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皇冠体育app Government Social Research Technical Framework

皇冠体育app Competency Framework defines the professional competency for members of the Social Research profession within government.

皇冠体育app Government Social Research (GSR) Technical Framework outlines the technical expertise for members of the GSR profession, and how this applies at each grade.

皇冠体育app framework covers GSR Technical Expertise, which comprises of two categories:

  • Technical skills (TS)
  • Using and promoting social research (UPSR)

皇冠体育appse categories cover the grade specific skills and knowledge required for social research within government. 皇冠体育app technical expertise indicators outlined are cumulative 鈥� so GSR members at each grade should be able to demonstrate the expertise for their grade and the grades below them.

Indicators are provided for:

  • Research Officer (RO) 鈥� equivalent to HEO Civil Service grade
  • Senior Research Officer (SRO) 鈥� equivalent to SEO Civil Service grade
  • Principal Research Officer (PRO) 鈥� equivalent to Grade 7 Civil Service grade
  • Senior Principal Research Officer (SPRO) 鈥� equivalent to Grade 6 Civil Service grade
  • Chief Research Officer (CRO) 鈥� equivalent to Grade 5/SCS 1 Civil Service grade

皇冠体育app framework should be used for recruiting, promoting, accrediting and appraising GSR members. When recruiting it should be used in conjunction with the Civil Service Success Profiles (see Gov.uk & GSR Guidance) 鈥� it represents the 鈥楾echnical鈥� element of this profile.

Departments can choose how to incorporate the聽GSR聽Technical Framework into their goal/objective setting and appraisal process.聽 This should be done alongside the specific principles to guide the work and behaviour of government social researchers in the GSR Code.

This updated framework applies from February 2022.

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Updates to this page

Published 17 February 2017
Last updated 8 February 2024 show all updates
  1. 皇冠体育app Government Social Research (GSR) Technical Framework has been updated.

  2. a note to make explicit that Assessors at EO would use the same criteria at HEO level flexibly

  3. Updated GSR Technical Framework February 2022

  4. Updated version of Technical Framework

  5. Attached rebranded Technical Framework

  6. First published.

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