Local GovernmentFuture
06 · Skills Development · Flagship

Become a skills-based council. Flexible, adaptable, ready.

Reform will keep changing what councils do. A skills-based approach changes how fast your people can follow, moving skills to the work instead of rewriting structures every time.

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78
councils in Aotearoa
40,000
council staff nationwide
2028
reorganised councils in place
1
shared skills foundation for the sector

78 councils. One workforce. One skills foundation, built once, adopted by all.

What's in the offer

Everything a council needs to run on skills

Being built now with founding councils. Join early and help shape it.

LG Skills Framework

A sector-wide skills architecture built for council work, from consenting and regulatory to community services and infrastructure. Built once, so no council starts from scratch.

Skills matrices for every role type

Ready-made matrices covering the common council role families, so every role has a clear skills profile and a visible growth path.

Degreed at sector pricing

Learning technology negotiated once for the whole sector.

Curated pathways

Learning pathways mapped to the framework and curated for council roles, ready on day one instead of built from scratch.

How councils engage

Three ways in, whatever your size

Foundation
Start with the framework
LG Skills Framework adoption
Skills matrices for priority roles
Readiness assessment and roadmap
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Recommended
Partner
Framework plus platform
Everything in Foundation
Degreed at sector pricing
Curated pathways for every role family
Quarterly capability reporting
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Full
A managed skills transformation
Everything in Partner
Embedded capability partner
Change management and adoption
Executive and ELT reporting
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Our view

The smaller the council, the more a skills-based approach pays off.

Ready to build your skills foundation?

We'll listen first.

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