All Together Cumbria to hire 500 people for Sellafield Ltd

Approximately 500 new job roles will be created by a collaboration between Sellafield Ltd, Morgan Sindall, and Jacobs in Cumbria through the community interest company All Together Cumbria, which will provide a digital gateway to hire people into employment, apprenticeships, and graduate roles.

According to the goals of this new social enterprise, All Together Cumbria will seek to hire 500 new staff members on behalf of Sellafield Ltd in Cumbria over the course of the next 18 months, though the company itself and it’s supply chain tends to hire up to 750 people per year.

All Together Cumbria was former a couple of years ago and aims to boost employment in the county while also improving skills development and training.

The Sellafield Ltd Chief Executive Officer, Paul Foster stated: “Our ambition is to ensure everyone has equal and inclusive access to all career opportunities and roles within our organisation and the supply chain.

“All Together Cumbria will help us to achieve our vision by ensuring the employment opportunities we have are visible, accessible and achievable for all.

“Our commitment enables All Together Cumbria to further enhance its existing skills hub programme locally as well as supporting the development of an online platform. And it is all part of our Social Impact Programme, to make sure that people across the region have better access to job opportunities.”

The All Together Cumbria Management Committee Chairman, Tim Corrigan added: “We are delighted to have secured this commitment from Sellafield Ltd. It enables us to further expand and build on our vision to work in partnership with industry and the community to provide people in Cumbria with greater opportunity and access to employment.

“All Together Cumbria is committed to working closely with the local industry to understand their current and long-term recruitment needs, helping to identify skills gaps for the future and enabling targeted investment to be made to improve the lives of the local people in Cumbria.”

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