CIPD Level 7 - Yr 2 Advanced Diploma in Strategic People Management

The Level 7 Advanced Diploma in Strategic People Management is designed to develop the depth and breadth of your understanding of people management practice, and will equip you with the insight, skill and confidence to operate in a strategic leadership role as a people management professional.

This qualification is suitable for individuals who:

• are experienced people practitioners:
• are working in a senior people practice role and wish to extend and deepen their skills and understanding to shape strategy, policy and people
• wish to shape people practice, creating value for a wider audience
• are currently leading and managing people and practice within organisations.

Fees

This is a two-year programme, students enrol yearly. The course fees are £2550 per person for the 2026/27 academic year. In addition, you will be required to pay an annual membership fee direct to the CIPD.

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Please note: You must remain in membership throughout all the time that you are both on the course and waiting for your certificate to be awarded.

Booking

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For more information about this course, contact our specialist team on 01254 29 25 00 or email business@blackburn.ac.uk

Module 7HR01- Strategic employment relations

This unit focuses on different perspectives of employment relations and the cooperation and conflict that varies between workplaces. You will critically evaluate different perspectives on employment relations and the cooperation and conflict that varies between workplaces, including employer strategies towards trade unions and their fitness for purpose. You will analyse how to support voice channels that will contribute to improved levels of organisational performance and employee outcomes.

Module 7HR02- Resourcing and talent management to sustain success

This unit focuses on the day-to-day practicalities and the longer-term strategic issues associated with resourcing organisations appropriately, ethically and fairly and to maximise the performance of staff and the organisation. These activities take place in a competitive context in which different employers aspire to recruit and retain the most talented and experienced people.

Module 7HR03- Strategic reward management

The unit focuses on the role of strategic reward in attracting, motivating and retaining people at work in order to direct the actions and behaviours of individuals, teams and the organisation towards the achievement of organisational goals. Different financial and non-financial benefits will be applicable depending on the organisational context, but these must always be fair and equitable. The unit contains the elements required to design, introduce, manage and evaluate effective and fair reward strategies and how the associated policies and practices link and impact on other people practices

Module 7OS01- Advanced employment law in practice

This unit focuses on the major principles that underpin employment law, the defences which are available to employers and the remedies that claimants seek when they bring their cases to court. It examines the more common issues relating to employment law which arise in organisations with a view to preparing a defence or helping to settle claims ahead of a hearing. Integral to this is the legal system, the main sources of law and the evolution of contemporary employment regulation in the UK.

This is a post-graduate level qualification designed for learners aged 21+ and although there are no formal entry requirements, it is expected that you will be already operating at, or working towards, a strategic level within HR. Ideally you will already be CIPD Level 5 qualified (or equivalent such as a HRM degree).

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Each of the 8 modules is assessed via the submission of a written assignment. There are currently no examinations at Level 7.

Please complete our enquiry form and a member of the team will get back to you.

For more information about this course, contact our specialist team on 01254 29 25 00 or email business@blackburn.ac.uk