These specialist competency-based advanced awards from CIPD Training have been specifically designed for HR professionals with expertise and competence in their chosen field. They include:
With a style that challenges the experienced professional, the approach of these programmes is to review, question and consider alternative solutions to complex and specialist topics. You'll be encouraged to reflect on your current practices, explore alternatives and use experiential learning techniques to develop and demonstrate your competence.
If you are interested in doing a competency-based qualification, please call the CIPD Customer Service team on + 44 (0) 20 8612 6202.
You must first complete a short telephone diagnostic to help us decide if you qualify for this route. If you qualify, you will then be sent an application form to complete and return.
About the competency-based qualifications
Developed from the specialist professional areas of the CIPD HR Profession Map, these advanced level awards reflect the current and future competencies of today’s HR professional.
Competence will be demonstrated in three key areas:
- ‘what you do’ (activities)
- ‘what you know’ (knowledge)
- ‘how you do it’ (behaviours).
The preparation assessment exercises and the assessment centre assessment activities are all designed to challenge your thinking and allow you to demonstrate your competence in these three key areas.
To support you along the journey, you'll have your own coach/advisor, chosen to match your specialist areas and industry background, so that together you can plan every step of the journey to successfully achieving your qualification.
Who the qualifications are for
For successful completion of any of these awards you will need to demonstrate your current level of competence. As these awards have been specifically designed for specialist practitioners, you will need to demonstrate to our assessment team that you have a qualifying level of competence in your chosen specialist area.
Programme structure
The first step is to make sure you are going to have the necessary evidence for the competency based assessments at the assessment centre. A short telephone diagnostic will help us to decide if you qualify for this route.
Once accepted and registered on the programme, your next step is to attend an induction workshop. This workshop outlines the competency based model used for the award(s), including the assessment design and criteria. We will cover all aspects of the assessments and how we can support you with compiling and submitting your evidence for assessment.
During the 20 week programme you are required to attend two separate workshops, usually in weeks 3 and 10.
- Workshop 1 - Human Resource Management
- Workshop 2 - Human Resource Development
The style and approach of the workshops is to share experiences and ways of working and may at times require some pre-workshop activity.
Your time in between and after workshops is taken up with various assessment preparation activities, as well as key reading and research with the support of your advisor. All of which prepares you for a telephone assessment session with your advisor in week 18. This session will focus on reviewing your preparation activities and the evidence you will present to the assessors at the assessment centre in week 20, giving you two weeks to take on board any advisor feedback.
Week 20 is the assessment centre which takes place over two consecutive days. You'll go through each of the assessments with a number of other candidates and receive your feedback report about a week after the assessment centre which will include the assessment decision.
How long it takes
The duration of an award programme is 20 weeks.
Start dates
Each award programme starts with the attendance at an induction workshop. The next one is on 21 February 2012.
Fees
£4,399 + VAT
Fees are valid for bookings received before 31 December 2012. They include:
- access to personal coach/advisor for guidance, support and feedback
- access to all preparation exercises and material for assessments
- facilitation at induction workshop, the two further workshops and all workshop material
- attendance and assessment of one assessment centre
- written feedback report on assessment results
- internal and external verification of the qualification.
Fees do not include travel or accommodation or registration as a student member of CIPD which is mandatory for those who are not already members.
How to apply
You must first complete a short telephone diagnostic to help us decide if you qualify for this route. To find out more call us on + 44 (0) 20 8612 6202. If you qualify, you will then be sent an application form to complete and return.