CITP Supporter Report - BCS

Applicant’s Name Applicant’s BCS Reference Number (if known)
Name BCS Membership Number (if applicable)
Contact Telephone Number Alternative Telephone Number
Email
Job Title
Professional relationship to the applicant
CITP Supporter Report
The person named below has recently applied for Chartered IT Professional (CITP) status of the British Computer Society (BCS). The applicant
has named you as someone who is able to offer an informed view in support of their application. Please could you complete all sections in your
own words and return this report to BCS (details overleaf).
Care should be taken to ensure that your opinions are based on fact and can be fully substantiated as we may contact you for further clarification.
Without your response, we are unable to proceed with this application. Thank you in advance for your help with this application.
Your Details
Period during which you have known the applicant From (MM/YY) To (MM/YY)
Please assess the applicant against each statement, in your own words, for the period you have known them. The criteria for CITP is based on
Level 5 of the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). See notes overleaf.
Applicants have right of access under the Data Protection Act 1998 to any commentary forming part of an individual’s assessment record.
INFLUENCE – Please tell us about the extent to which the person’s role and responsibilities influences/has influenced others in an
organisational context (peers, direct reports, customers, suppliers, senior management). Please provide specific examples.
COMPLEXITY – Please tell us about the range of work activities that the applicant has undertaken. Please provide specific examples.
AUTONOMY – Please state the degree to which the person has autonomy for the work/tasks/projects undertaken. Please provide specific examples.
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BUSINESS SKILLS – Please state below the level of business skills that the applicant has demonstrated. Please provide specific examples.
DECLARATION – I support the applicant for entry into Chartered IT Professional status of BCS
Signature __________________________________________________ Date ______________________________
If you are returning your report by email and are unable to sign it, please tick the box below to indicate your agreement to the declaration.
I agree to the declaration ■
SFIA LEVEL 5 DEFINITION
Please refer to the following as a guide for your assessment overleaf (www.bcs.org/sfiaplus). SFIA is the IT skills, training and development
standard widely used in the UK and beyond. SFIA level 5 is concerned with the degree of responsibility exercised in the job role.
Influence
• Influences organisation, customers, suppliers and peers within industry on contribution of specialisation
• Significant responsibility for the work of others and for the allocation of resources
• Decisions impact on success of assigned projects i.e. results, deadlines and budget
• Develops business relationships with customers
Complexity
• Challenging range – variety of complex technical or professional work activities
• Work requires application of fundamental principles in a wide and often unpredictable range of contexts
• Understands relationship between specialism and wider customer/organisational requirements
Autonomy
• Works under broad direction
• Full accountability for own technical work or project/supervisory responsibilities
• Receives assignments in the form of objectives
• Establishes own milestones, team objectives and delegates assignments
• Work is often self-initiated
Business Skills
• Advises on the available standards, methods, tools and applications in own area of specialisation and can make correct choices from alternatives
• Can analyse, diagnose, design, plan, execute and evaluate work to time, cost and quality targets
• Communicates effectively, formally and informally, with colleagues, subordinates and customers
• Demonstrates leadership
• Clear understanding of the relationship between own area of responsibility/specialisation to the employing organisation and takes customer
requirements into account when making proposals
• Takes initiative to keep skills up to date
• Maintains awareness of developments in the industry
• Can analyse user requirements and advise users on scope and options for operational improvement
• Demonstrates creativity and innovation in applying IT solutions for the benefit of the user
Once completed please return to:
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