Skills for Success Framework

The specific skills we need to be successful, as an organisation and as individuals, are set out in the Scottish Government's Skills for Success framework.

For each grade there is a set of core skills that link together. We need to demonstrate these in whatever job we do in the Scottish Government. These also link together between grades so that we can build on them as our careers progress.  There are more core skills at senior levels to reflect the extra leadership demands and complexity of these roles.

There are additional skills that are more specific to the area of public service delivery we work in. These help professionals in policy, operational, and corporate services; they also help other specialists like lawyers, economists and surveyors to develop their careers.

 * Those marked with an asterisk are still being developed