Ms Morrey was previously on secondment from the Department for Education and Skills to the National Youth Agency, where she was responsible for managing a workforce development strategy for youth work. She has also held senior posts within the DfES dealing with sector skills policy.
She said, 'I was keen to take this on because of the sheer importance of the agenda for change, and the need to bring more coherence to training and workforce development. It is a pretty challenging task to have the council set up by April but because there is a lot of work to be done, I don't think we can do it in a more leisurely way.
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