V Skill HF-D3.5-003 cross-sector 8 skills
collaborating in chains and alliances
Working with external parties towards a shared result by agreeing and tracking roles, information exchange and responsibilities between organisations.
How hrmforce measures this
- Assessment method
- Assessment centre · rho 0.29 (SD 0.09)
- hrmforce instrument
- Competency Check, 360 Feedback
- Competency (50-framework)
- Collaborate
- Trainability
- medium
- Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
- rising
Multiple exercises, multiple assessors, dimension-wise scoring.
Behavioural anchors
| Level | Behaviour at this level |
|---|---|
| N1 Guided | Performs an own task within a chain agreement and reports to the contact person what does not fit. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task |
| N3 Proficient | Aligns working methods and handover moments with partner organisations and resolves bottlenecks in the cooperation with them. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process |
| N5 Leading | Builds alliances with parties that hold differing interests and establishes governance and result agreements for the whole chain. sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession |
N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.
Underlying skills
These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.
| T | Skill | Definition | Demand outlook 2026 to 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|
| V | Recording collaboration agreements with a partner Partnership agreements | Recording goal, deliverables, planning and contact points with an external party in a document. | stable |
| V | Delimiting roles between organisations Role delineation | Recording which organisation does which part of the work and who decides on what. | stable |
| V | Arranging information exchange between organisations Information exchange | Agreeing which data is shared between parties at what time, via which channel and in which format. | rising |
| V | Preparing and chairing a chain meeting Chairing partner meetings | Preparing and chairing a meeting with partners and closing it with decisions and actions per organisation. | stable |
| V | Monitoring progress across a chain Chain monitoring | Tracking per partner whether agreed deliveries arrive on time and raising deviations in good time. | rising |
| V | Coordinating on site with a chain partner On-site coordination | Going through the day plan and mutual handovers on site with staff of a partner organisation. | stable |
| V | Aligning data sharing with partners Data sharing agreements | Establishing with partners which personal data may be shared and on what legal basis. | rising |
| V | Bridging differences in working methods between organisations Harmonising processes | Comparing the diverging procedures of two organisations and agreeing one joint way of working. | rising |