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Our Work

In pursuing our mission, we recognise fully that employment and skills are not the only drivers of productivity and social cohesion. Global factors, innovation, research and development, business and industrial strategies, competition and regulatory policy, transport and technological infrastructure, as well as culture and institutions all influence economic prosperity.

We will consistently seek to understand the political, policy, delivery and institutional contexts in which we operate. We will work in partnership with our sponsors and stakeholders to achieve shared goals and ambitions.

• Communications - The UK Commission for Employment and Skills needs to establish a strong and positive corporate reputation so as to achieve maximum influence with stakeholders. This reputation should be rooted in our good work rather than be merely asserted.
• Corporate Services - Corporate Services works to support excellent organisational performance in delivering the rest of the work of the UK commission. Although this work is led by staff in the Corporate Services Directorate, all staff will be engaged and have responsibility for ensuring that the organisation continues to deliver the highest level of performance.
• Employer Engagement - The Employer Engagement Directorate is responsible for improving the effectiveness of employer involvement in the skills system.
• Research and Policy - The Research and Policy directorate plays a fundamental role in the work of the UK Commission. It supports our advisory role to government and the assessment of progress made in the employment and skills system.
• Qualifications - The UK Commission is making an essential contribution to standards and qualifications working with partners across the four UK nations and the European Union to make sure they meet employment and learners' needs.
• Strategy and Performance - The primary role of the strategy and performance team is to monitor the contribution and challenge the performance of each part of the UK employment and skills systems in meeting the needs of employers and individuals, and recommend improvements in policy, delivery and innovation.

See our work in action at our forthcoming Skills, Jobs, Growth Policy Convention 2010 on 8th and 9th February www.skills2010.org.uk