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Government Skills
Government Skills is the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for central government. It's one of 25 SSCs, covering around 80% of employees across the UK economy.
This section of the site contains more information about Government Skills and the work we do. You'll also find up-to-date policies and a wealth of information relating to skills in the public sector.
You can read more about good practice in departments, the central government's response to the Leitch review of skills, the work we are doing on qualifications and our activity to reduce basic skills needs within our footprint.
Our objectives
Our vision is to put central government employers in the best possible position to close current and future skills gaps.
We work at a strategic level to ensure that all those working in central government have the right skills now, and in the future, to design and deliver first-class public services.
What we do
We are working to identify and close skills gaps through preparation of a three-year Skills Strategy for central government. This will recommend a small number of actions to help address key sector-wide skills issues.
We will support this strategy with frameworks for skills and qualifications. We lead and maintain the Professional Skills for Government programme, and work with awarding bodies and others to develop standards and qualifications for work in the public sector.
Who we work with
We work closely with HR and learning and development teams across the public sector, including those within civil service departments, agencies and the Northern Ireland civil service, non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) and the armed forces (representing around 800,000 staff).
We also work with the following groups:
- Trades Unions - whose Union Learning Representatives play a key role in identifying those with skills needs.
- Training providers, both in-house and external (including the National School of Government) - to ensure they are delivering high quality products.
- Groups within the HE and FE system - to ensure that our future workforce knows what skills are required for a career in the public sector.
- Heads of Professions - to ensure we provide clear professional career paths and accredited, transferable qualifications for employees in the public sector.
Government Skills website [External website] 