In some sense you can turn this on its head slightly, its not necessarily you need other professions in the SCS, you need more flex in pay scales so that you can retain the people who are have the other necessary skills/expertise in their policy area rather than chasing promotion elsewhere to eventually become a Government Business Expert. This is really acute in some areas like digital skills.
I would go one further and say we need a rethink about team structure in CS, another factor is boredom with a policy area, without much opportunity to develop and evolve your portfolio your only option is to move. In consulting for example a Partner of the firm will develop the team around the project, and you can be on multiple projects at one time. What that means is that seniors go seeking expertise and requisite skills to deliver, rather than hoping they come to them through good old GRS.
In some sense you can turn this on its head slightly, its not necessarily you need other professions in the SCS, you need more flex in pay scales so that you can retain the people who are have the other necessary skills/expertise in their policy area rather than chasing promotion elsewhere to eventually become a Government Business Expert. This is really acute in some areas like digital skills.
I would go one further and say we need a rethink about team structure in CS, another factor is boredom with a policy area, without much opportunity to develop and evolve your portfolio your only option is to move. In consulting for example a Partner of the firm will develop the team around the project, and you can be on multiple projects at one time. What that means is that seniors go seeking expertise and requisite skills to deliver, rather than hoping they come to them through good old GRS.
Really enjoying these blog posts as a fellow BEISian! Chimes with lots of my thoughts as someone relatively new to the CS.