Government People Function

Welcome to the home of HR professional development in the Civil Service.

Through this page, you’ll be able to book learning courses and qualifications that the Government People Function has specifically selected to support your development.

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HR Career Framework

The HR Career Framework is a comprehensive guide to HR development and careers in the Civil Service. It provides information on HR job families, standards and has been created to align with the CIPD’s Profession Map.

The HR Career Framework (2020) is being updated for 2025, alongside the new HR Professional Standards.

Cross-government mentoring

The Government People Function can match you to mentors and mentees across government, aligned to your career goals and interests.

Cross-government mentoring is temporarily paused for 2025 while we renew our approach.

The current Learning Frameworks contract is ending on 30 April 2026. This change will impact when you can book learning linked to our Professions pages. To support you with this transition, any courses impacted by the change will display a notice.

The final date for bookings is 30 April 2026, with learning required to start by 31 July 2026 and finish by 31 January 2027. After this deadline, new bookings will resume after the new contract starts.

These changes are happening across a series of waves and more information can be found here. The products in Wave 1 will not be available to book from 30 June 2025, and products in Wave 2 will not be available to book from 1 November 2025. The products in Wave 3 will need to start by 30 April 2026 and therefore we recommend bookings are made six weeks before this, by 19 March 2026.