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Course overview
CIPD qualifications are internationally recognised and offer you an accredited route into the Human Resources industry. With AVADO in partnership with CIPD Enterprises you can gain your professional CIPD Level 5 Certificate online, allowing you to study whenever and wherever you want, and fit study in around your other commitments.
If you’re looking to progress your HR career, the CIPD Level 5 in HR Management qualification will give you a deeper understanding of all aspects of the profession. You will develop your capabilities to evaluate the effectiveness of different HR practices and models as well as increase your understanding of how external factors can impact HR. You will advance your strategic thinking and learn how to utilise data to improve business performance.
On successful completion of the CIPD Level 5 online course, you will gain Associate Membership of the CIPD, allowing you to use the designation Assoc CIPD after your name to showcase your credentials.
Job outcomes
- HR Analyst or Advisor
- HR Business Partner
What you'll learn
- A sound understanding of how human resource activities support an organisation’s strategy and assist the achievement of business objectives.
- A broader perspective of the organisational issues facing those in charge of the management of people within organisations.
- An understanding of how to analyse human resource information and present findings to inform decision making.
Recognition
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
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Duration study load
- 11 months
Entry requirements
An existing CIPD Level 3 Foundation qualification, or a relevant Level 3 (or higher) qualification plus sufficient experience in an HR role is essential.
In addition, the following entry requirements apply:
- You must be over the age of 18 or have a third-party payee for any financial agreement
- You must have a solid grasp of the English language (IELTS 6.5 or equivalent if English is not your first language)
- You must have access to a computer or other internet enabled device and a reliable internet connection, plus basic computer skills
Course features
- Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
- CIPD Level 5 Certification – comparable to studying at Degree level
- Six units with six tutor-marked assignments. There are different types of assessment tailored to the content of the unit.
- 24-hour access to your online campus, accessible on mobile and tablet
- Regular online live classes with your tutor and classmates
- Dedicated tutor and community team to support you throughout the course
- Access to AVADO’s premium Career Development Hub
Delivery
All our HR courses are delivered through our award-winning Virtual Learning Campus (VLC). The VLC is an online learning platform that houses all your learning materials in one easy-to-access place. The VLC is designed for use on all internet-enabled devices, so you can study on your mobile or tablet any time, wherever you are.
Your VLC features:
- Inspiring bite-size learning content, including videos and quizzes
- Regular live online classes with your tutor, tailored to your group’s needs and recorded so you can catch up whenever you like
- Learn as a group, with structured milestones to keep you on track
- Regular learning checks and practice tests so you know how you are progressing
- Proactive tutor support – monitoring your progress and reaching out if you need support
Our approach to online learning and student engagement has been recognised by the Learning Technologies industry awards, with Silver for Best Online Distance Learning Programme 2016.
Subjects
- Understand what is required to be an effective and efficient HR professional.
- Be able to perform efficiently and effectively as an HR professional.
- Be able to apply CPD techniques to construct, implement and review a personal development plan.
- Understand the key contemporary business issues and main external factors affecting different organisations and the impact on HR.
- Understand how organisational and HR strategies and practices are shaped and developed.
- Know how to identify and respond to changes in the business environment.
- Understand key contemporary labour market trends and their significance for workforce planning.
- Be able to undertake talent planning and recruitment activities.
- Understand how to maximise employee retention.
- Know how to manage dismissal, redundancy and retirement effectively and lawfully
- Understand the research process and different research approaches.
- Be able to conduct a critical review of information sources in an area of HR/business practice and analyse the findings.
- Be able to draw meaningful conclusions and evaluate options for change.
- Know how to deliver clear, business-focused reports on an HR issue.
- Understand the purpose and key objectives of the HR function in contemporary organisations.
- Understand how HR objectives are delivered in different organisations.
- Understand how the HR function can be evaluated in terms of value-added and organisational performance.
- Understand the relationship between organisational performance and effective HR management and development.
- Understand the purpose of employment regulation and the way it is enforced in practice.
- Know how to manage recruitment and selection activities lawfully.
- Know how to manage change and reorganisation lawfully.
- Know how to manage issues relating to pay and working time lawfully.
- Be able to ensure that staff are treated lawfully when they are at work.
- Know how to manage performance and disciplinary matters lawfully.
About Avado
Avado is a training provider for professionals in the HR space who want more than just a qualification. With a legacy of transforming over 200,000 careers globally, Avado partners directly with industry leaders like the CIPD to deliver learning experiences that don’t just teach, but actually change the way people work. Their mission? To help you thrive and be ahead of what’s new – not just keeping up with what was the best practice yesterday. Their flexible, accessible programmes allow anyone, anywhere to become professionally qualified and further their career.
