Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Human Resource Management
Course Overview
The Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Human Resource Management at LSCAHM is a UK Level 5 senior-track qualification of 12 to 15 months across on-campus, online and distance routes. The course develops HR business-partner practice for hospitality settings, aligned with Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality and Chartered Management Institute standards for workforce leadership.
By graduation, students can work as an HR business partner in a hotel or restaurant group: leading recruitment strategy, coaching managers through casework, designing training programmes and reporting workforce KPIs to general managers, area directors and owner groups.
Key Features
- UK Level 5 Advanced Diploma with confirmed Bachelor top-up credit transfer
- Curriculum aligned with Institute of Hospitality and CMI workforce standards
- Recruitment strategy, employer-brand and talent-pipeline workshops
- Casework, disciplinary and grievance investigation exercises
- UK employment law and hospitality-specific pay structure workshops
- Live sponsor briefs with hospitality HR teams
What You Will Learn
- Lead recruitment strategy across seasonal, permanent and event workforces
- Coach line managers through disciplinary, grievance and probation casework
- Design employer-brand and talent-pipeline programmes
- Interpret UK employment law, TUPE, tronc and minimum-wage rules at senior level
- Manage learning-and-development programmes across brigade and floor
- Handle multi-cultural workforce and inclusion strategies
- Support workforce planning across seasonal peaks and event periods
- Report HR KPIs to general managers and area directors
Who This Course Is For
- Hospitality HR coordinators moving into business-partner roles
- HR generalists specialising into hospitality settings
- Duty and operations managers taking on HR responsibilities
- Career changers with HR backgrounds entering hospitality
- International applicants specialising in UK hospitality workforce practice
Career Pathways
- Hospitality HR Business Partner
- HR Manager (Hotel / Restaurant Group)
- Talent Acquisition Manager (Hospitality)
- Hospitality Talent Development Lead
- L&D Manager (Hospitality)
- Group HR Coordinator
- Regional HR Support
The LSCAHM careers service maintains introductions with hospitality HR teams across hotel groups, restaurant collectives and event operators, and hosts an annual industry-careers day.
Entry Requirements
- A relevant Diploma (Level 4), Foundation Year, or at least two years of relevant professional experience in HR or hospitality.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C or equivalent.
- IELTS 6.0 overall (no band below 5.5) for non-native English speakers.
- One academic or professional reference.
- Applicants with an HR portfolio (recruitment campaigns, casework, L&D projects) are encouraged to include them.
Why Study at LSCAHM
The London School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts that read culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business as interlocking disciplines.
Central London places hotel groups, restaurant collectives and the Institute of Hospitality within a short tube ride of every classroom.
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