Governance and assurance
Governance and assurance involves ensuring appropriate and proportionate governance and assurance is in place to support delivery.
Levels
- 1. Awareness
You can:
- explain why governance and assurance is important
- follow governance and assurance processes, under supervision
- 2. Working
You can:
- explain how governance and assurance works
- follow appropriate governance and assurance processes
- contribute to deciding what governance and assurance is required for a product or service
- 3. Practitioner
You can:
- develop appropriate governance and assurance processes
- identify and recommend improvements to governance and assurance processes
- support others in following or applying governance and assurance processes
- 4. Expert
You can:
- ensure appropriate and proportionate governance and assurance is in place and is continuously improved, aligned to organisational and government needs
- guide teams through governance and assurance processes, such as service assessments, to ensure standards are met
- share the team's governance and assurance processes so stakeholders trust them to deliver value in a sustainable way
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Closest ESCO skills
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Role levels that expect this skill
| Role level | Role | Band | Expected level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital portfolio analyst | Digital portfolio manager | 5 | Awareness |
| Digital portfolio manager | Digital portfolio manager | 6 | Working |
| Senior digital portfolio manager | Digital portfolio manager | 8a | Practitioner |
| Head of digital portfolio | Digital portfolio manager | 8c | Practitioner |
| Associate network architect | Network architect | 6 | Awareness |
| Network architect | Network architect | 7 | Practitioner |
| Lead network architect | Network architect | 8a | Expert |
| Service owner | Service owner | 8b | Expert |
| Senior service owner | Service owner | 8c | Expert |