success is attributed to the involvement of local businesses. This year the local business community has once again supported this program by giving up their time to open their doors to local high school students. Participating businesses in the 2018 Professional Snapshot include:

· Accounting - Finanical Dynamics

· Accounting - Tait Miller McIntryre

· Architecture - Edmiston Jones

· Legal - RMB Lawyers

· Valuation - Walsh & Monaghan

· Engineering - MI Engineering

· Surveying - SET Consultants

· Medical - Grand Pacific Health

· Allied Health - Basham Chiropractic and Physiotherapy

· Allied Health - Southern Podiatry Clinic

· Allied Health - Nowra Allied Health Centre

· Shoalhaven City Council – Surveying, Engineering, Strategic Planning, Human Resources, Community Development and Recreational Planning

In addition to the strong support from local businesses, this day would not be possible without the contribution of key people to the planning of the day. Sue Schoffield (SPBA), Tania Goodman (SPBA/UoW), Darren Wearne (SPBA) and Rianna Burgess (EDO) have all played a vital role in the planning of the 2018 Professional Snapshot and their input is greatly appreciated.

The Professional Snapshot is an innovative and unique program that has worked extremely well over the years and is an excellent example of what local collaboration can achieve.

The 2018 Professional Snapshot is scheduled for the 7^th March 2018.

Community Engagement

This project is supported by local business, local schools, the spba, Shoalhaven City Council and the UoW Shoalhaven campus. The ongoing success of, and support for, the day is representative of a culmination of years of consultation and engagement with various sectors of our communtiy.

Policy Implications

The outcomes of the Professional Snapshot meets the objectives contained within Shoalhaven City Council’s Economic Development Strategy (2017-2026) – Productuve Shoalhaven.

Financial Implications

Shoalhaven City Council provides lunch to the 80 students and group leaders on the day. This is a minimal cost that is covered by the Economic Development Budget.

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BE18.2 Business Training and Capacity Building

HPERM Ref: D18/55837

Group: General Manager's Group

Section: Economic Development

Purpose / Summary

To update the Business and Employment Development Committee about the variety of upcoming business training and capacity building opportunities that are co-ordinated and/or supported by the Economic Development Office.

Recommendation (Item to be determined under delegated authority)

That the report on business training and capacity building opportunities that are co-ordinated and/or supported by the Economic Development Office be received for information.

Options

1. The recommendation be accepted as written.

2. An alternative recommendation be recommended.

Background

The Economic Development Office of Shoalhaven City Council supports a number of business training and development programs for local businesses. The Economic Development Office does this through partnering with other government and non-government entities which provide business training. This partnership approach has been extremely successful and has resulted in the delivery of quality training by skilled and knowledgeable trainers as well as networking and capacity building opportunities.

In 2017, the Economic Development Office supported, either financially or in-kind, a number of groups including the Shoalhaven Business Chamber, the Shoalhaven Professional Business Association, the Southern Region Business Enterprise Centre and The Business Sessions.

The following outcomes were achieved.

The Shoalhaven Business Chamber

The Shoalhaven City Council, via the Economic Development Office, has entered into a MoU with the Chamber to deliver the following activities:

· Establish a “Women in Business” networking group in the Shoalhaven

· Establish and run a “Lunch and Learn” series

· Establish a “Business Breakfast Bites” series

The Shoalhaven City Council, through the Economic Development budget, provides the Chamber with $17,000 per annum to undertake these activities. The funding is provided on receipt of written reports and the MoU is reviewed annually. In 2017 the Chamber ran the following sponsored events:

· Three Women in Business events (17/2/2017, 29/3/2017 and 26/5/2017)

· Four Lunch and Learn events (1/6/2017, 29/6/2017, 27/7/2017 and 28/9/2017)

· No business breakfast bites events

Shoalhaven Professional Business Association

The Shoalhaven City Council, via the Economic Development Office, has entered into a MoU with the spba to undertake the following activities:

· Spba networking breakfasts

· Spba Professional Snapshot

· Spba Young Professional Mentoring Program

The Shoalhaven City Council, through the Economic Development budget, provides the spba with $15,000 per annum to undertake these activities.

In 2017 the spba ran the following events:

· Five networking breakfasts.

· The spba Professional Snapshot – attended by 57 High School students. The event was successful due to the participation of local businesses such as Financial Dynamics, RMB, Tait Miller McIntyre, Pepperpot Marketing, the Marketing Clan, Webics, Edmiston Jones, Basham Physiotherapy, Basham Chiropractic, Southern Podiatry Clinic, Nowra Allied Health Centre, Walsh & Monaghan, GHD, MI International, Specsavers, SET Consultants, AusIndustry and Shoalhaven City Council.

· A Young Professional Mentoring Program – fully subscribed with 15 mentorees matched to 15 mentors.

The Southern Region Business Enterprise Centre

Council provides support to the Southern Region BEC by providing access to training rooms free of charge. The SRBEC are a not for profit organisation that are contracted to deliver a number of Commonwealth and State Government services and specialises in the delivery of business advisory and consultancy services.

The Business Sessions

The Economic Development Office of Shoalhaven City Council supports a local business training provider called ‘The Business Sessions’. The Economic Development Office supports this venture as it provides affordable quality training to businesses on marketing and social media. This has been a very successful venture and the The Business Sessions has delivered over 20 training sessions in 2017 in Nowra and Ulladulla.

The following sessions have been delivered:

Course Name	Nowra	Ulladulla	Total
Create Awesome Content	10	10	20
Digital Marketing 1	17	9	26
Digital Marketing 2	12	7	19
Email marketing	10	12	22
Facebook Marketing Pt 1	12	12	24
Facebook Marketing Pt 2	12	14	26
Facebook Pt 1	16	11	27
Facebook Pt 2	12	8	20
Instagram Pt 1	12	10	22
Instagram Pt 2	13	10	23
Create Online Presence	7	7	14
SEO	12	7	19
Total attendees 2017			262

Scheduled 2018 Business Training Sessions

The Business Sessions are offering the following courses in 2018:

Nowra Admin Centre	Ulladulla Council Training Room
Digital Marketing Part 1 - 6th Mar	Digital Marketing Part 1 - 9th Mar
Digital marketing Part 2 - 4th Apr	Digital marketing Part 2 - 5th Apr
Advanced Instagram - 9th May	Advanced Instagram - 10th May
Advanced Facebook - 6th Jun	Advanced Facebook - 7th Jun
Create Awesome Content - 4th Jul	Create Awesome Content - 5th Jul
Email marketing - 7th Aug	Email marketing - 9th Aug
Social Media Road Map - 4th Sep	Social Media Road Map - 6th Sep
Ready for Pinterest - 16th Oct	Ready for Pinterest - 19th Oct
Your Social Plan for Xmas - 7th Nov	Your Social Plan for Xmas - 8th Nov

Additionally Southern Region BEC have already scheduled 10 training session for 2018

The spba has scheduled 5 breakfast networking events and the 2018 Professional Mentor Program has commenced with 15 participants as mentors and 15 as mentorees.

Community Engagement

The Economic Development Office of Shoalhaven City Council partners with numerous entities to provide the Shoalhaven business community with access to training and networking opportunities. Invites are sent via mailing lists held by the EDO, the SBC and SPBA and the trainers themselves. Some topics are better attended than others but the continuity of training is essential and well advertised.

Policy Implications

Business training is a consistent element within the Shoalhaven Economic Development Strategy 2017-2026 – Productive Shoalhaven. Section 6 deals specifically with “Sustaining and improving Business Productivity”; Section 7 with targeting focused training programs; training locally to reduce dependency on recruiting from outside the area; stimulating vocational training to address skills gaps.

Financial Implications

Financial implications are outlined above and all funding comes from the Economic Development Office budget. The Shoalhaven Business Chamber, as per Council minute 16.264 receives $17,000 per year for three years, up to and including the 2018/2019 financial year, to deliver business development/support events. The spba receives $15,000 in funding from the Economic Development Budget. Funding is not guaranteed and is reliant on performance.

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BE18.3 Development in the Shoalhaven - Significant Projects

HPERM Ref: D18/42405

Group: Planning Environment & Development Group

Attachments: 1. Significant Projects Spreadsheet ⇩

Purpose / Summary

To provide a list of:

· Development approvals that have issued that have not progressed further. This also includes relatively recent approvals;

· Larger applications under assessment.

Recommendation (Item to be determined under delegated authority)

That the report of the General Manager (Planning Environment & Development Services) regarding the update on development in the Shoalhaven be received for information.

Options

1. Receive the report for information.

Implications: the report will be noted.

2. Resolve and alternate resolution and direct staff accordingly.

Implications: this would be dependent on the decision.

Background

This is a regular report to inform the Committee of larger developments under assessment and list applications that appear to have been stalled / not progressed (noting also that the list would contain relatively recent approvals).

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BE17.33 Inclusive Employment Conference 2018

HPERM Ref: D17/375579

Submitted by: Paul Goodwin

Business & Employment Development Committee at its meeting on 22 November 2017 resolved that the matter be deferred to the meeting to be held on 28 February 2018.

Recommendation (Item to be determined under delegated authority)

That the committee endorse and support this event, assisting with the formation of a Steering committee to ensure effective and relevant stakeholder engagement.

Details

The Shoalhaven is a region with persistently high youth unemployment and to some extent economic exclusion. Inclusive employment is not confined to people with disabilities. An inclusive economy is not confined to the inclusion of people with disabilities, but enables beneficially economic and community participation for everyone, with particular attention to those who face barriers or exclusions.

Strategically, the Inclusive Employment conference is encouraging new thinking and solutions and broadening stakeholder engagement to include all key contributors to the local economy. This collaboration is needed to facilitate a deeper and lasting inclusive economy. Discussion, co-ordination, information and skill sharing, co-operation between service providers, community members and business is central to the development of an inclusive economy.

At the tactical level, improved local co-ordination between different agencies and groups with an interest in solving the regions unemployment is required to foster greater understanding of the issues and development of solutions while fostering better working relationships between stakeholders – including those individuals who face barriers or exclusions to work or training.

This project proposes TAFE NSW in collaboration with community partners establishes a steering committee of stakeholders to design and deliver a forum – an Inclusive Employment Conference - to generate understanding amongst service providers, community leaders, young and disadvantaged people and enlist support for building an inclusive economy. The event will take a socially inclusive approach rather than being a single stream disability event.

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BE18.4 Shoalhaven Professionals Business Association Update on Current Activities

HPERM Ref: D17/377207

Submitted by: Steven Bayer – President SPBA

Recommendation (Item to be determined under delegated authority)

That the report regarding Shoalhaven Professionals Business Association Update on Current Activities be received for information.

Details

2018 Leadership Compass Program

SPBA’s 2018 executive leadership program is underway, with 16 emerging leaders participating from a variety of enterprises including government, entrepreneurs, growing business owners, NGOs, the Uniting Church, Franchises and Corporate sectors.

Aimed at business owners, managers and team leaders, the program is in response to requests from members of SPBA, where executive training is often delivered outside the Shoalhaven. This program provides exceptional high level business and professional development locally.

The tailored program has been developed to provide the following;

- ten sessions (total of 20 hours) delivered fortnightly from January to June 2018,

- the sessions combine guest facilitated Leadership topics with peer mentoring, coaching, developing and working on individual accountabilities.

The format of the program and workshop sessions is as follows;

- Five Leadership Topics were chosen by the Leadership Group.

- Guest facilitators present and workshop with the group on each topic. Guest facilitators have included NSW Members of Parliament, award winning business leaders and CEOs of leading Shoalhaven businesses.

- In alternate workshops, Leaders focus on individual needs through coaching and peer mentoring. Individuals identify and develop their own accountabilities for Leadership, learning and mentoring.

Each participant obtains Professional Development accreditation and SPBA have issued a Certificate of Professional Development gained by completing the Leadership Program.

The Program also moves into a second phase to be completed in December 2018 – the Advanced Diploma of Leadership & Management, which is delivered in conjunction with Illawarra ITeC and supported through the NSW Smart and Skilled Program.

This opportunity allows local business owners or managers to obtain mentoring and professional development from outstanding and successful business leaders. It simply would not be possible to easily access the calibre of presenter over the duration of this program.

2018 Young Professional Mentor Program

The SPBA has launched the 2018 Young Professional Mentor Program with 14 Mentors and Mentorees participating. This program is for Young Professionals in the Shoalhaven, who manage their own businesses or are employed. The program is aimed to improve Young Professionals in the Shoalhaven. 2018 will be the fifth year the program has been delivered by the SPBA, with the following results for Mentorees;

- greater connections and networks both within the circles of young professionals and also within the broader Shoalhaven professional sector.

- an increase of knowledge and skills.

- increased personal confidence.

- increased awareness of knowledge, skills and experience of people in the Shoalhaven.

- improved networking between Mentorees and Mentors/Mentorees

Participants have been matched with Mentors, who are experienced and generous members of the community with a range of business and corporate management experience, and they met regularly over a period of five months on a one-on-one basis.

In addition, participants enjoy intensive skills sessions (Knowledge Tables) which draw collective knowledge and experience from a facilitator and from within the group of Mentorees and Mentors.

The Mentor program is supported by Southern Phone and UOW Shoalhaven Campus, together with Bendigo Bank.

Mental Health Awareness Program

In 2017 SPBA identified Mental Health in the Workplace as an issue with significance that we would like to pursue and provide information or resources to our members to allow them to be better employers and have more satisfied staff.

The subject was then raised at a morning breakfast meeting with Glenn Williams of Mind the Gap as our guest speaker. We also heard from Renee McGuinn, architect of Edmiston Jones who have designed the Mind the Gap building at the Shoalhaven Campus of UOW.

A sub committee was then formed with our first action being to survey our members on this topic. We had an incredible response to our survey from both employers and employees. There were some important and consistent topics presented and as a result, the sub committee began sourcing various resources to gain direction.

We have continued our research and realised there is an enormous amount of material on this subject.

A NSW Government summit occurred in the week commencing 5 November 2017, with the purpose of designing a blueprint for creating mentally healthy workplaces.

Members of the sub committee have met with Member for South Coast, Shelley Hancock, to discuss our interest in accessing this data to support our businesses.

The sub committee will also be discussing the appropriateness of the region for any trials with business - due to our identified needs in the Shoalhaven.

The SPBA is supported by Shoalhaven City Council through an MOU, which allows the Association to provide events and programs to support and develop professionals and professional businesses in the Shoalhaven.