The Finance Capability Framework (The Framework) for Government Finance Professionals identifies core individual capabilities across finance professionals’ roles in the government sector. The Framework was developed by an inter-agency project team.
Its purpose is to help finance professionals with understanding the different capabilities required of them, and to help them with preparing career development plans. It is also intended to help finance managers with: developing capabilities within teams, preparing job descriptions, and identifying capabilities to target when recruiting finance professionals.
We encourage Government Finance Professionals to become familiar with the Framework.
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WHAT IT IS
The Framework is an anchoring document to support finance professionals and finance people leaders to:
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self-assess their capabilities (both individuals and teams)
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build development plans to match future roles and desired career paths across the system
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create job descriptions and help with sizing roles
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assist with recruitment (eg, create interview questions based on capabilities required)
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benchmark and review the level of current and desired capability across the system
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help to make job descriptions across the system comparable.
WHAT IT IS NOT
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mandatory for agencies to adopt
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creating standard job descriptions for roles across the Public Sector
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a formal assessment for performance (instead, it is an estimate of one’s capabilities with the help of a tool that defines what ‘good’ looks like)
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a test with pass/fail with any kind of punitive or reactive consequence (instead, it is a tool to facilitate growth-focused conversations)
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an attempt to replace current processes of agencies (instead, it is a tool to support agencies in applying their current processes to attract, retain and develop their staff).
For further information on the Framework, or the guidance, please email: [email protected]