Understand the IT capability you need now and in the future
Promote industry best practice and the highest professional standards
Identify skills gaps and the actions you can take to fill them
Motivate your people and attract, develop and retain talented employees
"We’ve used membership to baseline our skilled workforce through the RITTech and CITP processes. Our next step is to align our roles and experience with SFIAplus so we can drive bespoke development plans for every team member and identify skill gaps and single points of excellence within the team."Use our tools and expertise to build a professional, productive and innovative workforce where everyone understands their role in achieving business objectives and exceptional performance.
Skills and capability management
To maintain the digital talent your business needs, now and in the future, you need a multi-faceted, holistic approach to skills development and a robust skills framework to support your strategy.
SFIAplus - IT skills and capability framework
SFIAplus is the most relevant definition of skills in today's dynamic global IT industry. Built on SFIA (Skills Framework for the Information Age) SFIAplus contains the full framework plus detailed training and development resources for each of the 96 skills across seven levels, helping you and your employees identify progression pathways, development needs and appropriate training activities.
Learning Capability Model (LCM) Our Learning Capability Model (LCM) gives you a systematic approach to assessing your team's capability and maturity in line with your organisational goals. Gain clarity around your existing technology skills landscape, identify the gaps you need to fill, and lay the foundations for an inclusive development programme supporting the innovation and growth of your team.
Professional development for your people
Give your workforce the skills they need to reach their potential while nurturing a culture of learning and development, and futureproofing your business.
Membership
BCS membership represents the driving force behind today's tech industry. Every member is committed to developing their career as well as professional standards across the wider industry, a commitment validated by our code of conduct.
Members enjoy exclusive development tools and support such as our interactive online career centre, CPD portal and mentoring, our 100+ regional and specialist group community, and BCS letters after their name for instant professional recognition.
Professional certificationDevelop the knowledge, skills and competencies of your people, wherever they are in their careers, with our global certification portfolio. Mapped to SFIAplus and BCS membership grades, our 60+ certifications span the breadth of IT with core disciplines including security, business analysis and software testing. We accredit an international network of training and exam providers to work with us to give your IT talent the edge you're looking for.
ApprenticeshipsWith 74 accredited providers and over 3,000 registered apprentices, BCS has become market leader and a respected voice for the new digital IT apprenticeship standards. We were the first in the country to deliver end point assessment for the new digital standards and accept registration for 14 of the standards, more than any other end point assessment organisation.
Robust in quality and delivery - and supporting apprentices through BCS membership, e-learning resources, and BCS mentoring scheme - our apprenticeship standards will help you address the digital skills shortage by sourcing fresh talent as well as upskilling an existing workforce.
Professional registrationDemonstrate the credibility and commitment of your team through professional registration. With BCS, the more experienced members of your team can become chartered (CITP, CEng and CSci) and your IT technicians can achieve RITTech registration, confirming the value they bring to the workplace. All our professional registrations appear on a public register providing independent endorsement of the quality of your people.
Partnerships and community
Connect with organisations, government and individuals in and outside the tech industry, to address the challenges facing our profession and help inspire, educate and enable everyone to contribute and benefit in our digital world.
Join our expert community
Engage with prominent influencers and decision-makers in business, government, education, healthcare and wider industry - we're building the partnerships that are shaping the digital agenda across society.
From our Barefoot Computing collaboration with BT, and our Computing at School (CAS) group, to our new Federation for Informatics Professionals (Fed-IP), our accredited training provider network, and multinational corporate customers - you gain access to a dynamic BCS community that's activating change.
Thought leadership and insightWe draw on the knowledge and expertise in our community to provide exclusive insight and opinion, this includes whitepapers and research such as our annual Digital Leaders report exploring current real-world management issues and attitudes - and uncovering the technology trends keeping the C-suite awake at night!
As a client, you'll enjoy full access to our resources and the opportunity to contribute your own views and expertise.
Talk to us about your ideas for digital change and how they will affect your people, your business and customers.
"BCS is an integral part of the toolset we use to create a professional IT environment. SFIA, accredited development opportunities, the education materials and the network itself all form part of our arsenal and make the relationship hugely important to us."
Why BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT?We're all responsible for ensuring technology-led change is safe and positive for everyone in society. At BCS we're committed to meeting this responsibility under royal charter.
That's why we set the highest standards of professionalism and best practice in the industry, share knowledge, certify skills and develop capability tuned to evolving customer needs.
We're uniquely placed in the tech industry to provide a trusted, independent voice for the profession and organisations partner with us to deliver their digital change programmes with integrity and foresight.
From dedicated account managers to technical specialists, our experienced team works with you to understand your specific requirements, ensuring you reach your targets through your BCS partnership.
Julie Andrews MBCS
Julie supports BCS customers across all sectors and specialises in health and care. She has a background in account management, sales and marketing, with 25 years' experience as an account manager having previously worked for Canon, HP and Verifone.
Julie has a family of four busy children (and one small guinea pig!) and when not at work, you'll find our native New Zealander at the side of a netball court or increasingly these days a football pitch.
Andrew Barnett
Andrew works with a wide range of organisations, from SMEs to Ministry of Defence and Government, helping to deliver successful best practice IT capability programmes. He specialises in applying the SFIAplus industry standard framework to support skills capability analysis, workforce planning, career pathways and recruitment.
Away from BCS, Andrew spends his time with his young family, all of whom enjoy socialising in their home town of Cheltenham and exploring the neighbouring counties.
Talk to us about your ideas for digital change and how they will affect your people, your business and customers.
Digital leaders 2018: Capability, skills and ethics in IT
For the past seven years we have surveyed digital leaders to find out how they feel about their roles, their resourcing needs and what areas of concern they have for the coming year. This latest survey has expanded to ask nearly 400 respondents how they feel about skills, training and the ethical landscape.
Business transformation and organisation change, continuous innovation, regulatory compliance and operational efficiencies were singled out as priorities. Download the report to find out what else respondents told us and see if their views resonate with yours.
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