SFIA® Skills and Competencies Framework
Joint Collaboration
ADVISORS is a local provider in the gulf and MENA region for content and delivery in both Arabic and English. ADVISORS is also a solution integrator and partner with SkillsTx. Bringing together the top experts, and solution founders directly from the source to perform a joint customized implementation for our clients.
SkillsTx provides data driven Skills Management solutions for organizations by providing an automated solutions to easily exploit the use of the Global SFIA. SkillsTx have the most experienced SFIA consultants across the globe. The team include members of the SFIA Council, and the Global SFIA design authority. Using an innovation award winner platform has won used to perform thousands of assessments.
About SFIA
- SFIA
is a global framework and reference for skills and competencies for the digital
world
- Has
over 30 years proven track-record
- Built
by the industry for the
industry,
not
by theoreticians
- Built around a simple model of seven levels of responsibility - universally applicable
- Used by public or private sector, large and small
- SFIA v8 describes over 120 professional skills
- Used by over 50K users in almost 200 countries
- Available in Arabic and many other global languages
In recent studies according to
71% of
CIOs report skill gaps will affect their business
75% of organizations will experience visible business disruption caused by skill gaps
70% of
employees have not mastered the skills they need for their jobs today
80% of
employees do not have the skills needed for their current and future roles
51% of
employees are actively looking for a new job
The #1
risk facing organizations is talent shortage
Only 2 in 10 organisations are taking tangible action with 100% recognizing they need
Yesterday vs. Today Skills
- Programming
- Analysis/Design
- Operations
- Support
- Management
- Innovation
- Transformation
- Communication
- Leadership
- Digital Skills...
The Vital Ingredients of Skills and Competencies Framework
- Implementing a consistent competency (skills) framework
- Knowing what skills you have against the framework
- Knowing what skills you need now and into the future
- Performing a Skills Gap Analysis
- Designing career development actions plans
What skills do we have and What skills do we need?
The Structure of SFIA 8
- 121 skills, each described at up to 7 levels
- 495 skill-level descriptions
- Grouped into 6 categories
- 7 levels of responsibility
- 5 characteristics / attributes of generic responsibility, each described at 7 levels