Review of CILIP's Employer Partner Scheme presentated as part of discussions of Member Resolution 3 at the CILIP AGM

1. Member Resolution (Resolution 3)
Presented by: Luke Fowler

2. Overview of the Employer Partner Scheme
The Employer Partner Scheme was introduced in 2018 to replace the existing Organisational Membership Scheme.
It was developed in response to the demand from members in the 2016 Securing the Future consultation to find
better, more meaningful ways to encourage employers to recognise and value the skills of librarians and
information professionals.
The ‘Partnership’ model was drawn from the BCS (‘Corporate Partner’) and CIPD (‘People Development Partner’) –
both of which are organisational membership schemes with similar benefits to CILIP’s. We have not yet found an
equivalent scheme in any professional association where the whole membership would vote on applicant
organisations.

3. Benefits for Employer Partners
Employer Partnership is designed as an investment in the staff:
• Leaders network membership
• Individual membership
• Discounts on CILIP's training and events
• Free access to our programme of webinars
• Priority invitation for our annual Employers Forum
• Dedicated account management
• Membership collateral
• Discounted additional individual membership bundles
• Discounts on Facet publications
• Status and badging
• Annual certificate
• Listing and access to our Employer Partner Directory
• Access to our complimentary framework which for workforce planning and staff development
• Access to CILIP's learning platforms via individual members
• Sector insight through our industry leading magazine and regular newsletter/updates
• Discounted meeting room bookings at CILIP HQ

4. Benefits for CILIP membership
The Employer Partner Scheme has already delivered significant benefits for CILIP members:
• Access to free advice, sector insight and expertise from employers
• A more structured way of working together – making the relationship manageable & standardised
• Enhanced support for the development & rollout of LAIS Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
• Stronger engagement by employers with CPD and professional registration
• Better engagement and dialogue with employers through times of change & restructure
• Improved throughput of jobs and opportunities for Information Professional Jobs
• Regular source of content, news, editorial and analysis for Information Professional
• Enhanced intelligence in new sectors (eg. Knowledge and Information Management)