Skills frameworks and career pathways
Using skills and role frameworks, such as this reference, the UK GDaD PCF, and ESCO, to describe roles, assess skills gaps, and build career pathways.
Levels
- 1. Awareness
You can:
- explain what a skills framework is and how it describes roles and levels
- find the role profile and skills for a job in the framework
- 2. Working
You can:
- map job descriptions to framework roles, levels, and skills
- support staff and managers with skills self-assessments
- keep career pathway information up to date
- 3. Practitioner
You can:
- run skills gap analysis for a team or profession and report the results
- design career pathways and development routes using framework levels
- use framework skills to write consistent job descriptions and assessments
- 4. Expert
You can:
- set how the organization uses skills frameworks across professions
- use skills data to inform workforce, learning, and reward strategy
- contribute to the development of shared frameworks with other organizations
Closest ESCO skills
Contains ESCO v1.2.1 data (https://esco.ec.europa.eu/). © European Union. Reuse authorised under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
Role levels that expect this skill
| Role level | Role | Band | Expected level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deputy director of people | Head of people | 8d | Practitioner |
| HR business partner | Human resources business partner | 7 | Practitioner |
| Senior HR business partner | Human resources business partner | 8a | Practitioner |
| Learning and development coordinator | Learning and development specialist | 4 | Awareness |
| Learning and development officer | Learning and development specialist | 5 | Working |
| Learning and development specialist | Learning and development specialist | 6 | Practitioner |
| Digital skills lead | Learning and development specialist | 7 | Expert |
| Head of learning | Learning and development specialist | 8a | Practitioner |
| Digital talent partner | Recruitment officer | 5 | Working |