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UK Government IT Profession
Skills Framework
EPAN IT Skills Workshop
Maastricht 24th June
Monica Edmonds
eGU IT Profession Directorate
e-Government Unit
Presentation by e-Government Unit of Cabinet Office – UK
• Outline of Professionalism work by UK government
• Overview of current work on skills frameworks
• Update on plans for afternoon conference London October
2005
e-Government Unit
Professional Skills for Government
e-Government Unit
e-Government Unit
Context
Professional Skills for Government – recognised need
to improve the levels of professional capacity and skills
across the UK Civil Service
A professional approach to IT to counter: Perception of continued IT failure Difficulty in recruiting and retaining the
experience that we need
The main elements of the UK Professional Skills for Government initiative are:
• Leadership requirements for everyone approaching and in Senior Civil Service
• Core Skills for everyone approaching and in Senior Civil Service
• Job-related Professional Expertise including new requirements for Operational Delivery Policy Delivery Professions
• General requirement for broader experience
e-Government Unit
Core Skills applicable to ALL Grade 7s and SCS
e-Government Unit
CORE SKILLS
Grade 7 SCS PB1 SCS PB3
People Management
Financial Management
Project and Programme Management
Analysis and Use of Evidence
Strategic Thinking
Communications and Marketing
eGU work to develop professional skills for Government IT Professionals
e-Government Unit
e-Government Unit
Our aim . . .
Recognise a government-wide IT
Profession up to and including board level
and provide IT Professionals with the
opportunity to reach the highest levels of
the Public Service
eGU Objectives in developing skills
• Qualify what it means to be an UK public sector IT Professional by
• Defining key competencies
• Aligning skills, training and experience to those competencies to aid
personal development and understand key competency gaps
• Support the establishment of a clear culture and identity for IT
professionals
• Facilitate career development support and mentoring
• Provide guidance on development opportunities
e-Government Unit
UK Government IT Profession – Scope
• ‘In house’ government IT professionals (includes Information
Assurance & Information Management)
• Central & Local government
• Define competencies and align skills, training guidelines to
competencies
• Outline career progression
• wider than e-skills or e-deliveryThe eGU programme defines the skills needed by public sector IT Professionals to initiate, deliver and manage large scale IT-enabled change programmes such as new services to the citizen, more efficient back office working, cross-departmental programmes developing information sharing and joined up services)
e-Government Unit
IT Profession – eGU Early Deliverables
• Skills Framework
• Communications – web-site and road shows to UK Regions
• Development Opportunities and Training Guidelines /
Framework
• Strategy for an IT Academy
e-Government Unit
Technology Fast Stream• Graduate joiners• Also consider ‘Technology Leadership’ Fast Stream• New approach to training and experience across IT and other government career paths• Basic building blocks and culture
Notes:
• Based on SFIA framework• Skills, qualifications and experience will be defined for each competency• Specialisms within competencies will be defined (e.g. risk management, identity)
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UK Government IT Profession Competency Framework
Proposed Skills Framework – WORKING DRAFT
e-Government Unit
EPAN e-government working group meeting
27 October 2005 – London
e-Government Unit
27 October ‘05 afternoon conference
• Full and interesting programme defined
• High quality speakers have accepted invitation
You are invited to contribute by
• Attending the event in London !
• Providing a case study of how IT skills frameworks have been deployed
in your country and the good results achieved
• 2 case studies needed
• 10 minutes each
• Contact Ian Ascough ([email protected])
e-Government Unit