Professional Membership Categories
HR PRACTITIONER
Member level - MHRINZ
Applications are assessed on the following criteria:
- a proven level of attainment in each of HRINZ's HR Competencies;
- length of time in an HR role at Advisory or Mastery level;
- relevant tertiary or postgraduate HRM qualifications.
Membership may be as an HR generalist or specialist according to the following criteria:
Generalist
Applicants are expected to have attained:
- Advisory level in all five HR competencies; or
- Mastery level in one competency together with Advisory level in three other HRINZ HR Competencies that must include HR Delivery, Personal Credibility and Strategic Contribution.
The length of experience at Advisory level must include:
- HR Delivery competency - a minimum of five years; and
- Strategic Contribution competency - a minimum of three years.
Applicants are also expected to hold a tertiary qualification in HRM, either as a HRM related major or postgraduate Diploma in HRM from a recognised tertiary provider.
Specialist
Applicants are expected to have attained:
- Mastery level in one of the following specialist areas of the HR Delivery competency*:
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Recruitment and Staffing
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Development, Training and Learning
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Employment Relations
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Remuneration
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Health and Safety
- Advisory level in the Personal Credibility and Business Knowledge competencies;
- A tertiary qualification that covers the specialist area of expertise*.
*A minimum of seven and a half years experience must have been spent at Mastery level in the specialist area of the HR Delivery competency. If an applicant does not hold a relevant tertiary qualification, then an additional three years experience is required.
Associate Fellow level - AFHRINZ
To be eligible for Associate Fellow status, HR practitioners must be professional members who are recognised and nominated by their Branch peers as having been actively involved as an influential leader in the HR community.
Fellow level - FHRINZ
To be eligible for Fellowship status, HR practitioners must be professional members who are nominated by their Branch and satisfy the Board of their high standard of personal integrity and professional competence, and have made an outstanding contribution to the field of Human Resource Management.
ACADEMIC
Member level - MHRINZ
Applications are assessed on the following criteria to indicate their level of academic achievement in teaching and research in an area relevant to Human Resource Management:
- Must hold at least a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management or a related field
- Must have taught Human Resource Management related courses in a tertiary environment for at least 5 years, with effectiveness evidenced by teaching quality assessments of an appropriate kind (typically a mix of peer and student reviews), and/or have spent some years in Human Resources Management at a very senior level.
Associate Fellow level - AFHRINZ
To be eligible for Associate Fellow status, applicants must meet the below criteria, be or have been actively involved in the academic environment and achieved a significant reputation in a field relating to Human Resource Management as a teacher and/or researcher.
Nominees eligible for this level of membership will:
- hold a PhD
- have taught Human Resource Management courses at an effective level in a tertiary environment for at least 7 years, with effectiveness evidenced by teaching quality assessments of an appropriate kind (typically a mix of peer and student reviews)
- and have contributed to the field of Human Resource Management knowledge through a significant body of relevant and refereed publication and/or through a widely-adopted Human Resource Management textbook
or will
- hold a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management or a related field
- have taught Human Resource Management related courses at an effective level in a tertiary environment for a minimum of 7 years, with effectiveness evidenced by quality assessments of an appropriate kind (typically a mix of peer and student reviews)
- and can produce evidence to show that their role as a teacher and/or manager in Human Resource Management education is
(a) appropriately grounded in theory and research, and
(b) has made a significant impact on the professional development of HR specialists.
Fellow level - FHRINZ
To be eligible for Fellow status professional members must meet the below criteria and satisfy the HRINZ Board of a high standard of personal integrity, professional competence and/or academic standing within the tertiary environment; and have made an outstanding contribution to the field of Human Resource Management.
Nominations for the conferring of Fellowship will normally come from the Academic Grading Panel to whom nominations may be submitted from those already at the level of Fellow.
Fellowship at the academic level will be on the recommendation of the Academic Branch to the Board.
Nominees eligible to this level of membership will:
(a) Have a distinguished international record in Human Resource Management research evidenced by:
- a substantial level of high-quality and relevant publication in academic journals and/or in books
- and a high level of international peer esteem (through a high level of citation, major participation in editorial boards, or other forms of international academic recognition)
OR
(b) Have a distinguished record in Human Resource Management education evidenced by:
- a major impact on programme or curriculum design in Human Resource Management in their own institution or across institutions
- and a widely attested reputation for enhancing the links between Human Resource Management education and professional practice in Human Resource Management through the relevance and quality of their educational contributions.