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Employer Coalitions add value in two key ways.  They are by:

• Drawing in additional employers -  to create access to a wider range/more job and skills development opportunities for people disadvantaged in the labour market
• Delivering employer advice and support  - to improve the employment and skills delivery systems

Drawing in Additional Employers

We engage employers that:

• Offer jobs with prospects
• Are willing to invest in their people
• Are keen to try new ways of upskilling and recruiting without compromising their standards
• Are committed to diversity and equality
• Are not currently always working effectively with our public sector partners

Improving the Employment and Skills Delivery Systems

We help improve employment and skills delivery systems by:

• Capacity building  - supporting providers and front line staff in developing their knowledge of employers' requirements and in marketing, designing and delivering services to meet their needs. 
• Providing a ‘testing ground' for new Government initiatives  - supporting the set up of new programmes and being the first to trial new services
• Developing new ways of working - creating new partnerships and new approaches with employers and public sector partners

• Providing governance support - bringing a focus on the overall functioning of the labour market to multi-agency partnerships rather than a single policy strand, pressure or ‘commercial' interest.  This can be provided at city, sub-regional or regional level.