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Capability building for digital, data and technology

A senior leadership skill. You can: - guide the organisation to ensure it has the specialist digital, data and technology skills it needs - develop organisational processes and ways of working so that digital and data roles you support can thrive - continuously improve and optimise the organisational environment Examples of leadership using this skill: - prioritising capability needs that will have the most impact - negotiating for longer-term investment in people by articulating the risks and benefits of different staffing strategies - advocating for good practice in ways of working and supporting people to adopt this practice - growing digital and data communities

Quoted from the UK GDaD PCF.

Levels

1. Awareness

*Senior leadership skill: the UK GDaD PCF defines it with one statement, not by level.* You can: Examples of leadership using this skill:

  • guide the organisation to ensure it has the specialist digital, data and technology skills it needs
  • develop organisational processes and ways of working so that digital and data roles you support can thrive
  • continuously improve and optimise the organisational environment
  • prioritising capability needs that will have the most impact
  • negotiating for longer-term investment in people by articulating the risks and benefits of different staffing strategies
  • advocating for good practice in ways of working and supporting people to adopt this practice
  • growing digital and data communities
2. Working

*Senior leadership skill: the UK GDaD PCF defines it with one statement, not by level.* You can: Examples of leadership using this skill:

  • guide the organisation to ensure it has the specialist digital, data and technology skills it needs
  • develop organisational processes and ways of working so that digital and data roles you support can thrive
  • continuously improve and optimise the organisational environment
  • prioritising capability needs that will have the most impact
  • negotiating for longer-term investment in people by articulating the risks and benefits of different staffing strategies
  • advocating for good practice in ways of working and supporting people to adopt this practice
  • growing digital and data communities
3. Practitioner

*Senior leadership skill: the UK GDaD PCF defines it with one statement, not by level.* You can: Examples of leadership using this skill:

  • guide the organisation to ensure it has the specialist digital, data and technology skills it needs
  • develop organisational processes and ways of working so that digital and data roles you support can thrive
  • continuously improve and optimise the organisational environment
  • prioritising capability needs that will have the most impact
  • negotiating for longer-term investment in people by articulating the risks and benefits of different staffing strategies
  • advocating for good practice in ways of working and supporting people to adopt this practice
  • growing digital and data communities
4. Expert

*Senior leadership skill: the UK GDaD PCF defines it with one statement, not by level.* You can: Examples of leadership using this skill:

  • guide the organisation to ensure it has the specialist digital, data and technology skills it needs
  • develop organisational processes and ways of working so that digital and data roles you support can thrive
  • continuously improve and optimise the organisational environment
  • prioritising capability needs that will have the most impact
  • negotiating for longer-term investment in people by articulating the risks and benefits of different staffing strategies
  • advocating for good practice in ways of working and supporting people to adopt this practice
  • growing digital and data communities

Contains public sector information from the UK Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (https://understand-digital-data-roles-skills.service.gov.uk/), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.

Closest ESCO skills

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Role levels that expect this skill

Role levelRoleBandExpected level
Deputy director of peopleHead of people8dPractitioner
Learning and development officerLearning and development specialist5Working
Learning and development specialistLearning and development specialist6Practitioner
Digital skills leadLearning and development specialist7Practitioner
Head of learningLearning and development specialist8aExpert