We are uniquely placed to provide a platform for senior staff to connect and share sector-specific insights at a strategic level.
We understand that keeping your team motivated and up-to-date is key to your organisations' success. Add CILIP membership to your employee benefits. We have standard and premium packages available, designed to suit your organisational needs.
Why become an Employer Partner?
You want to influence our sector
We’ll develop a workforce that meets the needs of an ever changing industry. You’ll help drive growth and sustainability and shape our work in diversity and inclusion. You’ll help us raise the profile of the profession and leverage influence to help lobby Government and sector stakeholders.
You like to connect and collaborate
We offer a framework for partnership opportunities both with us and other employer partners. We also provide networking opportunities with your peers in other organisations.
You're looking for fresh ideas
Drive service development in your organisation. Access board-level knowledge and expertise, identify new trends and developments, and share ideas, insights, experience and information through our network and Employer Forum.
You want to support your staff
Engage your staff by giving them access to information, insights, events and networking opportunities. Keep their skills up-to-date with our leading-edge resources and courses and use our specialist tools to identify development needs.
Eligibility Criteria
An organisation engaged in the provision of, or activities relating to the provision of, library, information, knowledge or data services is eligible to apply to join the Employer Partner Scheme on the proviso that it:
Is a legal entity in good standing
Shares CILIP’s mission to “put library and information skills and professional values at the heart of an equal, democratic and prosperous society”
Supports the values and ethics of the library, information and knowledge profession as set out in CILIP’s Ethical Framework.
All our Employer Partners receive:
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
UK based Standard Employer Partner: £500
Overseas & Premium Employer Partner: price on application
As experts in the skills frameworks and career pathways in the profession, CILIP has provided bespoke project support to Network Rail's knowledge, information and data competency framework.
Network Rail
Employer Premium Partners
Details of eligibility criteria and terms and conditions for Employer Partners are here. Membership of the Employer Partners Scheme does not mean that CILIP endorses or authorises all actions taken by an Employer Partner organisation