Making the Return
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To Make the Return
The FE Workforce Data Collection facility is hosted within the submit learner data (SLD) secure platform. Providers must have a Department for Education (DfE) sign-in account and associated profile to access the FE Workforce data collection methods.
Begin the data return process from the submit learner data (SLD) start page. https://submit-learner-data.service.gov.uk . Users will then sign into DfE sign-in account (below image)

FE Workforce Tile
Organisations with users setup or assigned with the ‘Submit Learner Data - FE Workforce role’ will see the FE Workforce ‘’tile’ (below fig) after logging into the Submit Learner Data portal.
The tile has 2 functions.
• to confirm the FE Workforce profile has been assigned to the user
• provides the link to the collection start page

(Image is referring to previous year collection)
Who at your organisation should administer the data collection?
Due to special category and sensitive data collected such as salary and date of birth, its recommended that HR administrative team staff who are responsible for the management of employee personal data and have access to it. This can include HR information technology officers (in the case of extracting data from a database).
It should be restricted to those with permission to access personal data. It’s also recommended that staff members who are familiar with the organisation’s staff data storage methods to complete the collection.