What is JobFit?

JobFit is a vocational training framework designed to enhance learners career opportunities and employment skills, while supporting employers to address skills shortages across Edinburgh and the South East Scotland City Regional Deal area.

We connect employers with the right talent and help learners gain the skills, experience, and confidence they need to succeed. We work closely with employers and training providers to create bespoke training leading to employment and career pathways that meet real workforce needs.

For employers

JobFit provides access to motivated, job-ready candidates and tailored training programmes that address skills gaps, reduce recruitment costs, and support workforce development. Whether you are hiring for entry-level roles or higher-skilled positions, our employer-led approach ensures candidates are prepared and qualified for your business from day one.

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For jobseekers

JobFit offers sector-specific training, employment support to polish your CV, application and interview skills with recognised qualifications for career entry or progression. Participants gain hands-on experience, guidance, and opportunities to interview with recruiting employers, providing a real pathway into meaningful employment and career progression.

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JobFit connects employers and jobseekers, strengthening local talent pipelines, supporting career progression, workforce development and succession planning. Ensuring learners have the skills required for the workplace to benefit both employers and individuals.

Meet the team

Gosia Lysakowska

Training Manager

Gosia is an experienced Project Lead and Community Learning and Development Leader with a strong track record of developing and delivering projects that create positive social change. She is passionate about supportive employment and helping people achieve their goals, working closely with individuals, communities, and organisations to identify challenges and create meaningful opportunities. Currently leading the JobFit Framework project on behalf of Capital City Partnership, Gosia works closely with employers to help them identify and narrow skills gaps, while supporting the recruitment of skilled and motivated staff through participation in the JobFit programme that she manages. Her collaborative and people-focused approach helps connect employers with talent, while empowering individuals to build confidence, develop skills, and progress towards sustainable employment.

Kat Pietrzyk

Project Officer

Kat Pietrzyk is a Project Officer with the Joined Up for Business team, where she has been supporting initiatives for the past two years. She plays a key role in the development of JobFit, a vocational training framework designed to support workforce and business growth. Kat works across communications and marketing, liaising closely with training providers and candidates to ensure effective engagement and delivery. She is particularly passionate about strengthening the JobFit offer and exploring opportunities to maximise its impact in connecting skills development with employer needs.

Governance and Funding

The JobFit Framework is currently funded through the City of Edinburgh Council as part of the Scottish Government's No-One Left Behind (NOLB) strategy and through the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Regional Deal.

Strategy

JobFit Framework is part of the wider Joined Up for Business strategy and Integrated Regional Employability and Skills (IRES) offer, which offers businesses a "no wrong door" approach and offers a bespoke, free recruitment and training service.

These strategies are coordinated and supported by Capital City Partnership, the anchor delivery body for Edinburgh’s employability strategy, working together to tackle inequality and poverty. Capital City Partnership's key tasks are to advise, support and develop the city’s Jobs Strategy, and to contract, performance manage and improve outcomes from funded employability services.

Capital City Partnership is also a key stakeholder and delivery partner in the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal, supporting the Integrated Regional Employability and Skills (IRES) programme.

View our strategy document