• Welcome
• About the UK Commission
  • Role and responsibilities
  • The Chairman and Commissioners
  • Commissioners Business Plan for 2011/12
  • Working with Sector Skills Councils
  • UK Commission expenditure budget
• The role
  • Job description
  • Person specification
  • Terms and conditions
  • Information Pack
• How to apply
• Timetable and recruitment process

Commissioners’ Business Plan for 2011/12

This is a summary of our 2011/12 business plan – you can read or download the full plan at:

www.ukces.org.uk/about-ukces/about-the-uk-commission/business-plan-and-5-year-stategic-plan

Our remit is to raise UK skills to help drive enterprise, jobs and growth.

Our strategic objectives from Government for 2011/14 are to:

• Provide outstanding labour market intelligence which helps businesses and people make the best choices for them

• Work with businesses to develop the best market solutions which leverage greater investment in skills

• Maximise the impact of employment and skills policies and employer behaviour to support jobs and growth and secure an internationally competitive skills base

As a UK social partnership we will be open, collaborative, focussed and credible advocates.

Within this, our Commissioner priority outcomes for 2011/12 are to:

1. Make and win the economic argument for greater investment in skills.

2. Enhance the value and accessibility of vocational training, especially apprenticeships.

3. Galvanise industries and sectors to improve the skills and productivity of their workforces.

4. Work with employers to maximise opportunities for unemployed and disadvantaged people.

To deliver these priorities our key actions are to:

• Distil and deploy evidence to reframe and refresh the debate

• Provide high quality and accessible Labour Market Information and Analysis

• Support compelling Commissioner messages

• Ensure fit-for-purpose occupational standards and frameworks

• Support preparation for work and competence in work for adults and young people

• Develop and communicate a compelling vision for sector leadership

• Develop Best Market Solutions through investment fund

• Reposition and promote Investors in People

• Create and communicate a clear evidence base on how to tackle the employment challenge

• Build sectoral and employer support to get the UK working

• Improve Information, Advice and Guidance

Supported by Executive Objectives of:

• Refocus and reform

• Delivery and accountability

• Robust evidence base

• Partnership working