About the Civil Service
Capability Review tools
The Capability Reviews assess three specific areas of capability:
- leadership;
- strategy; and
- delivery.
The scope of the reviews is to assess the capability of departments’ senior leadership in the areas above using the model of capability. The model enables judgements to be made against 10 elements across leadership, strategy and delivery using an underlying group of 49 questions.
The reviews provide an assessment of capability for departments, identify key areas for improvement and set out key actions to address these areas.
Each review has been carried out by the Capability Reviews Team with a team of external reviewers assembled specially for the department under review. These reviewers have been drawn from the private sector, the wider public sector and board-level members of other government departments.
The Capability Reviews Team will regularly review progress and provide support to help ensure that the department is on track to deliver.