Workforce planning and skills development

Skills development takes place through structured training programmes as well as in everyday work. Appraisal meetings and agreed objectives can also influence employees’ development opportunities. Your council needs to identify training needs at an early stage and help shape further training so that it reflects employees’ professional interests and development goals.

Identifying and mapping training needs

We work with your council to analyse job requirements, existing training opportunities and future training needs. We take account of employees’ experience and development goals.

Where needed, we create a skills matrix that clearly maps job requirements, existing skills and training needs. This provides a structured basis for selecting appropriate training and developing your council’s own proposals to the employer.

Connecting workforce planning and skills development

We work with your council to examine how staffing needs, job requirements and training plans fit together. This includes the time and staffing resources needed for training in everyday work.

Together, we develop proposals for incorporating skills development into workforce planning over the longer term and preparing employees for changing tasks. This includes suitable learning formats, time off for training and cover arrangements.

Promoting fair access and transparent criteria

Who has access to training? How are training options and participants selected? We help your council develop clear rules and take account of different needs, including those of employees working part time, older employees and those with family or caring responsibilities.

Together, we consider the quality and suitability of training, its scheduling and how employees can use the skills they acquire in their further professional development.

Using participation rights and developing agreements

We clarify which information, consultation and co-determination rights apply, and how your council can use its right to make proposals on workforce planning and training. On this basis, we help your council develop its own goals and assess the employer’s proposals.

We draft works and service agreements on further training and skills development, help your council prepare for negotiations and provide support during negotiations. The focus is on concrete rules for assessing needs, participation, delivery and reviewing the agreed measures.

Using skills development to safeguard employment

Skills development can enable employees to take on new tasks and open up career opportunities. We help your council make further training part of a proactive approach to safeguarding employment.

Together, we examine how employees can be prepared for technological and organisational changes or trained for other roles within the company. Their interests and development opportunities are an important starting point.