The CIPD Profession Map

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The CIPD profession map (see diagram below) is made up of 2 core strategies, 10 professional areas, 8 behaviours and 4 bands (levels). Band 1 would be at the start of the HR career through to band 4 at the senior level of the Hr career. The HR profession map shows all the required behaviours to be successful in a HR Career. Core Professional Areas

• Insights, Strategies and solutions – The Hr expert needs to develop an understanding of the organisation and its context. They can then use this insight (understanding) to plan a strategy and create solutions to meet organisational needs now and in the future.
• Leading HR – a Hr Professional should act as a role model and they should lead themselves and others by example through supporting, …show more content…

A Hr professional at band one should continually look for and assess for any potential improvements. They should be able to collect and analyse data and assist in agreeing change. The hr professional can then implement the changes and review and monitor them to ensure the changes remain in place and are effective.

Organisation Development – collect information and coach managers to assess data to identify potential gaps within the organisation and with individuals. Work with managers to plan for improvement put in place a plan to ensure that the values, culture and the environment of the organisation help enhance the performance and meet organisation goals. Provide feed back and advice to support employees through organisational change and collate and analyse date to assess performance against the strategy.

Resourcing and Talent Planning – Ensure the organisation has the right talent pool of employees, create succession plans and ensure recruitment policies are up to date and free from discrimination. Support and coach managers on interviews and induction plans and exits such as redundancy. Be up to date with employment law. This enables an organisation to have the staff and the talent to meet and organisational strategy both short and long …show more content…

Collect data and develop learning plans and evaluate to ensure the training is effective

Performance and Reward – Build a high-performance, ambitious culture by delivering cost effective reward programs. Identify and analyse the organisational needs to enable a strategy to be developed. Implement the reward programs and analyse for effectiveness.

Employee Engagement – ensure emotional connection between all the staff is positive and understood and aligned with the organisation. This helps employees to be happier at work and in return more productive.

Employee Relations – The relationship between the organisation and the employee should be clear and transparent and all policies and procedures should abide by any law

Service Delivery and Information – The service from HR personnel must be managed effectively and professionally through the entire time an employee is employed within the organisation

Behaviours

Curious – Look forward and focus on what might happen in the future. Be Nosey and ask lots of questions about current issues and future development. Remain willing to consider new ideas and be free of

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