Technical support for Government Skills Bank Portal

An entity can motivate Government Skills Bank Members through:

1. Highlighting the important role that they play in the entity.
2. Providing opportunities for them to share their knowledge and expertise with others inside the entity.
3. Providing learning and development opportunities which support their career development.
4. Showcasing their success stories and their contributions to the success of the entity and to developing the national talents.
5. Tangible and intangible appreciation in line with the entity’s set policies and procedures.

There are several benefits that an individual and an entity reap as a result of identifying and selecting Government Skills Bank Members. Some of them are:

1. At the Individual Level: Encouragement to acquire new knowledge and skills; fostering organizational loyalty; and increasing the job satisfaction level.
2. At the Entity’s Level: Creation of a work environment which motivates employees to acquire and spread knowledge; improving institutional memory; reduction of time used to identify a suitable expert for handling and solving a certain problem; and provision of a clearer picture of the employees’ knowledge and skills in the different business units across the entity.

There are a number of methods that an GOVERNMENT SKILLS BANK MEMBERS can use to transfer knowledge and expertise, including:

1. Participation in projects.
2. Mentoring and coaching.
3. Responding to enquiries.
4. Training.
5. Job Shadowing.

To register through the portal, please visit the Government Skills Bank page

The criteria for identifying and selecting Government Skills Bank Members:

1. Relevance of specialization to the needs of the entity and the federal government.
2. Relevance of work experience.
3. Achievements and appreciation related to specialization.
4. Relevance of educational qualifications and professional certifications.
5. Benchmarking, spreading, and applying of best practices.
6. Communication skills.
7. Mentoring and coaching others.
8. Skill-based volunteering.