Connect with our team in Scotland
Join us in championing better work and working lives with our 6,000 members across Scotland
Join us in championing better work and working lives with our 6,000 members across Scotland
Representing the CIPD in Scotland, we’re here to help you get the most from your membership by connecting you with other people professionals through our networks, events and local opportunities.
We collaborate closely with people professionals, employers, HR leaders, CIPD members, and policymakers to shape a better world of work—right here in Scotland. By gathering regional insight and championing local priorities, we help make work better for everyone. We’d love to hear from you.
Gordon plays a key role in connecting with members and organisations to strengthen relationships and build a vibrant professional community. He leads on engagement activity across the region, including running networks such as the Senior People Professionals Network and the Independent Consultants Network—providing opportunities for members to share insight, support one another, and stay connected to the wider people profession.
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Vivien’s passion is unlocking the true potential of individuals and the companies that they work for, which is why she loves her role as Senior Employer Solutions Manager for the CIPD in Scotland and Northern England.
Working directly with organisations, Vivien partners with clients to build the capability, impact and credibility of their HR and people functions in order to deliver business outcomes.
Having held multiple senior roles specialising in people development and organisational change, Vivien brings her extensive experience, expertise and energy to this role.
Whether it's establishing what good looks like, assessing current capabilities, providing industry-leading people development programmes, professionalising the people function, or becoming organisationally recognised as a CIPD People Development Partner, Vivien is the person to speak to.
The HR Leaders Network is a space for the most senior people professionals in Scotland. It is designed for those in board-level or executive roles with organisation-wide responsibility for people strategy – such as HR Directors, People Directors, Chief HR Officers, and Chief People Officers.
The network brings together strategic leaders shaping policy, driving transformation, and leading organisational culture across complex landscapes. It offers a trusted space for peer learning, insight-sharing, and relationship-building, while also feeding into CIPD’s research and policy agenda to influence the profession nationally.
By joining, you’ll connect with peers facing similar high-level challenges, share strategic insights, and help shape the future of the people profession – while raising your profile across the CIPD community.
For CIPD members at Chartered Member level or above, this network is for those with strategic responsibility for people and organisational policy in Scotland.
It provides a trusted space to share insights, reflect on challenges, and strengthen leadership resilience. Members join an active online community on Mighty and benefit from a year-round programme of Scottish and national events, both in person and online.
Typical roles include Head of HR, Senior HR Business Partner, or People Lead – often reporting to the board or executive level and shaping people strategy and organisational culture.
By joining, you’ll connect with peers in similar roles, gain fresh perspectives, and contribute to CIPD’s research and policy agenda – helping shape the future of the people profession.
Our People Consultants Network is a dedicated space for CIPD members working independently or within consultancy firms, supporting a variety of client organisations.
Designed for people professionals who aren’t embedded in a single employer, this network brings together consultants delivering strategic or operational expertise across multiple clients. Whether you specialise in OD&D, EDI, reward, wellbeing, employee relations or other areas, this is your community to connect, collaborate and share insight.
Members benefit from opportunities to exchange experiences, explore client challenges, and build trusted professional relationships nationally. The network also provides a platform to contribute to CIPD’s research and policy work, ensuring the voice of consultants helps shape the future of the profession.
If your work supports organisations on a flexible, project-based or advisory basis, joining this network gives you access to a vibrant professional community where you can grow your impact and strengthen the role of consultancy within the wider people profession.
This national community is for CIPD members with a passion for organisation development & design (OD&D), bringing together HR professionals and specialists at every stage of their career.
It provides a dedicated space to connect with peers across the UK, share insights, and explore solutions to common OD&D challenges. Whether you work internally or in a consultancy role, the network is for those who influence how organisations develop, adapt, and thrive in a changing world.
Members gain access to a trusted network where best practice is shared, emerging trends are discussed, and the evolving nature of OD&D is explored. There are also opportunities to contribute to CIPD research and policy development, ensuring members play a part in shaping the future of practice across the profession.
These CIPD networks bring together members based in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to ensure the unique needs and priorities of each nation are reflected in national and regional decision-making.
The networks provide a trusted space for people professionals to share insights, contribute expertise, and shape public policy. Members work together to address regional challenges, champion inclusive and fair work practices, and advocate for quality jobs across all sectors.
Through these forums, members can:
Inform CIPD’s policy work with lived experience and professional insight
Contribute to Government and Executive consultations on key work-related issues
Influence debates on labour markets, flexible working, wellbeing, inclusion, youth employment, pay and reward, and more
Help develop practical guidance and policy recommendations for employers and policymakers
Connect with elected politicians, civil servants, and senior policy stakeholders
Each forum is supported by CIPD’s public policy team, ensuring members’ voices influence both national priorities and wider UK-level discussions.
Joining offers the chance to shape the future of work in your nation, access tailored research and insights, collaborate with peers in a confidential space, and represent the voice of the people profession at the highest levels.
Gordan, Gina and Vivien had the chance to attend the HR Network Magazine leaders’ dinner and conference this month. The team hosted a table of senior CIPD members at the dinner, offering a great opportunity to discuss key priorities for people professionals across Scotland. They also had the chance exhibit at the conference, where the CIPD stand allowed them to reconnect with many of our fantastic people professionals.
The team in Scotland recently attended the CIPD Branch in West of Scotland annual Career Empowerment event, for students and early-career members. Gordon spoke alongside co-chair, Michael Youd, committee member Dr Silvio Hoffman, and Melissa Curtis on topics such as networking skills, the importance of reflective practice, and the skills employers are really looking for in early careers.
An incredible day of inspiration, connection, and learning. With over 600 people professionals in attendance, the event featured thought-provoking sessions from start to finish — from an impactful opening keynote by Colin MacLachlan to a powerful closing from Fern Brady. Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the day such a success!
Dedicated analysis of job quality and its impact on organisations and working lives in Scotland
With elections due for both the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments in 2026, Fraser Welsh examines the key areas the CIPD will be engaging on in both nations to help influence policy affecting the world of work
CIPD branches are local, welcoming communities of HR, L&D and other people professionals. They form part of a UK-wide network that supports and connects our profession. Open to all members, non-members and students – each branch offers the activities we need to thrive: learning events, thought leadership, practical insights and peer support.
Find your nearest branch, explore what’s happening in your area, and discover how you can get involved in our vibrant regional network.