This qualification is perfect for you if you want to develop your personal effectiveness and business acumen in a senior people focused role. You’ll learn how to design and manage your own strategy, enhance people management skills – and learn how best to lead. We will show you how to:

• Build on your existing People Management experience
• Gain specialist People Management skills in strategic employment relations, talent management to sustain success and strategic reward management
• Strengthen your autonomy and judgement so that you can lead and direct your organisation’s People
Management strategy

You will have the option of studying the Advanced Diploma at live online workshops or on demand self study. Specialist tutors qualified already to level 7 with extensive industry experience and chartered membership of the CIPD will guide you through the units, with expert guest tutors still working in industry in senior people roles, from some of the countries largest organisations.

Learners will be given access to our online learning platform BUD, integrated with interactive module builder Flow, where you will be able to access your course 24/7. A whole host of interactive lessons, activities and resources will help you to embed your learning and write the assignments.

The cost of the Advanced Diploma is £4500+VAT. If you are self funding this can be paid with interest free monthly direct debit payments spread over the length of the course. We have rolling start dates; please get in touch for the next one. On demand you can start at any time.

If you are employed in a senior HR role or about to be, you may be able to complete this qualification as part of an apprenticeship for no cost to yourself and only £950 payable by your employer.

To study the Advanced Diploma in Strategic People Management you will complete 4 core units, 3 specialist units and a choice of 1 optional unit.

Core Units:
Work and working lives in a changing business environment
People management and development strategies for performance
Personal effectiveness, ethics and business acumen
Business research in people practice.
Specialist Units:
Strategic employment relations
Resourcing and talent management to sustain success
Strategic reward management
Optional Units: (you will choose one)
Advanced employment law in practice
Organisational design and development
Learning and development practice
Technology enhanced learning
Advanced diversity and inclusion
Managing people in an international context
Well-being at work

All units will be assessed with written assignments; there are no examinations in this qualification.