The Benefits, Pensions and Share Schemes course is for HR generalists who wish to build their understanding of benefits and share plans, including those who have recently acquired responsibility for pensions and/or a remuneration committee. In addition the Benefits, Pensions and Share Schemes course is ideally suited to reward practitioners seeking to broaden their experience beyond pay analysis, benchmarking and compensation management.

The Benefits, Pensions and Share Schemes course is designed to equip you with the confidence, skills, knowledge and insight to make an influential contribution to the management of your organisation’s benefit plans, pensions, and where relevant, share schemes. The Benefits, Pensions and Share Schemes course takes account of different approaches to public, private and voluntary sectors, and covers the challenges faced in a wide range of organisations – from global to UK SME.

By the end of the Benefits, Pensions and Share Schemes course, you will be able to:

• position your benefit programme within a wider reward strategy
• assess how individual benefit plans operate, from company cars to insured benefits and pensions 
• manage the design, implementation and communication of a flexible benefits solution
• identify and evaluate the key tax and National Insurance considerations associated with any benefit plan, share scheme or termination payment
• assess the wider regulatory, governance and investment management context in which pension plans operate
• influence long-term incentive plan design, drawing from a well-rounded appreciation of the different forms of share plan available for use.

Benefits, Pensions and Share Schemes can be completed as a standalone course, or as part of the CIPD Advanced Certificate in Reward Management.

In-house training