HR Consultant Partner

Version 1.2 – TQUK Level 5 End-Point Assessment for ST0238 HR Consultant Partner (610/1000/5)

Funding: £7,000

Duration: 36 months

Level: 5

Number: ST0238

LARS Number: 190

Version: 1.2

This page describes the latest version of the HR Consultant Partner standard (version 1.2), which came into force in March 2023. This version revised the standard as part of a wider revision process. Version 1.1 is still in use for apprentices who started between 5th July 2019 and 6th March 2023. Version 1 has been retired. For more information, please visit the IfATE’s website.

HR Consultants are the beating heart of a business and help it build a culture that’s positive, inclusive and safe for everyone. They can work in a generalised role, where they provide support across a range of HR areas, or a specialist role, where they focus on a specific area, such as resourcing or organisational development. Whichever path they take, people in this role must be detail-oriented, have excellent communication skills, and be able to make strong recommendations about varied and sometimes unpredictable situations.

End-Point Assessment Components 

To complete their End-Point Assessment, HR Consultant Partner apprentices must achieve a pass or distinction in the following two components.

  • The consultative project is a real example of work done by the apprentice in their role that will be completed after the gateway, taking a maximum of three months. The project requires the apprentice to describe how they have applied their knowledge and HR-related skills to deliver the services required by the role as described in the standard. It should describe a situation where the apprentice has successfully worked with a customer (probably an internal one) to deliver a specific piece(s) of HR advice or provide an HR solution(s) for them. The content of the 5,000-word project should include the project objectives, the scope of the work, a description of the situation/problem/business need, the methodology used, information gathered, any conclusions and recommendations, and finally what the implementation plan was.

  • The professional discussion is conducted after the End-Point Assessor has reviewed and marked the consultative project. It focuses on the skills and behaviours specified in the apprenticeship standard, together with any knowledge and skills components that were not previously covered in the consultative project. Each of the End-Point Assessment components are weighted 50% and each have pass/distinction grading.

Why TQUK?

Assessment planning meetings for all apprentices

5 working days average turnaround for EPA results**

Assessors make contact within 5 working days

Gateway submission reviewed within 24 hours

Assessor assigned after 24 hours of acceptance

Average gateway-to-completion of 6 weeks*

*unless otherwise stipulated by the assessment plan  **current average is 2.5 working days turnaround for EPA results

Gateway Requirements

  • Level 5 Intermediate Certificate in Human Resource Management or Level 5 Intermediate Diploma in Human Resource Management

  • Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management

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