What a Chartered Fellow does
A Chartered Fellow holds a strategic position and demonstrates the expertise to lead the key areas of HR. Using their professional skills, knowledge and experience, they determine, develop and implement HR strategies, plans and policies to promote and achieve organisation success.
A Chartered Fellow makes a significant impact by integrating HR policies, strategies and practices with the organisation's core activity. They have the expertise to lead one or more aspects of HR in any of the following contexts:
- operating at the strategic and policy-making level as a member of, or as a senior specialist advisor to, the leadership team
- leading the work of other HR professionals and line managers, to achieve the organisation's HR objectives and standards
- leading the organisation's HR as an integrated function, or specialise in one or more professional areas of HR, such as learning and development
- providing external consultancy services to organisations, as a generalist or specialist HR professional
- working in or with small, medium or large organisations, in the private or public sector
- operating in the domestic UK HR arena, and/or internationally.
For the individual, Chartered Fellowship is clear recognition of their leadership role and status, and their strategic position. For the organisation it is a clear assurance that they have the services of a professional HR leader and manager, signed up to the CIPD CPD Policy and Code of Professional Conduct and working to its standards and criteria.
Benefits of Chartered Fellow membership
Raise your professional profile
Confirm to peers and employers that you've delivered against the activities, knowledge and behaviours set for the Chartered criteria.
Enhance your career prospects
Chartered Fellows and Chartered Members are better placed to command higher salaries.
Take a more active role within the CIPD
You'll be eligible to vote on constitutional matters and you can apply to be a Branch Officer. Chartered Fellows also receive a free copy of Impact, the CIPD's quarterly update on research and policy.
How do I become a Chartered Fellow?
To become a Chartered Fellow you need to demonstrate you've met the activites, knowledge and behaviours set out in the Chartered Fellow criteria. Before you download the criteria, have a look at our professional member overview table, which highlights the key differences in experience and activity for each level.
- Study a Level 7 Advanced CIPD qualification
The CIPD Level 7 Advanced diplomas provide the underpinning knowledge for CIPD professional membership (Associate, Chartered Member or Chartered Fellow). If you can demonstrate that you can meet the activities and behaviour requirements for Chartered membership you can apply to upgrade to Chartered Member or Fellow when you've successfully completed your CIPD Advanced diploma.
Learn more about CIPD Level 7 Advanced qualifications
More about upgrading to Chartered Fellow
- Upgrading to Chartered Fellow
If you're a Graduate or Chartered Member and you can demonstrate how you meet the Chartered Fellow criteria, you can apply to upgrade to Chartered Fellow.
More about upgrading to Chartered Fellow
- Experience Assessment
Experience Assessment allows you to use your current and previous work experience to demonstrate that you have the knowledge and expertise required become a Chartered Fellow (Chartered FCIPD).
Find out more about Experience Assessment
The PDF document provides information about the critera for Chartered Fellow.
For information on other professional levels of membership, please click on the links below: