Mayoral Priorities
Metro Mayor Dan Norris leads the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority.
A key focus for the Mayor is to ensure local people can find work and training opportunities to succeed – that’s where Skills Connect comes in.
Mayoral Priorities
Message from the Metro Mayor
Welcome to Skills Connect.
As a “jobs first” Mayor, I want to ensure more people like you can get the skills you need to get on. For me the most important focus is on people who want to get on, in the areas our region needs more workers. That means a focus on sectors like bus drivers where there is a severe shortage causing big challenges for our region. It’s a vital job getting people to school, work or a doctors appointment. In fact - bus drivers are real community heroes.
I’m also passionate about upskilling. Some of the new skills courses I’m proud to have brought in target people who want to gain better skills in a professional like welding as an electrician or a retrofitter, so they can go on to get better paid jobs in those sectors. I also want to encourage employers to join my West of England Good Employment Charter and to work in partnership with our trade union partners.
So - get curious, discover your options, and find some advice to help change the future of your career for the better.
Redundancy support
Being at risk of, or being made redundant, can be an extremely stressful and worrying time, however it can also present exciting new opportunities. We can help you navigate support and identify new opportunities.
Green skills
With over 45,000 green jobs needed to help us meet our net zero ambitions, more people will need to make a shift by training within their existing career or switching to an exciting new green career.
