Launch your HR career with practical expertise in administration, employee lifecycle management, recruitment support, and payroll basics. CIPD-recognized qualification, fully funded.
HR Support Standard (Apprenticeship) + CIPD Level 3 Foundation Certificate + Professional Membership Pathway
Every growing business needs skilled HR professionals. CIPD-qualified HR support staff command 35% higher salaries and drive workplace culture.
HR professionals are the backbone of any growing business. This programme builds practical expertise in administration, recruitment, employee lifecycle, and CIPD-recognized qualifications.
70% of AI initiatives stall — not because the technology doesn't work, but because teams aren't coached through adoption. Leaders are the missing piece.
Your HR coordinators are closest to the work. When they understand AI, they spot opportunities, coach their teams, and turn resistance into momentum.
Leaders who understand both AI and people development don't just adopt tools — they build AI-confident teams that continuously improve. The impact multiplies.
Based on outcomes from AI-enabled leadership programmes across UK employers
Whether you're managing your first team or leading across divisions, this programme fits your role.
Master HR administration, employee lifecycle management, and support recruitment projects with CIPD qualifications.
Develop expertise in recruitment support, payroll basics, and employment law fundamentals.
Build professional HR administration skills and gain recognized CIPD credentials.
Launch your HR career with hands-on training, mentoring, and professional development.
Transition into HR with structured support, practical skills, and industry-recognized qualifications.
Develop expertise in employee wellbeing, engagement, and relations management.
Recognised qualifications you own forever, across any organisation.
HR fundamentals, administration, recruitment, employee lifecycle, and CIPD standards woven throughout. 12 intensive modules across 14 months.
The difference: Every phase interweaves HR administration with people management principles. When you learn recruitment processes, you also learn employment law. When you manage employee lifecycle, you're developing your professional expertise. HR from month one — not bolted on at the end.
Project, Presentation, Professional Discussion & EPA
Independent assessment by 1st for Awarding. Graded Pass or Distinction across applied knowledge, skills, and communication.
Why invest £4,500 in one apprentice? Because the returns compound across your whole team.
| Feature | Typical AI Provider | AI for People Leaders (TESS) |
|---|---|---|
| Leadership Qualification | ✗ None included | ✓ CMI Level 3 Management & Leadership |
| Total Qualifications | ✗ 0–1 | ✓ 4 (CMI + NCFE Data + Prompt Mastery + Microsoft) |
| People & Coaching Focus | ✗ Tech-focused, not people-focused | ✓ Leadership styles, communication, developing individuals, change management |
| Data Skills | Varies — often theoretical | ✓ NCFE Level 3 Certificate in Data |
| Copilot & Prompt Engineering | ✗ Rarely included | ✓ NCFE Prompt Mastery + Microsoft AB-730 |
| Coaching Frameworks | ✗ Not included | ✓ GROW, OSKAR, psychological safety |
| Levy Funding | £4,500 | £4,500 — same funding, far more value |
| Designed For | Generic / technical roles | ✓ People leaders managing teams |
Only ST1512 combining AI + CMI + Microsoft
Designed for people managers, not generic learners
3x tool adoption with AI-literate leaders
CMI L3 leadership modules woven throughout AI content — not tacked on at the end. You learn communication and leadership styles first, then develop people and manage change alongside the tools.
Other providers deliver AI training. None bundle the CMI leadership qualification + Microsoft credential + NCFE data cert. TESS does.
Move jobs, move countries, move sectors — these qualifications travel with them. They're your investment in people, not your company.
Other providers teach AI. TESS teaches leaders how to help teams adopt AI. That's why adoption succeeds, staff stay, and ROI compounds.
Qualifications delivered and assessed by the industry's leading bodies.
Your apprentice demonstrates competence in their workplace role through a rigorous, independent assessment.
Apprentice completes a workplace AI & automation project demonstrating applied knowledge, skills, and real business impact.
Structured discussion with an independent assessor exploring the apprentice's competence across all assessment outcomes.
Apprentice presents their project outcomes, demonstrating communication, stakeholder engagement, and strategic thinking.
Independently assessed by 1st for Awarding (EPAO) across applied knowledge, applied skills, regulatory awareness, and communication.
Workplace project scoped. TESS guides preparation, evidence gathering begins.
Apprentice completes AI project in their workplace. Portfolio of evidence compiled.
Project assessed, presentation delivered, professional discussion with independent assessor.
Graded Pass or Distinction. All qualifications awarded. Apprenticeship complete.
Everything you need to know about the programme.
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