Consultancy for SSLEP Skills Advisory Panel Priority Sectors Skills Supply Review

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Staffordshire County Council awarded a contract to Stantec UK Limited for consultancy services to conduct a skills supply review for the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (SSLEP) Skills Advisory Panel.

The review aimed to identify and agree on main Staffordshire-wide occupations and skills requirements within priority growth sectors, including existing unmet need and future skills need, and to assess current skills supply in those priority areas.

The scope included determining how provision aligns across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire, identifying gaps in learning provision, capital and physical resource, development of existing provision to meet employer needs, need for new provision, issues with learner engagement, interest and participation, and workforce diversity challenges and opportunities for reskilling and training cohorts of workers looking to change careers.

The contract value was AUD 33,874.