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Guide to Parliamentary Work: an updated tool for civil servants
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Skilled people
A range of blogs illustrating the theme of the same name, one of the four supporting pillars of the vision of 'A Brilliant Civil Service'.
The strapline for this theme is: "A brilliant Civil Service, made up of skilled people who are high-performing, adaptable and take personal responsibility."
The three other pillars of the vision are: Improved outcomes; Effective leaders; A great place to work.
'Next Chapter' for specialist commercial law service
Jonathan Jones writes about the development of a unified expert commercial law service for government, and how this complements commercial capability building across Whitehall.
Apprenticeships at the CPS – high-quality learning opportunities
Alison Saunders writes about how apprenticeships are providing an influx of energy and skills for the Crown Prosecution Service and increasing diversity in its workforce.
Commercial awareness, contract management and service delivery
HMRC Chief Executive Jon Thompson says it’s not just ‘commercial’ civil servants who need to understand and manage contracts. Increasing numbers of colleagues can benefit from being more aware of the skills required and the training available.
Celebrate our skills – and how we develop them
Matthew Rycroft, Champion of the Skills Award in the 2018 Civil Service Awards, is looking for nominees who have shared skills effectively or actively promoted their development in an individual, team or organisation.
Getting networked for learning
Learning at Work Week is a timely reminder of what we have to gain from making learning and development a priority, says Dr Janet Barker of Civil Service Learning.
Introducing a new International Trade Profession
Crawford Falconer, Second Permanent Secretary at the Department for International Trade, introduces the new International Trade Profession, which he will lead.
How commercially aware are you?
John Manzoni highlights the learning available in Commercial Awareness Week (7 to 11 May) to develop civil servants' appreciation of the importance of our commercial activities, and how understanding them can help us in our work.
Flying the flag for government finance
Government Finance Academy Deputy Director Betty Sturgeon on support for building financial skills.
Professionalising the delivery of change
Steve Vine, head of the Project Delivery Profession at the Ministry of Justice, believes project professionals who know how to deliver change have a big role to play in transforming government.