Who makes it happen?
To bring about change on this scale, affecting up to 800,000 staff, many people will have to put their shoulder to the wheel. There are four main contributors who will make sure the Skills Strategy is implemented successfully and their roles are as follows.
- Permanent secretaries will stand behind the case for collective action and hold Heads of Profession, HR directors and Government Skills to account for realising the benefits of the Skills Strategy.
- HR Leaders will embed professional skills standards in their processes and decisions and direct learning and development spend into jointly commissioned programmes to tackle common skills gaps.
- Heads of Profession will set standards on professional skills for their members, to help shape career and workforce planning and support professional development.
- Government Skills will analyse current and future common skills needs and build delivery partnerships around these. It will bring insight into stakeholder needs, working with employers and the higher and further education sectors to develop the workforce of the future.
