Career development

Training and self-development opportunities

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is recognised as an Investor in People organisation and makes significant investment in training and development. We are committed to the continuing professional development of all our staff.

At its discretion, ONS can provide financial support to staff to pursue further education, such as MSc, PhD and external training courses. This may be through evening classes, National Vocational Qualifications, distance learning material or Open University courses.

We also promote wider learning and development in areas such as policy making, management, communications, project management, strategy and finance.

Specialist career development

In order to enhance your career and specialist skills we are committed to bespoke learning events and sharing of best practice, which may include:

• attendance at international conferences
• regular in-house seminars
• in-house study groups
• National Accounts training
• contact and projects with academics working with ONS microdata