Success Profiles:

Working with colleagues at FDA Learn we can offer access to their range of learning opportunities, these included session on differing aspects of success profiles and may be beneficial to anyone who is currently involved in a promotion or selection process, or indeed to anyone who is wishing to develop their career for the future.

This information changes regularly and this is the latest data we have regarding the offers for the period up until the end of March 2025.

If you are interested in attending any of these sessions then please contact

Liz.Parsons@poauk.org.uk   07928529850

Monday 24th March 2025 @ 1300 – 1500

Success Profiles – The Presentation at Interview and Assessment

This short event is a basic look at the presentation exercise followed by questions used across the Civil Service to recruit. Neil Rider will take you through basic hints and tips around how to deliver a short general presentation and handle interviews. You will look at a basic example. Neil Rider is a Civil Service ‘trained trainer’ for Civil Service Success Profiles and has assessed over some years for Civil Service Assessment processes (including Fast Stream).

Wednesday 26th March 2025 @ 1300 – 1500

Success Profiles – Preparing for an Interview

In this two-hour session, participants will go through the different elements that they may encounter in an interview in the Civil Service under Civil Service Success Profiles. The session will aim to give participants an insight into what to expect and how they can prepare themselves in order to build confidence prior to an interview.   This session will invite participants to interact by answering questions in the chat function (but this is voluntary). No access to a camera or mic will be needed. Participants may then wish to undertake the more detailed and fully interactive sessions on particular aspects of the recruitment process.   The session is delivered by Neil Rider

Monday 31st March 2025 @ 1000 – 1200

Success Profiles – Group Exercise

This type of exercise could be used as part of a recruitment process to get onto a Development Scheme in the Civil Service. The session is designed to help those with little or no experience of such an activity to gain an idea of how these exercises work and gain some pointers and tips on how to optimise their performance in one.   Neil Rider is a Civil Service ‘trained trainer’ for Civil Service Success Profiles and has assessed over some years for Civil Service Assessment processes (including Fast Stream).

Thursday 17th April 2025 @ 1300 – 1500

Success Profiles – Statements in the Civil Service with Neil Rider

This short course will consider different types of personal statement being used in Civil Service applications. Neil Rider will look at length, and possible content. There is no ‘one size fits all’ but we will consider how to include behaviours especially where there is a very restricted word count allowed. Neil will also cover structure and how to best showcase experience  Neil Rider is a Civil Service ‘trained trainer’ for Civil Service Success Profiles and has assessed over some years for Civil Service Assessment processes (including Fast Stream).

Thursday 24th April 2025 @ 0900 – 1200

Success Profiles – Behaviours at interview

This fully interactive zoom course will explore the use and presentation of responses to behaviours questions at interview using the Civil Service Success Profiles approach