Digital Skills Agency

Happy Digital Skills Agency work anniversary Tristan! 🎉 It’s been a fantastic year together and we’re really proud to have you in the team. Here’s to our next phase together! #workmilestone #digitalandhuman #agileteam #remoteteam #companyculture

🚀 Are you looking to take control of your career development and enhance your professional skills? We’re excited to invite you to our SFIA Week event on 30 October! This session will provide practical guidance on building a personalised SFIA profile that highlights your strengths and identifies areas for development. Register today via the link in the comments! Our focus for this session will be on: ✨ Understanding the importance of a SFIA profile in career development 🛠️ Learning how to create and customize your own SFIA profile 🔍 Exploring how to use your SFIA profile to identify career opportunities and areas for improvement Don’t miss this opportunity to take control of your career development with SFIA. Register today to secure your spot! #sfia #sfia9 #sfia9launch #digitalskills #digitalcapability #leadershipdevelopment #personaldevelopment #careerdevelopment #professionaldevelopment #skillsprofile Tristan Boot

We love technical IT & digital recruitment interviews – and we’re well known for it! 🌟 We offer a unique service our clients love: a technical-interview-only slice of recruitment for digital roles. This means you can achieve high confidence levels with your technical interviews, including digital badging, with no need to outsource the full recruitment process. Our services include: 📋 Technical IT and digital interviews 🏅 Validated digital badges for interviewed skills ✅ And more! We’ve helped organizations large and small hire the people they need with skills-based hiring using SFIA. Our team are leading experts in this space, and we are proud to be an Accredited Partner, Training Provider, and Assessment Partner of the SFIA Foundation. We live and breathe digital skills and capability – it’s what we’re all about! 👋 Want to know more about how we can help with recruitment support? Check out the Services page on our website today via the link in the comments! #recruitmentsupport #technicalinterviews #SFIA #skillsbasedhiring #digitalskills #digitalcapability #itrecruitment #digitalrecruitment #digitaltalent #skillsbasedfuture Mary-Anne Merriott

🚀 Are you looking to drive your own personal development and enhance your leadership skills? We’re excited to invite you to our SFIA Week event on 1 November! This interactive workshop will provide practical guidance on using SFIA for your own personal development, with a focus on the leadership skills cluster and other useful attributes. Register today via the link in the comments! Our focus for this session will be on: ✨ How to drive your own personal development using SFIA 📈 Positioning yourself for internal promotions and secondments/opportunities 💡 Insights on levelling up your leadership skills 🔍 Insights on addressing professional strengths, challenges, and blind spots 📝 Take away a sketch development plan to take your first steps on this journey Don’t miss this opportunity to grow your leadership skills and advance your career! Register today to secure your spot. #sfia #sfia9 #sfia9launch #digitalskills #digitalcapability #leadershipdevelopment #personaldevelopment #careerdevelopment #professionaldevelopment

💰 Introducing the Financial and Value Management Skills Cluster in SFIA 9! 💰 Did you know there is a significant cluster of financial skills in SFIA 9? The Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) provides a clear and structured way to define skills at multiple levels, making it easier to plan your development, career pathways, and address skills gaps in your team. Incredibly useful for your digital and tech-adjacent professionals of all kinds – including those in financial professions or roles that include financial skills. 🗓️ Version 9 of SFIA is launching on 30 October, and we want you to be part of this exciting journey. Join us for SFIA Week events and see how SFIA can enhance HR practices! The Financial and Value Management Skills Cluster in SFIA 9 includes: ➡️ Benefits Management ➡️ Budgeting and Forecasting ➡️ Risk Management ➡️ Cost Management ➡️ Data Analytics ➡️ Demand Management ➡️ Feasibility Assessment ➡️ Financial Analysis ➡️ Financial Management ➡️ Investment Appraisal ➡️ Measurement ➡️ And more! These are just a sample of the skills finance-oriented professionals use every day that are already present in SFIA. ✅ Not to mention the 136 other skills in version 9! By adopting SFIA, you can be confident you have the right skills in place to meet the challenges of the digital age. 📅 Join us for SFIA Week! Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn more about SFIA and how it can benefit you and your team. Attend our SFIA Week events and get involved! Check out the link below for the list of our SFIA Week events and register today. Or for more details, get in touch with us at the Digital Skills Agency and we’d love to tell you more! 👋 Please note SFIA 9 is undergoing final review, and content may alter slightly before its official release on 30 October. #sfia #sfia9 #sfia9launch #financialskills #investmentskills #finance #investment #skillsframework #digitalcapability #careerdevelopment

Are you looking to ensure SFIA remains impactful and engaging in your organisation for the long term? ⏲️ We’re excited to host the Beyond Implementation event online during SFIA Week on 31 October. This session will provide guidance on maintaining and enhancing SFIA’s effectiveness on an ongoing basis. Register today via the link in the comments! Our focus for this session will be on: 🔄 Methods for changing behaviours and practices to fully integrate SFIA into daily operations 🏢 How to embed SFIA into organisational culture, making it a core component of systems and practices 📚 Resources and steps needed to equip internal teams for ongoing success with SFIA Don’t miss this opportunity to stay ahead in the digital skills landscape! Register today to secure your spot. 👈 #sfia #sfia9 #sfia9launch #digitalskills #digitalcapability #organisationdevelopment #changemanagement #digitaltransformation Daniel Merriott

🤖 Introducing the AI Skills Cluster in SFIA 9! 🤖 AI professionals, take note! The Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) provides a clear and structured way to define skills at multiple levels, making it easier to plan your development, career pathways, and address skills gaps in your team. ✅ Incredibly useful for your digital and tech-adjacent professionals of all kinds – and particularly the AI specialism! SFIA includes a range of skills for professionals involved in building and managing AI systems. However, everyday use of AI is a different proposition, and we’ll cover that another day! 🔖 Version 9 of SFIA is launching on 30 October, and we want you to be part of this exciting journey. Join us for SFIA Week events and see how SFIA can enhance HR practices! The AI Skills Cluster in SFIA 9 includes: ➡️ AI and Data Ethics ➡️ Data Science ➡️ Emerging Technology Monitoring ➡️ High-Performance Computing ➡️ Machine Learning ➡️ Numerical Analysis ➡️ Formal Research ➡️ And more! These are just a sample of the skills AI engineering professionals use every day that are already present in SFIA. Not to mention the 140 other skills in version 9! By adopting SFIA, you can be confident you have the right skills in place to meet the challenges of the digital age. 📅 Join us for SFIA Week! Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn more about SFIA and how it can benefit you and your team. Attend our SFIA Week events and get involved! 👉 Check out the link below for the list of SFIA Week events and register today. Or for more details, get in touch with us at the Digital Skills Agency and we’d love to tell you more! 👋 Please note SFIA 9 is undergoing final review, and content may alter slightly before its official release on 30 October. #sfia #sfia9 #sfia9launch #ai #aiskills #aidevelopment #artificialintelligence #skillsframework #digitalcapability

Are you ready to upgrade to SFIA 9? Join us to find out more during SFIA Week! We’re proud to host an online session on 30 October alongside our friends at SkillsTX. Register today via the link in the comments! Our focus for this session will be on: 🚩 Important areas to consider as you prepare to upgrade to SFIA 9 ✨New version features, changes, and enhancements that will affect your current framework usage. 💡Recommendations: Our advice and expert tips to prepare for a smooth transition ⚠️ Challenges: What they may be and how to address them 📈 Positioning: Explore how SFIA 9 can enhance your digital skills management and support your strategic goals 📚 Support and Resources: How to access support and resources to help you make the transition. 🔜 Next Steps: Our suggested actions to ensure you make a successful transition to SFIA 9. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay ahead in the digital skills landscape! Register today to secure your spot. #sfia #sfia9 #sfia9launch #digitalskills #digitalcapability #organisationdevelopment

A great thing about SFIA – it describes each of its 121 skills at multiple levels. This means we can clarify the skill + level we want in clear detail 🔍 Do you have SFIA skills at level 5? Let us know which ones in the comments! 👋 The essence of level 5 is: “Provides authoritative guidance in their field and works under broad direction. Accountable for achieving workgroup objectives and managing work from analysis to execution and evaluation.” Here’s what it looks like: 💡 Descriptive summary: ‘Ensure/advise’ 💡 Activities: Ensuring operational accountability, advising decision makers 💡 Example job titles might be: Manager, Domain Expert The sorts of responsibilities we see at level 5 include: ✅ Providing advice on own specialty to senior management (Domain Expert roles) ✅ Advising on how things should be done and creating practices/processes ✅ Leadership in operational management ✅ Line management responsibilities (Manager roles) ✅ Performing complex work aligned to strategic plans What level 5 is NOT: ❌ Creating policy – level 5 focuses on practice/process/operational work ❌ Creating strategy – level 5 is about operations and implementation ❌ Managing other managers – level 5 is one layer of leadership only Check out our resources via the link below to find out more about Level 5. #sfia #digitalskills #digitalcapability #skillsframework #digitalskillsmanagement #development #teamdevelopment

🌟 Introducing the HR Skills Cluster in SFIA 9! 🌟 HR professionals, take note! The Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) is an essential tool for defining and managing skills in the digital world. Surprisingly, many HR professionals have low awareness of SFIA, but we’re on a mission to change that. Version 9 of SFIA is launching on 30 October, and we want you to be part of this exciting journey. Join us for SFIA Week events and see how SFIA can enhance HR practices! 🔍 Why should HR professionals adopt SFIA? SFIA provides a clear and structured way to define skills at multiple levels, making it easier to identify and develop the right talent. Incredibly useful for your digital and tech-adjacent portfolio groups - but there are also skills in there for you too! The HR Skills Cluster in SFIA 9 includes: ➡️ Employee Experience ➡️ Organisational Change Enablement ➡️ Organisational Facilitation ➡️ Performance Management ➡️ Professional Development ➡️ Resourcing ➡️ Specialist Advice ➡️ Stakeholder Relationship Management ➡️ Workforce Planning ➡️ And more! These are just a sample of the skills HR professionals use every day that are already present in SFIA . Not to mention the 147 skills in version 9 describing a wide range of digital skills! By adopting SFIA, you can be confident you have the right skills in place to meet the challenges of the digital age. 📅 Join us for SFIA Week! Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn more about SFIA and how it can benefit your and your team. Attend our SFIA Week events and get involved! Check out the link below for the list of SFIA Week events and register today. Or for more details, get in touch with us at the Digital Skills Agency and we’d love to tell you more! #sfia #sfia9 #sfia9launch #hr #peopleandculture #hrskills #skillsframework #digitalcapability