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 contracts delivering the current Learning Frameworks service end on the 30 April 2026. Because of this, some profession and function-recommended products may not be available for booking. The prospectus pages for the products this effects have been updated, and will state a last booking date as part of the product description.

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.

We anticipate you will be able to start booking these products again from May 2026, when the next contract is live.