SkillsPlus, the local government strategic skills partnership, commissioned The Management Standards Consultancy to develop up-to-date and forward-looking national occupational standards (NOS) to cover Electoral Registration and the Management of Elections. The project concluded on 31 March 2007 and involved all the key stakeholders across the UK, including:- Electoral Commission (offices in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
- Electoral Office for Northern Ireland (EONI)
- Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA)
- Society of Lawyers and Administrators in Scotland (SOLAR)
- Scottish Assessors Association (SAA)
- Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (SOLACE)
- local authority employers in each of the home nations.
The outcome was a set of nationally agreed units of competence that detail all the roles and responsibilities that staff and managers need to carry out at every level, the standard of performance they must achieve and the knowledge and skills they need. These NOS have been submitted for approval by the UK regulatory authorities and can be used for a host of purposes, for example to:
- inform the continuing development of the AEA professional qualification
- underpin training and development programmes
- provide the basis for performance management systems
- help develop job descriptions and person specifications
- assist in staff career progression.
Full details of the project and the standards can be found on the SkillsPlus website.
Electoral Services National Occupational Standards
