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Stakeholder relationship management

Stakeholder relationship management involves building trust, managing stakeholder expectations and communications, and remaining focused on user needs.

Quoted from the UK GDaD PCF.

Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

  • describe who your stakeholders are and the importance of managing relationships with them
  • explain what your stakeholders find important and why
2. Working

You can:

  • identify important stakeholders and communicate with them clearly and regularly
  • tailor communication to stakeholders' needs and work with them to build relationships while meeting user needs
  • build and reach consensus with stakeholders
  • work to improve stakeholder relationships using evidence to explain decisions
3. Practitioner

You can:

  • work with the team to develop and maintain an understanding of stakeholders
  • work with the team to develop and implement stakeholder communications strategies
  • identify and resolve issues, influence stakeholders and manage relationships effectively
  • build long-term strategic relationships and communicate clearly and regularly with stakeholders
4. Expert

You can:

  • direct the stakeholder relationship strategy for your teams
  • ensure stakeholder's objectives are set and support teams to meet them
  • influence and negotiate with senior stakeholders to resolve issues and enable progress

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.

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Role levels that expect this skill

Role levelRoleBandExpected level
Trainee business analystBusiness analyst4Awareness
Junior business analystBusiness analyst5Awareness
Business analystBusiness analyst6Working
Senior business analystBusiness analyst7Practitioner
Lead business analystBusiness analyst8aExpert
Head of business analysisBusiness analyst8cExpert
Associate business architectBusiness architect7Working
Business architectBusiness architect8aPractitioner
Lead business architectBusiness architect8bExpert
Category manager (digital and technology)Category manager8aPractitioner
Senior category managerCategory manager8bExpert
Deputy chief clinical information officerChief clinical information officer8dExpert
Clinical coding managerClinical coder7Practitioner
Senior clinical informaticianClinical informatician7Practitioner
Lead clinical informaticianClinical informatician8aPractitioner
Senior clinical safety officerClinical safety officer8aPractitioner
Communications leadCommunications officer6Working
Communications managerCommunications officer7Practitioner
Head of communicationsCommunications officer8bExpert
Contract managerContract manager7Working
Senior contract managerContract manager8aPractitioner
Data governance managerData governance manager7Working
Lead data governance managerData governance manager8bPractitioner
Head of data governanceData governance manager8cExpert
Data protection officerData protection officer8bPractitioner
Digital portfolio analystDigital portfolio manager5Working
Digital portfolio managerDigital portfolio manager6Working
Senior digital portfolio managerDigital portfolio manager8aPractitioner
Head of digital portfolioDigital portfolio manager8cExpert
Senior executive assistantExecutive assistant5Working
Executive office managerExecutive assistant6Practitioner
Finance team leaderFinance officer5Working
Senior financial accountantFinancial accountant7Working
Governance and risk managerGovernance and risk manager7Practitioner
Deputy director of financeHead of finance8dExpert
Director of financeHead of finance9Expert
Deputy head of legal servicesHead of legal services8cExpert
Head of legal servicesHead of legal services8dExpert
General counselHead of legal services9Expert
Director of peopleHead of people9Expert
HR business partnerHuman resources business partner7Practitioner
Senior HR business partnerHuman resources business partner8aPractitioner
HR adviserHuman resources officer5Working
Senior HR adviserHuman resources officer6Practitioner
Information governance leadInformation governance officer6Working
Information governance managerInformation governance officer7Practitioner
Senior integration engineerIntegration engineer (health interoperability)7Working
Lead integration engineerIntegration engineer (health interoperability)8aPractitioner
Learning and development officerLearning and development specialist5Working
Learning and development specialistLearning and development specialist6Practitioner
Digital skills leadLearning and development specialist7Practitioner
Legal adviserLegal adviser7Working
Senior legal adviserLegal adviser8aPractitioner
Principal legal adviserLegal adviser8bPractitioner
ParalegalLegal assistant5Working
Management accountantManagement accountant6Working
Senior management accountantManagement accountant7Practitioner
Finance business partnerManagement accountant8aPractitioner
Payroll team leaderPayroll officer5Working
Payroll managerPayroll officer6Practitioner
BuyerProcurement officer4Working
Procurement officerProcurement officer5Working
Senior procurement officerProcurement officer6Practitioner
Associate product managerProduct manager6Working
Product managerProduct manager7Practitioner
Senior product managerProduct manager8aPractitioner
Lead product managerProduct manager8bExpert
Head of productProduct manager8cExpert
Assistant project managerProject manager5Awareness
Project managerProject manager6Working
Senior project managerProject manager7Practitioner
Lead project managerProject manager8aPractitioner
Head of project managementProject manager8bExpert
PMO managerProject support officer6Working
Recruitment officerRecruitment officer4Working
Digital talent partnerRecruitment officer5Practitioner
Recruitment managerRecruitment officer6Practitioner
Service ownerService owner8bExpert
Senior service ownerService owner8cExpert
Associate user researcherUser researcher4Awareness
Junior user researcherUser researcher5Awareness
User researcherUser researcher6Working
Senior user researcherUser researcher7Practitioner
Lead user researcherUser researcher8bExpert
Head of user researchUser researcher8cExpert