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HR Fundamentals: Training and Mentorship Programme

An intensive training and mentorship programme for young professionals taking their first steps in Human Resources management, and for people who want to move into the field.

By taking part you will not only gain practical knowledge across the different areas of HR — above all, you will build an HR mindset in line with international approaches, and learn from the very first steps of your career to look at HR processes as a whole rather than from a single angle. This philosophy, designed personally by Nargiz Ibrahimova in 2015, has played an important role for years in developing many HR professionals. In the programme you can also identify the mentor who will support you throughout your career.

1. 1. Introduction to HR management: critical historical changes and modern requirements. CIPD Profession Map. Ethical standards for HR professionals. 4 hours
2. 2. Recruitment system and interviewing skills. 8 hours
3. 3. Performance management system. The performance cycle, feedback, the role of HR and line managers, reward and more. 8 hours
4. 4. Fundamentals of training and development. The ADDIE model, Gagné’s Nine Events, “brain-targeted learning” and other theories; training administration. 8 hours
5. 5. Core modules of the Labour Code — hiring, termination, leave, business travel, disciplinary action. 16 hours

The hours above are formal training hours only. Over the 2 months you will need to read and research extensively, give presentations, take tests and join additional online sessions. Formative assessment takes place every week, with a summative assessment at the end of the programme.

Participants receive individual mentor support with preparing a CV, applying for vacancies and preparing for interviews — aimed at those just starting out.

Fee

800 AZN (payable in 2 instalments)

Dates

Scheduled to suit group members’ working circumstances, with weekday and weekend groups.

Registration

Register for an information session, or send your CV to academy@nargizibrahimova.com.

Join the programme starting in October and choose Human Capital as your career path.

Talent Development Professional

This programme is designed for professionals working in training. By the end, participants will have developed the skills to design strategic, interactive training programmes and to apply them in practice.

1. Session 1. Introduction 4 hours
   • Training as a core element of HR strategy. Modern trends and challenges in business.
   • Principles of training needs analysis (strategy, competency matrix, performance results, group needs analysis).
   • The difference between training and organisational development programmes. Training components.
2. Session 2. Training programme design 4 hours
   • Adult learning principles. Theories and modern requirements (Behaviourist, Humanist, Neuro in Education, Gagné, ADDIE, 4E and others).
   • Defining a sample training topic, naming and designing the training using Big Picture Design principles. Practical task.
   • Defining the training agenda.
   • Homework on developing a training programme (mentoring, developing successors and more).
3. Session 3. Developing the training programme 4 hours
   • Discussion of the initial programme designs from the chosen homework.
   • Ensuring interactivity — energiser and icebreaker design, storytelling techniques. Practical task.
   • Review of sample training programmes.
4. Session 4. Training administration 4 hours
   • Preparing the training announcement and the requirements for PowerPoint design of presentation materials.
   • Preparing a training administration checklist. Practical task.
   • Selecting a trainer and working with vendors. Building the training plan and budget.
   • Evaluating the training.
5. Session 5. Homework presentations and certification

Certificates are awarded only to those who have fully attended the programme and presented their homework.

Fee

600 AZN

Dates

Scheduled for October to suit group members’ working circumstances, with weekday and weekend groups.

Venue

White City, Baku

Participants

Maximum of 10 participants.

Registration

For registration or more information, write to academy@nargizibrahimova.com.

Trainer

Nargiz Ibrahimova

Nargiz Ibrahimova has 20 years of combined experience at the Big Four firms providing financial and advisory services, and in training, banking, retail and oil & gas (upstream) companies. In addition, she has provided various HR consulting services in transportation, holding companies, agriculture, trading, sales, ministries and other sectors.

Her main areas of specialisation are Human Resources Management and Training. Alongside strategic HR management, setting up training academies and building corporate governance systems in the companies she has worked for, she began working as a trainer in parallel from 2015, and hundreds of people have taken part in her trainings. Since 2022 she has been included on the trainer list of Deloitte University, and until 2025 she delivered trainings in Spain and France as an internal trainer for the EMPOWER programme. Nargiz delivers trainings on train the trainer, performance management, competency-based recruitment interviewing, labour legislation, mentoring, presentation skills for HR professionals and other topics.

Nargiz graduated from the Faculty of Applied Mathematics of Baku State University in 2008. She later completed the Human Resources Management certification programme of the UK’s Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD Level 5) and became a member of CIPD. Since 2022 she has successfully completed a master’s programme in Education Management under a dual degree between George Washington University and ADPU (AZPU).