Financial Services Future Skills Action Group
The Future Skills Action Group for Financial Services is an advisory body made up of representatives of government, academia and industry.
The role of the Future Skills Action Group for Financial Services, working alongside employers, the FSSC (the Sector Skills Council for Financial Services) and relevant others is:
- To establish current and future skills needs for the financial services sectors including estimating potential numbers and skills levels required
- Co-ordinate existing resources and activities in the sector to meet current and future skills needs
- Advise, design, develop, test, trial and evaluate new interventions which are able to meet existing and future skills needs of the financial services sectors
- Act as a ‘Champion’ for the Financial Services sector
- Advise government on projected requirements and opportunities for Northern Ireland and make recommendations as to how to best meet the needs identified
The work of the Group shall cover four main areas:
- Working with Financial Services Skills Council, Invest NI, the private sector and DEL to identify skills demands for the financial services sector
- Working with Higher Education, Further Education and schools sectors to develop appropriate intervention training programmes to meet current and future skills needs
- Working with Invest NI, DEL, Careers IAG, Further Education, Higher Education and the Financial Services Skills Council to promote the high value employment opportunities in the financial services sector to individuals
- Working with Invest NI and DEL and appropriate others to support the development of Northern Ireland as a vibrant Financial Services location for investment both nationally and internationally.
