| Group | Senior Civil Service | Senior managers | Middle managers | Junior managers | Administrative or support grades | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Structure | Cabinet Secretary | Permanent Secretary | Director General | Director | Deputy Director | Grade 6 | Grade 7 | Senior Executive Officer | Higher Executive Officer | Executive Officer | Administrative Officer | Administrative Assistant | |||
| 1971 unified grading structure | Grade 1A | Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Assistant Principal or Deputy Assistant Director | Senior Executive Officer | Higher Executive Officer | Executive Officer | Higher Clerical Officer | Clerical Officer | Clerical Assistant | ||
| Grade (pre-1971) | Cabinet Secretary | Permanent [Under] Secretary | Deputy [Under] Secretary | Assistant Under Secretary, Under Secretary or Director General | Under Secretary or Superintendent | Assistant Secretary or Director | Senior Principal or Deputy Director | Principal or Assistant Director | |||||||
| NATO code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | N/A | ||||