Forces Families Jobs

Tri-Service research, Military Spouse/Partner Employment: Identifying the barriers and support required, conducted by the Warwick Institute for Employment Research resulted in a key recommendation, the need to create a central portal for employment and training opportunities for Service spouses, partners and family members.

The overall aim of this employment platform is to create a free-of-charge site that bridges the gap and enables the link between family members on the one hand, and employers training providers, on the other.

*FFJ is not a paid for service but is provided free to those who have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and/or able to demonstrate their commitment to the Armed Forces community.*

• Visit our ‘information for employers’ page for more details/ good practice for your workplace.
• Employers can set up their profiles via the website. If you are a training provider, please contact the support team to request a sign-up form.

As an employer, you can:

• Advertise your jobs to this audience free of charge. If you’re a Gold ERS Award holder you will automatically become one of our featured clients on the home page.
• Search our candidate database and download candidate CVs free of charge.
• Fulfil your commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant (AFC) and progress through the Employment Recognition Scheme (ERS) by demonstrating your commitment to Service spouses/partners.
• Have your own company profile where you can articulate your specific commitments to the AFC and your ERS level.

As a training provider, you can:

• Advertise your opportunities and courses to this audience free of charge.
• Within the training section of the site, have a summary of your own company profile where you can articulate your specific commitments to the Armed Forces Covenant (AFC) and the support services that you provide.
• As a training providers you will be required to provide us with a link to your website, a logo and a few paragraphs about the support that you can provide to families.

Please email help@forcesfamiliesjobs.co.uk for further information and to request a copy of the registration form for training providers.

Are you looking for a new job? Are you ready for a change in career? Forces Families Jobs (FFJ) is here to help. FFJ is the go-to place for training and employment for family members of current serving UK Armed Forces personnel.

You can apply for jobs and access employment and training opportunities with companies and organisations who are Forces family friendly. You can use the website with confidence, knowing that all of the employers have signed the Armed Forces Covenant or are able to demonstrate their commitment to the Armed Forces. This is your gateway to accessing information about acquiring new skills, upgrading your existing skills or applying directly to employers who are understanding of the unique challenges that come with being a family member of a Serving person.

We already have a whole host of specially chosen employers who’ve shown us that they celebrate military families and are waiting to employ someone like you! This site can give you access to hundreds of current, high quality jobs through its powerful search engine. By subscribing for job alerts you can pro-actively receive new job notifications directly into your inbox daily, weekly, or moments after the job is posted. To increase the ways through which you can find a job, you can upload your CV, create a profile and make your details searchable. This will make you visible in our candidate database, which will be searched by prospective employers looking to fill their vacancies, and which maximises your chance of finding a new job through FFJ.

You can also access the site for a range of:

• Apprenticeship Opportunities
• Funding Opportunities
• Support for Business Start Ups
• Volunteering Roles

FFJ have already successfully helped connect many family members with forces-friendly employers. Take a look at the success stories below!

• Leanne’s story

View this video to see what she has to say about her employment journey.

• Natalie’s story

We are delighted to introduce you to Natalie, a military spouse who used Forces Families Jobs to find her current role here at the NFF.

From her time volunteering in the military community, she knew about FFJ and started her job hunt using the site, which she describes as “easy-to-use and straightforward to navigate.” Her advice to other military spouses who are looking for work is: “Go for it – you have nothing to lose! Sometimes it can feel like you have lost your identity and are ‘just’ the spouse, but FFJ really can give you the opportunity and support to find a career that you might once have thought was out of your reach. FFJ makes it easier to access companies who are already aware of the determination, versatility, loyalty and commitment that military families can offer.”

You can read the full article from our free magazine Homeport (Autumn 2021 edition, p.9).

And many more, visit the FFJ website to access the stories.

Podcasts

• Listen to this podcast to find out more about the platform.

Webniars

Did you know that the FFJ team hold webinars to provide employers/jobseekers up-to-date information and top tips to help with your job hunt? Below are links to some of the recordings from the past webinars. For information on future events, please kindly visit FFJ homepage.

• What is FFJ? Information for families
• What is FFJ? Information for employers
• CV writing with RFEA