Terms Of Reference for the Commercial Skills and Development Panel (CS&DP)

This page is an extract from the full topic guidance on the Terms of Reference for the Commercial Skills and Development Panel (CS&DP) [23KB PDF]. It details the background and purpose of the CS&DP.

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Preamble

The Director General Defence Commercial (DGDC) is Skills Champion and Head of Profession for all commercial staff across the MOD. Part of his remit is to:

identify skills gaps within the Commercial Job Family and propose actions to address them;
determine upskilling priorities;
enhance professionalism;
and sponsor training and education interventions.

He is represented in this role by the Development Team in the Commercial Capability Team Leader area.

The Commercial Skills and Development Panel (CS&DP) has been formed to ensure that the training and development needs of the Defence Commercial Function (DCF) community are met and to give representatives of the Function the opportunity to report to the meeting with their perspective of current training and education interventions, and emerging future priorities for upskilling.

The CS&DP is responsible to the Defence Commercial Function Management Board (DCF MB) for advice on Professional Training and related Skills and Development Standards for DCF staff and how they should be maintained.

Purpose

The purpose of the Commercial Skills and Development Panel is to:

Ensure that the development of professional commercial skills is supported throughout MOD and that the resources needed to meet agreed commercial upskilling priorities are identified and secured;
Determine, monitor and evaluate Commercial Functional and Professional training and education;
Satisfy themselves, on behalf of all acquisition staff, that the suite of Commercial Training courses are meeting agreed objectives and delivering benefit to the business;
Ensure that commercial training and education enables individuals to develop the relevant functional competences to deliver the requirements of the business;
Ensure that commercial skills continue to be developed in the wider context of MOD acquisition training, the Acquisition Operating Framework, and the needs of the Acquisition community (including Industry);
Satisfy themselves that coaching and mentoring in the function is working and that the associated training is available;
Better publicise commercial successes and promote the Defence Commercial Function by means of in-house magazines etc.
Act as Continuing Professional Development (CPD) champions providing support to the central CPD Manager promoting learning and CPD activities across the MOD network.

Change History

1 March 2010: Updated to replace DGDC-CC-Hd with DGDC SWFP TL as Chairman and to introduce the role of Continuing Professional Development champion. (Paragraphs 4 and 6 affected)
1 May 2009: Updated to reflect DCD Departmental name changes.
1 December 2008: Updated to reflect organisational changes.