Priorities for the next 12 months
Our RWP 2022 remains relevant and well targeted and continues to be valid.
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As a living document we anticipate that some of our proposed activities may be amended or deferred to future years – especially as circumstances change, opportunities arise, or other higher priorities emerge.
For the next 12 months we will continue to work on some of our Year 1 actions, and continue to foster solutions, build relationships, bring stakeholders together and share our labour market insights.
The new actions we intend to work on this year are:
Our key focus areas and actions
Focus area 1
Young people have the skills they need to meet regional forecast job growth and employer needs.
Action
- Help ākonga to discover, explore, and connect to the world of work through initiatives that enable meaningful connections with employers from our priority sectors.
Focus area 2
Maximising Te Tai Poutini’s workforce to meet our current and future skills and labour demands.
Actions
- Encourage and support employers to understand their current and anticipated future workforce skill sets and needs that are required to be high performing organisations.
- Identify business strategic human resource advice and support needs and potential service providers. Provide information and support to help employers.
Focus area 3
Connecting our employers, educators, and workers to future-proof our labour market.
Action
- Promote the sharing of ideas and learnings between sectors and businesses for improved labour market outcomes.
Focus area 4
Enabling workplaces to be more worker friendly, flexible and inclusive.
Actions
- Actively engage with older workers to understand what information, support and training they need to successfully participate in our labour market.
- Assist employers with the implementation of wellbeing strategies that benefit both the employee and employer.
Focus area 5
Māori have the skills and knowledge to succeed at all stages of their careers.
Actions
- Understand the training and support needs that are required for Māori to successfully participate in our labour market.
- Promote to whānau the diverse career opportunities and pathways available to their rangatahi.