Senior People Professional

The Learning Practitioner 1
This module is designed to provide learners with the transferable skills that are pivotal in helping them make the most of their studies. It also develops learners’ capabilities to be more effective in the workplace.

It provides the foundations for understanding the importance of continuing professional development and reflective practice, in line with professional standards.

Contemporary HR Practice and the Future of Work
Senior people professionals (SPPs) are seen as experts in their work environment, requiring up-to-date knowledge of processes and practices.

This module provides learners with the tools to implement a range of ‘people practice’ approaches within the workplace. It also explores some of the continuing changes (both within and external to organisations) that impact on the role and scope of HR functions.

Responsible Employment Practice

This module focuses on workforce planning and how this is an integral part of resourcing, talent, and performance management.

Apprentices will learn about the growing complexity of employer-employee relations, working environments, and legislative and regulatory frameworks.

They will look at the functional activities of recruitment, selection, employee retention, reward/promotion, succession planning, and exit from the organisation that typify the employee lifecycle.

Learners will also cover contemporary issues that really highlight the dynamics of HR practice, such as the emergence of the gig economy and increasing insecurity of some jobs, hybrid and flexible working, issues of inclusion, diversity, wellbeing, employee engagement, voice, and dignity at work.

Evidence-Based Strategies for Learning and Development
This module introduces learners to the English legal system and to contract law. It unravels civil and criminal law; the court system; the essentials of a binding contract; contract terms; vitiating factors affecting contracts; ways in which a contract can be discharged; remedies for breach of contract.

A key approach to learning in an organisation is the development of appropriate cultures and environments that support and facilitate individual, team, and organisational learning, and encourage continuous professional development.

In this module apprentices will develop the knowledge and skills required to design, deliver and evaluate learning and development strategies and interventions. They will critically explore the role and influence of a range of contextual factors that influence learning provision.

The Learning Practioner 2
This module is a continuation of ‘The Learning Practitioner I’. It seeks to deepen and enhance both academic and professional development skills and behaviours.

It provides an opportunity to focus on specific areas of practice:

• human resourcing (HR)
• organisational development (OD)
• learning and development (L&D).

It also provides an opportunity to bring together evidence-based practice to-date, including policy development, organisational data and examples of applied learning.

Ethical and Data-Driven Decision Making
This module critically explores the different decision-making models and the types of decisions that HR professionals make. There is an emphasis on fair and ethical decision making, drawing on statistical and financial/accounting information that is useful for HR professionals.

HR related decisions have an impact on an organisation’s financial performance. Moreover, it is important that HR practitioners have the financial knowledge and skills to contribute to organisational decision-making, and to make business cases for resources when needed.

Organisational Design and Development: Positive Change and Sustainable Practice
Senior people professionals can play a strategic role in organisational design and development. This can be through initiating and leading a planned approach to change, supporting leaders and peers in facilitating change, as well as monitoring and evaluating outcomes.

This module will enhance apprentices’ awareness of organisational challenges so they are better placed to influence and shape organisational design, development and change initiatives. They will learn about industry trends and external factors in the organisational environment, as well as organisational behaviour and change management.

Business Research in Practice
This module enhances learners?research and inquiry skills that underpin both academic study/research and work-based projects.

It explores how evidence-based practice and interventions add value to the learner’s organisation, and how insights from research can be used to make relevant and informed business decisions.

The module will:

• develop skills and competencies in gathering and critically analysing information and data
• cover how to interpret and evaluate complex concepts, ideas and problems
• cover how to present findings.

It will also look at options for improved practice/solutions, which covers:

• selecting a topic
• developing research questions
• research methodologies
• methods and ways to gather, analyse and present data
• developing conclusions, recommendations, and action plans.