Today staff is a key resource that ensures the effectiveness of organization functioning in all areas of activities, therefore its development is an integral part of the organization’s overall strategy. The staff development management system of forensic institutions is based on a set of methods that will ensure the solution of tasks in the field of personnel development, as well as staff’s education, further training, and career advancement. The analysis of foreign and domestic scientific works will enhance the improvement of the terminology that reflects the essence of the management process of workers’ performance in an organization,namely: human resources management, human-factor management, labor management, personnel policy, personnel work, etc .; their detailed characteristic is provided.

The formation of a high-quality and stable staff of a forensic institution is a purposefully selected and organized set of activities and relations between them, which is aimed at improving the efficiency of staff development management in accordance with the institution’s goals. Special attention is paid to the fact that the quality characteristic of staff are those signs that characterize the complex of consumer properties of staff to effective work; quantitative characteristic of staff include the following indicators: qualification, age, work experience, computer skills, knowledge of foreign languages, etc. It is proved that staff development management of a forensic institution always contributes to the effective use of the labor potential of each worker as an individual by increasing his social and professional mobility, whereas vocational training contributes to the general intellectual development of the worker, expands his/her erudition and social circle, strengthens his/her self-confidence. The main tasks of planning and organizing staff development management of forensic institutions are outlined.

A priority issue for increasing the level of staff development of a forensic institution should be acknowledged the internship and further training at leading higher education institutions or scientific institutions, as today technologies and equipment are updating rapidly, therefore, the knowledge that was obtained earlier is gradually becoming obsolete and needed to be constantly updated.