The Standards will help you reflect on your (or your team's) capabilities and development needs, and can be used as a tool for career progression and to inform development conversations. They can be used to identify development needs or technical areas of interest, which you can address by building your capabilities through targeted learning and development interventions.
The Standards have been designed to be read alongside the Success Profiles - Civil Service Behaviours, Civil Service Leadership Statement and the Civil Service Code. They are not a detailed handbook of all contract management activities. The Cross Government Contract Management Best Practice Guide and its supporting templates should be referred to for this purpose.
If the content of this document applies to you directly, you are encouraged sign up to the Contract Management training, which explains how to embed these principles into your day-to-day responsibilities. The training is based on these Standards and is available at the defined three levels; Foundation, Practitioner and Expert. Please contact your organisation or the Contract Management team for more information on how to get involved.