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Further education is fundamentally a service industry and, as such, people are the core of any successful college.

Understanding your personnel and maintaining good employee relations is a key management skill and vital to the success of all providers. In addition to the training and CPD activities outlined here, we also offer a range of HR professional support ranging from Investors in People mock assessments to impartial investigations. For more information, please contact us on 01480 468198

Training for HR professionals:

Mediation training
UPE & restructures
Safeguarding and safer recruitment for HR
Dealing with difficult managers
Coaching staff to improve
Disability law & HR
Equality & diversity for HR – all you need to know

CPD for HR professionals:

ACER’s HR & Staff Development Networks - free to members
Annual HR & staff development conference (subsidised costs for members)
Network information exchange (free to members)

We also offer essential HR, people and performance management skills training to develop human resource understanding across your wider leadership team. Topics we cover include:

Introduction to HR and employment law
Interviewing skills
Conflict resolution
Investigation skills
Disciplinary hearings
Performance appraisals
Bringing your HR policies to life
Absence management

ACER adopts a positive HR model by working with managers and staff to bring about culture change, which is designed to complement your individual organisation. We can assist with all aspects of HR, and work with your management team to provide the best possible experience for all staff, whilst meeting business objectives.

Our expertise in HR is not only limited to training and support, we also offer a shared HR service for member organisations. Our strategic HR service is very much involved with your business and ensuring that the people and culture develop over the long-term to meet your changing business needs.

We offer a personalised service built on our understanding of your college using practical solutions to HR issues to help achieve your business aims.

In addition to professional development services, we also offer member shared services for HR departments including Regional Recruitment