NI Adviser's Role

The Northern Ireland Adviser on Employment and Skills provides advice to the Minister for Employment and Learning on a wide range of employment and skills issues. His Office is independent of government, but is kept fully informed of relevant government policies and operations.

The key elements of the NI Adviser's role are to:

provide sound advice to the Minister for Employment and Learning on employment and skills issues;
identify actions that need to be progressed to address employment and skills issues more effectively;
assure and challenge government strategies and policies on employment and skills in Northern Ireland;
achieve greater engagement of business, particularly SME’s in the skills debate;
promote the benefits of investment in skills and identify and champion international best practice; and
publish an annual assessment of the existing employment and skills levels in Northern Ireland.