Investors in People

What is Investors in People?

Investors in People (IiP) is an internationally recognised Standard concerned with achieving best practice in the management and development of people to achieve organisational goals, together with a framework for ongoing evaluation and improvement.

“The IIP Standard is available in over 70 countries and for over 10 years in Australia. Since its launch in the UK, it has become the UK’s premier business improvement tool because it is proven to deliver performance enhancements through people even in times of change... It is now used successfully by over 50,000 organisations worldwide and in 23 different languages.”

In 2010 IiP introduced a new approach to the Standard with three higher levels of recognition now possible to celebrate the achievements of high performing organisations. All organisations still need to meet the 39 set evidence requirements (ER’s) in the Standard to become recognised as Investors in People.  However organisations can achieve Bronze (65 ER’s), Silver (115 ER’s) or Gold (165 ER’s) status by meeting the additional evidence requirements from across the framework.

Why do we go for accreditation?

The Library makes a considerable investment in the training and development of its staff.  IiP provides a robust internationally recognised standard that allows Library management to gauge the extent to which the investment in staff has been successful, and help identify opportunities for improvement.

Library achievements under the standard

• 2000 – first library in Australia to be awarded the IiP Standard
• 2003 – IiP Silver Award for State/Local Government category
• 2005 – Gold Award in the category Best IiP Government Agency or Institution.
• 2010 – first organisation in Australia to receive Silver level of accreditation under new Standard