HR Management | Intermediate Certificate CIPD Level 5

The fully online Intermediate Certificate in Human Resource Management is perfect for you if you're seeking to build a career in HR management, or if you're already working in HR management and want to expand your knowledge and formalise your expertise.

With unlimited support from your personal CIPD tutor, you'll learn to use and evaluate a variety of HR models and practices, understand the external factors that impact HR activities and organisations, and understand how the varied functions of HR are co-ordinated. You'll also have the opportunity to specialise in two areas, including employment law and talent planning.

• 92% of ICS Learn graduates end up working in HR.

To achieve the CIPD Intermediate Certificate in Human Resource Management, you need a total of 32 credits.

When you enrol with ICS Learn you enrol on the full Intermediate Certificate in Human Resource Management, but complete the programme in two parts.

The first part has four modules which are shown below and give you 20 credits.

• Developing Professional Practice (4 credits)
• Using Information in HR (4 credits)
• Business Issues and the Contexts of HR (6 credits)
• Managing and Coordinating the HR Function (6 credits)

Below are the modules that make up the second part of study. You must complete any two out of the following four modules to enable you to achieve the necessary 32 credits.

• Resourcing and Talent Planning (6 credits)
• Reward Management (6 credits)
• Employment Law (6 credits)
• Contemporary Developments in Employment Relations (6 credits)

The Intermediate Certificate in Human Resource Management will give you a broader perspective of the organisational issues facing HR professionals and enable you to develop effective analytical and problem solving issues. If you're already working in human resources, you'll have a qualification that builds on your previous experience to demonstrate your commitment to furthering your career.

This 100% online programme is set at Level 5 and is therefore equivalent to the 2nd year of a degree programme. The Level 5 Intermediate Certificate in Human Resource Management is ideal if you:

• Want to study a shorter qualification than the full Diploma
• Are looking to develop a career in HR management
• Are already working in HR management and want to expand your knowledge and formalise your expertise
• Need to understand the role of HR in the wider organisational and environmental context
• Seek to develop your HR knowledge after studying a CIPD Level 3 Foundation qualification
• Aspire to become a professional member of the CIPD as an Associate Member

This programme is set at Level 5 and is therefore equivalent to the 2nd year of a degree programme. The Intermediate Certificate in Human Resource Management is for those who:

• Aspire to work in HR and want to study a recognised undergraduate-level qualification
• Work in a HR support role and want to formalise their experience and progress their career by developing their knowledge and skills at a higher level.

Your study and further experience could lead to Associate status with the Institute, and the potential for senior level roles.

On completion, you'll receive a CIPD Intermediate Certificate in Human Resource Management.

Examples of job roles you can enter or progress in with this level of study include:

• HR Analyst
• HR Manager
• HR Advisor
• HR Business Partner
• Recruitment Manager