Our values
We have 4 new values that describe who we are and what we stand for at Derbyshire County Council.
- Collaborative - We listen and engage to deliver shared goals
- Innovative – We are curious, embrace change and continuously improve
- Empowered – We support, trust and value each other
- Accountable – We hold ourselves and others to account
Last years competency framework has been refreshed in line with the new values and replaced with a new behaviour framework. You can still access the previous competency frameworks on the SharePoint PDR Hub.
These 8 behaviours are the ways in which we demonstrate our values. The framework sets out what we expect in terms of how we go about our work, while our goals describe what we do.
Our 8 behaviours are:
- communicate and influence
- collaborate and partner
- change and Improve
- make effective decisions
- develop ourselves
- develop our teams
- see the bigger picture
- customer and outcome focused
We continue to have 2 frameworks to support grade 14+ senior leaders and grade 13 and below leaders. Each behaviour has guidance indicators for ‘below’, ‘meets’ and ‘exceeds’ expectations, to support performance management and development conversations.
A behaviour framework aligned to non-line manager PDR users is currently being developed.
Some leaders are members of professional bodies and therefore have professional competencies they must adhere to. In many cases, they must demonstrate they meet the requirements annually.
Professional competency frameworks are about demonstrating technical competence, whereas the behaviour framework focuses on our behaviours. Leaders will use elements of both, where appropriate, when completing their PDR.