Education and training services

Tender description

The Welsh Government wishes to commission an organisation or organisations to develop and deliver a Further Education (FE) Resilience Programme that will support and challenge the Welsh FE sector. The programme will consist of a 2 part approach consisting of Individual ‘focussed’ reviews of each institution; alongside sector-wide support based on the outcome of the reviews. The programme will focus on 3 key areas of leadership (including governance and management); financial sustainability; and employer responsiveness. The Welsh Government wishes to commission an organisation or organisations to develop and deliver a Further Education (FE) Resilience Programme that will support and challenge the Welsh FE sector. The programme will consist of a 2 part approach consisting of Individual ‘focussed’ reviews of each institution; alongside sector-wide support based on the outcome of the reviews. The programme will focus on 3 key areas of leadership (including governance and management); financial sustainability; and employer responsiveness. The overall requirement includes: A review of each institution's self assessment to identify requirements and emerging common themes; Identify a proposed approach for the review process to be piloted with 2 Further Education Institutions (FEIs); The production of an evaluation summary of the process; Conduct the review process with the remaining institutions; The production of a final evaluation report and preparation of a bilingual best practice guide for the sector; Identify further training needs to addressed through the existing Leading Wales contract and; The allocation of ‘call off’ days for sector wide support based on the outcomes of the reviews. Therefore the relevant skills and expertise required include leadership and change management, in-depth knowledge of the FE sector, communication and analysing information, stakeholder management/partnership working, influence and persuasion, adherence to the Welsh language standards and the production of high quality reports delivered within specified time-frames.