Our local skills project follows a consistent cycle for each local area to ensure the best possible results.
- Our process begins with the place.
- We identify relevant stakeholders like employers, active partnerships, the NHS trusts and integrated care systems, education providers, local authorities, and chambers of commerce.
- We then seek to understand the local economic and social objectives and how our sector can add value and impact.
- We identify the roles and skills needed to make successful interventions through the CIMSPA Workforce Development Tool.
- Following data collection through the tool, we deliver skills improvement by working with providers to meet local skills needs in an efficient and cost-effective way.
- We then measure the impact, review improvements and repeat the cycle.
The CIMSPA Workforce Development Tool
The Workforce Development Tool, based on the sector’s employer-led professional standards, managed by CIMSPA, is an employer-focused online suite of surveys.
The tool has been developed by CIMSPA to capture workforce insights from organisations operating in the sport and physical activity sector. It explores and supports recruitment, retention, training and workforce planning by gathering data on current workforce structure; skills gaps; recruitment practices; training and development needs; diversity and inclusion; and volunteer engagement.
Local workforce development managers will use the Workforce Development Tool to collect data from sport and physical employers across each region of the UK.
This data will help inform each region’s local skills plan, identifying current skills within the workforce and gaps that need to be filled based on demand in the area.