Civil Service DWP - Compulsory Qualification

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Morning
I wonder if any senior civil servants can advise on this.

Previously, anyone joining the DWP who did not have a level 3 qualification (or above) would have to complete a level 3 equivalent once they had joined.

It seems that this has changed recently and anyone new to DWP or newly promoted MUST complete a level 3 qualification in operational delivery. It doesn't matter now whether they already have a level 3 - if it isn't in operational delivery then it doesn't count.

Is this correct?

Having worked hard as a mature student to gain a degree and then a post graduate qualification previously, I'm a tad put out that within the Civil Service a level 7 qualification counts for nothing and I will still have to do this level 3 qualification.

Surely it isn't that your qualification "doesn't count for anything" it's that they are looking for formalised Operational Delivery as a benchmark criteria. Nothing wrong in that.

Can you evidence somewhere in your BSc or MSc that OD was adequately covered in one of your modules, or closely aligned. Could you propose they sponsor you ( if you're already DWP) if it's knowledge you haven't formally covered and now need. Surely you'll breeze it if you're post grad. Annoying they've shifted the goalposts but often the way in PS as they're increasingly trying to increase skill standardisation.