Professional Skills for Government (PSG) describes the skills that civil servants need to deliver services in the modern environment and illustrates how these can be achieved and demonstrated.
It is important both for individuals and for the Civil Service that professional skills are honed and developed. Government Skills and GO-Science are working closely to ensure science and engineering skills are fully reflected in the skills framework for the Civil Service. This encompasses skills for those in posts that require high levels of expertise in a particular area as well as the skills required by those working in science policy and delivery. Some departments and government research institutes also have formal arrangements to support their staff in continuous professional development.
To meet this responsibility, a Science and Engineering (S&E) Skills Framework was developed over the early part of 2009 and published in August. The S&E Skills Framework supplements the core skills required by civil servants (as determined through the Professional Skills for Government initiative) and identifies the additional skills required to perform well in a science or engineering job within the service. The S&E Skills Framework will enable scientists and engineers to think in a more structured away about their skills development and career progression.