CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management

Overview of course

Are you looking to develop your skills in Human Resources and People Management?  The CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management is the perfect qualification for existing HR professionals keen to develop their skills and drive change within their organsations, helping you focus on what matters most to you.

West Suffolk College is offering this qualification via means of bi-monthly online taught lessons covering the Units within the qualification and tutor support.

The qualification is made up of three core units, 3 specialist units and the choice of one optional units and they are as follows:

Core units: 

• Organisational performance and culture in practice - This unit examines the connections between organisational structure and the wider world of work in a commercial context. It highlights the factors and trends, including the digital environment, that impact on business strategy and workforce planning, recognising the influence of culture, employee wellbeing and behaviour in delivering change and organisational performance.
• Evidence-based practice - This unit addresses the significance of capturing robust quantitative and qualitative evidence to inform meaningful insight to influence critical thinking. It focuses on analysing evidence through an ethical lens to improve decision-making and how measuring the impact of people practice is essential in creating value.
• Professional behaviours and valuing people - This unit focuses on how applying core professional behaviours such as ethical practice, courage and inclusivity can build positive working relationships and support employee voice and wellbeing. It considers how developing and mastering new professional behaviours and practice can impact performance.

Specialist units: 

• Employment relationship management - This unit examines the key approaches, practices and tools to manage and enhance the employee relationship to create better working lives and the significant impact this can have on organisational performance

• Talent management and workforce planning - This unit focuses on the impact of effective workforce planning in considering the development of diverse talent pools and how to contract and onboard the workforce. It also includes analysis of the potential cost to the organisation if this is poorly managed and the tools and interventions required to mitigate this risk

• Reward for performance and contribution - This unit focuses on how internal and external business factors influence reward strategies and policies, the financial drivers of the organisation and the impact of reward costs. It considers the importance of the role of people practice in supporting managers to make robust and professional reward judgements and the impact of rewarding performance

Optional units:

• Specialist employment law
• Diversity and inclusion
• Leadership and management development

Entry requirements

Working within HR focused job role.

Qualifications

CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management

Further course detail

Our tutor has over 30 years of HR Director level experience within multi-site organisations with varied workforces including the retail and ecommerce sectors together with CIPD and Law degree.

Learners will receive:

• Bi-Monthly online interactive tutor led sessions (2 per unit)
• Self study learning materials for each unit to study at your own pace
• Ongoing tutorial support via a dedicated inbox, phone and online meetings
• Assessment will be via written assignments for each unit.

Start dates throughout the year

Taught sessions dates for our next cohort's mandatory sessions are:

Organisational performance and culture in practice

Thursday 16 April 2026

Thursday 23 April 2026

Evidence-based practice

Thursday 4 June 2026

Thursday 18 June 2026

Employment relationship management

Thursday 23 July 2026

Thursday 30 July 2026

Talent management and workforce planning

Thursday 10 September 2026

Thursday 24 September 2026

Reward for performance and contribution

Thursday 29 October 2026

Thursday 5 November 2026

Professional behaviours and valuing people

Thursday 4 March 2027

Thursday 11 March 2027

Will I have to provide anything?

Students will need to be a member of CIPD for the duration of the course. Follow this link for further information including membership fee CIPD Student Membership | CIPD

When you complete an Associate Diploma or Advanced Diploma, you'll become a CIPD Associate Member, and you can use the designation Assoc CIPD.

I'm interested. What should I do now?

For further details please contact us on 01284 716246 or email training@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk

To book, please complete the booking form below and please state the date and venue of the training you wish to attend:

Commercial Training Enrolment Form 2025-2026

Days & times

Starting 16/04/2026
Thursday 09:00 - 16:00

Course price