Green Skills Academy – Employer Partnerships

The Green Skills Academy works with employers to create a skilled workforce able to retrofit environmentally friendly energy systems to reduce emissions, address longstanding skill shortages in the construction sector, and target emerging green occupations. If you manage a business within the sector, we want to hear from you.

We provide free training opportunities and support packages to help Londoners find jobs in the Green sector. We do this by providing bespoke, flexible learning programmes to fit individual circumstances and availability. We aim to give them the confidence and skills they need to be employable within three to five weeks, and to guarantee a job interview with an employer accredited with the Good Work Standard.

About the Green Skills Academy

The Green Skills Academy provides training to produce a pipeline of skilled workers able to retrofit environmentally friendly energy systems and emerging green technologies to reduce emissions and address the long-standing skill shortage in the construction sector.

Our partners have extensive links to employers within the green construction sectors, including Wates, Retrofit Works, North London Waste Authority, Morgan Sindall, Vistry Partnerships, and Peabody, who provide training and work placements, leading to guaranteed interviews and job opportunities covered by the Good Work scheme.

The Quality Mark

Our Mayors’ Skills Academies are all accredited by The Quality Mark, which identifies our academies as excellent, industry-relevant training in the capital. The Quality Mark Statement also represents our commitment to including a combination of sector-specific questions and wider cross-cutting issues, such as diversity and inclusion, sustainability, Good Work, and the engagement of underrepresented groups.

How can you work with us?

Our employer partners are committed to improving the lives of Londoners. By working with us, you will help people upskill or enter a new profession while also filling vacancies in key industries.

Our partners work with us in the following ways:

• Providing work experience opportunities
• Taking on apprentices
• Identifying skills shortages and working with our colleges on curriculum planning
• Participating in our recruitment events and job fairs
• Creating jobs and guaranteeing job interviews
• Provide professional briefs or input into our curriculum design 
• Join our Advisory Board 
• Host visits, industry insight events, or share your experience as a speaker 
• Be a mentor or provide mentors to support new entrants 
• Design bespoke courses to train new entrants  
• Select ‘work-ready’ candidates from our talent pool 

We are looking for more employer partners to offer placements for our programmes. If you are interested in taking part or would like to speak to us about bespoke upskilling short courses for current staff, then please register your details below.