Civil Service Essentials
Civil Service Essentials brings together core, cross-government learning for new and established civil servants.
Induction
Civil Service Induction
An interactive online introduction to cross-Civil Service topics - an ideal companion to the induction you’ll get from your team and department.
Line Manager Induction programme
An essential course for all new line managers or a refresher for existing ones - and great preparation for the Line Management Standards.
Senior Civil Service Inductions
Three programmes specifically designed for senior leaders who are transitioning to Director or Deputy Director level.
Core Knowledge
Civil Service Expectations
Eleven quick-bite modules covering the Civil Service Code, the 2010 Equality Act, the importance of diversity and inclusion, where to go for help and support and much more.
Health and Safety
A short explainer on your role and responsibilities in health and safety.
Security and Data Protection
An overview of your responsibility when it comes to protecting and sharing data.
Counter Fraud, Bribery and Corruption
Learning to raise your understanding of the importance of tackling fraud and of the risk and issues relating to bribery and corruption.
Core Skills
Foundations of Writing in Government: JASPER
Bitesize learning that covers the basics of effective writing and that you can do at your own pace
Basic analysis
Do you know what makes a good sample? Or the difference between mean, medium and mode? Watch these four short videos to develop your basic analysis skills for your role.
Excel: foundation
Get familiar with this much-used software so you can learn to automate basic data-processing tasks.
Specialist Skills
Developing Specialist Skills within Government
A detailed guide to help you understand more about the specialist skills across government and to signpost you to the training you need.
Awareness of finance in government
An introduction to financial management in government which will help you get to know the processes you need to follow.
Commercial Awareness
A short explainer of the purpose of commercial understanding when it comes to developing and implementing policy and programmes including the procurement and management of services.
Project Delivery 101
With thousands of projects carried out across government each year, this seven-module course will help you understand project delivery methods, terminology and best practice.
Understanding Data
This course will support you to question and challenge data and to engage with it in a more meaningful way.
Useful resources
How to build your career in the Civil Service
Emotional Intelligence
Coaching and mentoring
Coaching guide
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