Policy paper

People standards for the commercial profession

This document sets out the standards expected from commercial professionals in government. It will help you with recruitment or career development.

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

Government Commercial Function (GCF) People Standards for the Profession, Version 3.0 (PDF)

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Details

This document sets out the standards expected from commercial professionals in government. It lists requirements for each of the different professional levels. These are:

  • Commercial Support
  • Associate Commercial Practitioner
  • Commercial Practitioner
  • Associate Commercial Lead
  • Commercial Lead
  • Associate Commercial Specialist
  • Commercial Specialist
  • Senior Commercial Specialist

This will help you with recruitment or promotion.

Updates to this page

Published 19 July 2016
Last updated 10 May 2021 + show all updates
  1. The GCF People Standards for the Profession has been updated.

  2. Removed an out of date attachment.

  3. Added Assessment and Development Centre Brochure

  4. Updated Government Commercial Function: People Standards for the Profession publication

  5. Updated people standards document.

  6. updated the people standards for the profession document.

  7. First published.

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