Build your profile as a trusted HR partner and thought leader. Immerse yourself in the latest best practice and emerging trends shaping the future of HR management. Over six months, this part-time, advanced course will position you to grow in your career and nurture key professional relationships.
COURSE LENGTH:
COURSE STRUCTURE:
- Course Introduction
- Workforce Planning
- Talent Acquisition - Candidate Attraction & Experience
- Talent Acquisition - Competency & Skills Selection
- Talent Acquisition - Pre-Employment Checks, Offer Management & Candidate Feedback
- Employment Contracts
- New Joiner Experience & Remote Onboarding
- Probation Management
- High Performance Culture
- Managing Underperformance
- Strategic Reward Management - Compensation
- Strategic Reward Management - Benefits
- Talent Development
- Career & Reward Framework Design
- Recognition & Wellbeing
- Dignity at Work - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Dignity at Work - Bullying, Harassment & Sexual Misconduct
- Managing Misconduct
- Leave Management
- Sick Leave & Return to Work Management
- Organisational Design & Change Management
- Redundancy Consultation, Communication & Outplacement
- Learning & Development Programme Design
- Course Summary
STUDY OPTIONS:
Part Time
1 x 3 hour live online evening class per week over 24 weeks
SUMMARY:
This interactive course promotes the active participation of learners with ample opportunities for breakout groups and open discussions. Looking ahead at what’s coming next for HR, you will dive into best practice, case law developments, compliance and regulation, and the opportunities offered by technology.
Focusing on driving performance, adding value and competitive advantage, and developing employer brands, you will cover typical HR topics such as talent acquisition, onboarding, workplace culture, wellbeing, diversity, and succession planning. By exchanging knowledge with your peers, you will gain transferable skills that will help you go for promotion or move into other sectors.
This course will help you develop pragmatic approaches to creating HR solutions. You will understand how global HR research, key trends, and tech solutions are used to deliver a cutting-edge HR service, as well as how to drive performance within the HR function and across the organisation in a way that enhances competitive advantage and employee retention.
Learners taking part in this course will now have access to the EBSCO Online Library, free of charge, for the full duration of the course. Here you can browse thousands of relevant journal articles and other reliable academic and commercial texts like the Harvard Business Review, Bloomberg Business week and Forbes Magazine, to supplement your learning and assignments.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:
This course is ideal for someone looking to gain a competitive edge when going for a promotion or new job. A Specialist Academy Diploma on your CV will show you have up-to-date, relevant expertise that will bring instant value to an employer. Because the course structure promotes knowledge-sharing between peers in similar or different industries, you will also gain skills that are transferable between roles internally or when moving to different organisations or sectors.
ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION
This course is assessed through a learning log, which is completed weekly, and a 5,000-word essay on a course topic of your choice. The learning log (5,500 words in total) represents 40% of your final assessment and the written assignment represents 60%. You will have two weeks following the end of the course to submit the assignment.
Your UCD Professional Academy Diploma will be issued electronically on a secure platform, with a link that you can share with employers and others wishing to verify your credentials. You’ll also be able to add the certification to your LinkedIn profile to demonstrate your achievement to your network as well as recruiters and potential employers searching for individuals with your skills and experience.
This course is not on the National Framework of Qualifications.
LEARNER PROFILE:
You must have already completed a foundation level course in HR (either theoretical or practical) or have previous experience working within an HR function to take this course. The course content focuses on best practice, key trends, and emerging themes while the structure encourages discussion and the exchange of ideas, enabling students to learn from their peers as well as from the lecturer. This course may also be of interest to experienced line managers or company owners.
