Posted: 29 Apr 2024 Resource Type: News Back The Women Pivoting to Digital Taskforce brings together business, government, third sector, and industry groups to bring more attention to and action around supporting women from non-technical backgrounds to pivot to digital roles. This Taskforce will run for two years starting from April 2024, and will focus on supporting women with five years' non-related workforce experience or more transition into a digital career. In almost every specialist digital role across all sectors of the economy, women are significantly underrepresented. There will be one woman for every 128 tech roles by 2025, according to Tech Talent Charter. In the artificial intelligence and data science fields in particular, less than 25% of employees are women, according to the Alan Turing Institute. Additionally, women are more likely to be in lower wage and less technical roles compared to men. While there are ethical issues, this also creates wider societal issues. The aim of the taskforce is to address the underrepresentation of women working in digital careers by providing women with vital skills to future proof the digital workforce. The Taskforce has three workstreams: Workstream 1 Objective: Encourage businesses to reskill female employees into digital roles, particularly those at risk of redundancy, and to hire women into digital roles from non-technical backgrounds. Help employers understand the business case for upskilling/reskilling and hiring from non-traditional routes as well as understand future digital skills needs. Workstream 2 Objective: support employers, training providers and local boroughs to attract and reskill women from non-technical backgrounds. Workstream 3 Objective: Capitalise on the momentum around AI and digital skills by working with Government, regulators and academic experts to advocate for funding and using existing/develop new policy levers to greater support female career changers. Caroline Haynes, Chair of Women Pivoting to Digital Taskforce, discusses the benefits of utilizing women’s wide set of transferable skills. Sheridan Ash, Co-Chair of Women Pivoting to Digital Taskforce, discusses the positive impacts of having more women in digital roles. Sheila Flavell, President of techUK, discusses the important soft skills needed for women to pivot to digital roles. Richard Rowntree, Managing Director or Paragon Banking, talks about the benefits of joining the Women Pivoting to Digital Taskforce. Women pivoting to digital taskforce Find out more about the taskforce and get involved Find out more about the taskforce and get involved Share: Share to LinkedIn LinkedIn Share to X Share to Facebook Facebook Share to WeChat WeChat Share to WhatsApp WhatsApp Share to Email Email Related content Thought Piece COP29’s financial focus shows private capital remains key to reaching net zero Dec 2024 - COP29 made it clearer than ever: the private sector must play a crucial role if we are to meet the Paris Agreement’s goals. Chris Hayward, Policy Chairman, explains why the time for bold, decisive action is now—or risk falling behind. COP29’s financial focus shows private capital remains key to reaching net zero Research Report Expanding into the UK | a guide for international financial services firms Nov 2024 - This guide is intended to help non-UK firms understand the UK financial services regime and gives practical guidance about how they can do business in the UK. Expanding into the UK | a guide for international financial services firms Research Report State of the sector 2024 Nov 2024 - The financial services sector is a major driver of the UK's economy. Securing its competitiveness is critical for future prosperity across the economy. State of the sector 2024 Research Report City statistics briefing Nov 2024 - The City Statistics briefing looks at the City of London's role as a global business hub for financial and related professional services. City statistics briefing