Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development · RQF Level 5
CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 5
- Total credits42
- Guided learning175 hours
- Units in this qualification14
Awarded by Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development · on the Ofqual register
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These are the units Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Advances in digital learning and developmentReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
What you'll be able to do
- Understand technological developments and advancements in the field of learning and development.
- Create engaging digital learning content to meet specific learning and development purposes.
- Apply a range of online facilitation functions and techniques to deliver an effective live online learning activity.
Employment relationship managementReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of employee voice, engagement, and practices that support better working lives for employees.
- Understand different forms of conflict behaviour and methods of dispute resolution within the workplace.
- Understand how to manage performance, disciplinary, and grievance matters lawfully and fairly.
- Understand the role of employee bodies in employment relations and their impact on organisational practices.
Equality, diversity and inclusionReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of embracing equality, diversity and inclusion in organisations, including the benefits and challenges.
- Ensure equality, diversity and inclusion is reflected and promoted in the organisation, through policies, practices, and training.
- Embed best practice approaches to equality, diversity and inclusion, monitoring their effectiveness and making improvements as needed.
Evidence based practiceReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
What you'll be able to do
- Understand strategies for effective critical thinking and decision making, including data analysis and problem-solving techniques.
- Understand the importance of decision-making strategies to solve people practice issues, considering ethical and legal implications.
- Measure the impact and value of people practice to the organisation, using relevant metrics and reporting methods.
Leadership and management developmentReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the relevance of leadership and management within organisations, including the knowledge, skills and behaviours required for effective leadership and management.
- Understand a range of different learning and development initiatives that can be used in developing leaders and managers.
- Understand how to evaluate the effectiveness of leadership and management development initiatives.
Learning and development essentialsReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how learning and development connects with other areas of the organisation, including their strategic importance.
- Understand the key principles of designing effective learning and development solutions.
- Understand the importance of facilitating learning in different contexts, considering individual learning styles and organisational needs.
- Understand the importance of alternative methods of learning for individuals and organisations, such as e-learning, coaching, and mentoring.
Organisational performance and culture in practiceReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the connections between organisational structure, strategy and the business operating environment.
- Understand organisational culture and theoretical perspectives on how people behave at work.
Organisational performance and culture in practiceReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the connections between organisational structure, strategy and the business operating environment.
- Understand organisational culture and theoretical perspectives on how people behave at work.
- Understand how people practice supports the achievement of business goals and objectives.
People management in an international contextReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of people practice from an international perspective.
- Understand the challenges associated with people practice in an international context.
- Understand the importance of effective people practice in an international context.
- Understand the process and benefits of effectively managing expatriates within an international organisation.
Professional behaviours and valuing peopleReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate professional and ethical behaviours, in the context of people practice, adhering to relevant codes of conduct and legislation.
- Champion inclusive and collaborative strategies for building positive working relationships, fostering a culture of respect and trust.
- Demonstrate personal commitment to learning, professional development and performance improvement, actively seeking opportunities to enhance skills and knowledge.
Reward for performance and contributionReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the impact of reward approaches and packages.
- Develop insight from benchmarking data to inform reward approaches.
- Understand the role of people professionals in supporting line managers to make reward decisions.
Specialist employment lawReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose of employment regulation and the way it is enforced in practice, including the roles of relevant bodies and legislation.
- Understand how to manage recruitment and selection activities lawfully, ensuring compliance with anti-discrimination laws and fair practices.
- Understand how to manage change and reorganisation lawfully, including consultation requirements and redundancy procedures.
- Understand how to manage issues relating to pay and working time lawfully, including minimum wage requirements, holiday entitlement, and working time regulations.
Talent management and workforce planningReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
What you'll be able to do
- Understand key contemporary labour market trends and their significance for effective workforce planning.
- Understand the purpose and importance of workforce planning within an organisation.
- Understand the purpose and impact of effective talent management strategies.
- Understand the importance of managing contractual arrangements and ensuring effective onboarding processes for new employees.
Well-being at workReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
What you'll be able to do
- Understand well-being and its relevance to workplaces.
- Understand how well-being is shaped by the organisation’s internal and external context.
- Develop a wellbeing programme.
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Where this can lead
Employment Law Specialist
Your journey here is really what you make of it. We'll give you the tools, the support, and the challenges to grow, but ultimately, your curiosity, drive, and commitment to ethical practice will define how far you go. This is a role with real impact, and we're excited to see what you'll achieve.
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Skills it covers
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How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
This unit provides learners with an understanding of technological developments in learning and development. Learners will develop skills to create engaging digital content and apply online facilitation techniques to deliver effective live learning activities.
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management
13 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
- Advances in digital learning and development
- Employment relationship management
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- Evidence based practice
- Leadership and management development
- Learning and development essentials
and 7 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
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Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
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- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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