Fujitsu HR Manager Seconded Under Business in the Community
(BITC) Scheme
Fujitsu UK & Ireland
London, July 05, 2012
An Altrincham resident is taking time out of her job as an
HR manager at Fujitsu this week for a 12-month secondment
in the city of Salford, supporting a range of good causes
in the local community.
Kelly Metcalf, who is originally from Preston, will become
a "Business Connector", charged with brokering
relationships between local communities and big businesses
in the area. The scheme is run by Business In The Community
(BITC) but Kelly's salary will be paid in full throughout
the 12-month secondment by her employer, the technology
giant Fujitsu. She was personally selected from a large
number of applications by Fujitsu UK & Ireland's CEO,
Duncan Tait; and starts her training with BITC this week.
During the course of her secondment, Kelly aims to focus on
employability projects, particularly among young
disadvantaged people. This plays to her strengths in the
field of human resources, and will contribute to tackling
the issue of workless households in the North-West. Kelly
has discovered that, while 15% of children nationwide live
in workless households; in parts of Salford this figure is
as high as 40%.
"It is such a privilege to be selected for the Business
Connectors programme, with the full support of my company
right up to the CEO. I want to use my time to help young
people that haven't had the same educational opportunities
and family support that I had as a child and will be
looking for suitable projects where I can use my HR
expertise to make a real difference."
In addition to financing Kelly's placement, Fujitsu has
created and provides the BITC Connect system, a cloud-based
"Facebook-style" platform to help Business Connectors
nationwide to share information and ease communication
between the organisations involved in individual projects.
Last month, BITC announced a £4.8m investment from the Big
Lottery Fund to support Business initiative, and aims to
recruit and support over 670 Business Connectors nationwide
over five years.
This week, Caroline Seldon, business manager for Fujitsu's
Defence and National Security division has also been
seconded as a Business Connector, in Basingstoke.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and
communication technology (ICT) company offering a full
range of technology products, solutions and services. Over
170,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100
countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to
shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu
Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.5
trillion yen (US$54 billion) for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2012.
www.fujitsu.com Fujitsu
UK and Ireland is a leading IT systems, services and
products company employing 11,400 people with an annual
revenue of £1.7 billion. Its business is in enabling its
customers to realise their objectives by exploiting
information technology through its integrated product and
service portfolio. This includes consulting, applications,
systems integration, managed services and product for
customers in the private and public sectors including
retail, financial services, telecoms, government, defence
and consumer sectors.
uk.fujitsu.com
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