WHY YOU REALLY SHOULD CONSIDER TO BE AN ACCREDITED PRACTITIONER OF AALEP

Being an AALEP Accredited GR Practitioner is a hallmark of your commitment to professional excellence. It shows that you are committed to keeping your professional skills and knowledge up-to-date and continually developing and broadening your horizons.

Do you have more than 3 years experience providing GR services?

Do you engage in regular and effective GR practice? 

Advantages of AALEP Accreditation for the GR Practitioner

• Demonstrates you are a GR professional
• Formal designation and credibility as a provider of GR services
• Shows commitment to standards and good practices in GR
• Recognition at European level that you’ve reached a level of distinction in the profession;
• Leveraging your professional affiliation
• Demonstration of your interest in and commitment to the field
• Recognition of how you uniquely and apply your range of experience, skills, knowledge, and qualifications
• Mention your accreditation on your CV and LinkedIn profile
• A greater employment aptitude within the profession
• Enhanced level of professionalism
• Distinction in the profession
• Validation of your work and achievements
• Personal pride and sentiment of accomplished duty
• Reach of a higher status compared with numerous other colleagues
• Peer networks for sharing experience, advice and answers
• Review by peers to bring improvements and address deficiencies

Advantages of Accreditation for Employer/Client

• Assurance that the individual employed/hired possesses the following qualities:

• Higher level of experience in government relations
• Higher level of education in the profession
• Up-to-date competence with practices in the profession
• Esteemed professional
• Competence in government relations
• Trustworthy and ethical individual
• Assurance that the individual employed/hired has voluntarily complied with a verification of antecedents
• Saving costs in researching candidate’s antecedents

Key Questions

1. Do you have the knowledge, skills and experience equivalent to someone who has worked full time in GR for 3 years?
2. Have you had responsibility for client liaison, need assessment and GR programme design?
3. Have you been responsible for the planning, delivery and evaluation of GR programmes?
4. Have you had responsibility for the work of other staff as part of GR programmes?
5. Are you experienced in working with a range of groups, individuals and GR programmes aims?
6. Have you led teams in a range of challenging environments in the GR field?
7. Do you use a flexible range of strategies, tactics, approaches and styles in facilitating GR services?
8. Do you regularly reflect on your experience and current GR practice?
9. Do you take an active interest in the development of GR practices within and outside your workplace?
10. Have you contributed to the wider GR field, inside and outside your workplace