Quotation for Consultancy for Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (SSLEP) Skills Advisory Panel (SAP) Priority Sectors Skills Supply Review

Staffordshire County Council is looking for a quotation for the following purpose Demand: To identify and agree on the main Staffordshire-wide occupations and skills requirements within our priority growth sectors which are scalable, including existing unmet need and future skills need. Supply: To review current skills supply in those priority areas of need and determine how provision aligns across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire identifying: • Gaps in learning provision, capital and physical resource (i.e. increase existing provision (oversubscribed courses)) • Development of existing provision to meet employer needs (Knowledge, Skill and Behaviour needs) • Need for new provision • Issues with learner engagement, interest and participation (i.e. undersubscribed courses - further marketing/LMI/careers to attract learners to areas of demand) • Workforce diversity challenges and opportunities for reskilling and training cohorts of workers looking to change careers. SCC will send out for quotes from relevant local suppliers.