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Civil Service Essentials

Civil Service Essentials brings together core, cross-government learning for new and established civil servants.

Induction

An interactive online introduction to cross-Civil Service topics - an ideal companion to the induction you鈥檒l get from your team and department.

An essential course for all new line managers or a refresher for existing ones - and great preparation for the Line Management Standards.

Senior Civil Service Inductions

Three programmes specifically designed for senior leaders who are transitioning to Director or Deputy Director level.

Core Knowledge

Eleven quick-bite modules covering the Civil Service Code, the 2010 Equality Act, the importance of diversity and inclusion, where to go for help and support and much more.听

A short explainer on your role and responsibilities in health and safety.

An overview of your responsibility when it comes to protecting and sharing data.

Learning to raise your understanding of the importance of tackling fraud and of the risk and issues relating to bribery and corruption.

Core Skills

Bitesize learning that covers the basics of effective writing and that you can do at your own pace

Do you know what makes a good sample? Or the difference between mean, medium and mode? Watch these four short videos to develop your basic analysis skills for your role.听

Get familiar with this much-used software so you can learn to automate basic data-processing tasks.

Specialist Skills

A detailed guide to help you understand more about the specialist skills across government and to signpost you to the training you need.

An introduction to financial management in government which will help you get to know the processes you need to follow.

A short explainer of the purpose of commercial understanding when it comes to developing and implementing policy and programmes including the procurement and management of services.

With thousands of projects carried out across government each year, this seven-module course will help you understand project delivery methods, terminology and best practice.

This course will support you to question and challenge data and to engage with it in a more meaningful way.

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Published 23 August 2024

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