Practitioner level
TJ Certified Change Practitioner
The TJ Certified Change Practitioner credential recognises individuals who have demonstrated the knowledge, judgement and practical ability to apply The TJ Method™ to a defined organisational change — from initial diagnosis through adoption and reinforcement.
Certified by The TJ Institute in The TJ Method™.
Credential specification
The full specification is published here rather than summarised, so that a candidate can judge the commitment and an employer can verify what the credential means.
| Credential name | TJ Certified Change Practitioner |
|---|---|
| Issuing organisation | The TJ Institute |
| Intended recipient | New and developing change practitioners, project professionals and people supporting a defined organisational change. |
| Credential meaning | The holder has demonstrated the ability to apply the FORGE™ model and its associated tools to a defined organisational change. |
| Competencies | Frame, organise, ready, guide and embed change, while applying appropriate professional judgement. |
| Prerequisites | Completion of approved learning, plus any published experience or portfolio requirements. |
| Mandatory training | Approved TJ Change Practitioner learning programme, delivered by TJ Academy™, unless recognition of prior learning is formally granted. |
| Assessment | Knowledge examination, practical change simulation and assessed portfolio. |
| Pass requirement | Minimum 80% knowledge-assessment score, plus a competent result in every required practical-assessment component. |
| Evidence required | Completed work products, simulation outputs, reflective rationale, and evidence sufficient to verify the candidate’s individual contribution. |
| Validity | Three years from the certification decision. |
| Renewal | 30 hours of continuing professional development, plus evidence of current professional practice. |
| Revocation | The credential may be suspended or revoked for fraud, misrepresentation, assessment misconduct, serious breach of the professional code, or administrative error. |
| Complaints and appeals | Candidates may submit an appeal or complaint under the published TJ Certification™ policy within the specified timeframe. |
Digital credential information
The fields below are the intended content of the digital credential, laid out so they can be transferred directly to a badge platform when issuing arrangements are complete.
| Badge name | TJ Certified Change Practitioner |
|---|---|
| Issuer | The TJ Institute |
| Badge description | The TJ Certified Change Practitioner credential recognises individuals who have demonstrated the knowledge, judgement and practical ability to support organisational change from initial diagnosis through adoption and reinforcement. |
| Earning criteria | Candidates must complete the approved learning programme, pass the knowledge assessment, and demonstrate competent application of The TJ Method through a practical simulation and assessed portfolio. |
| Validity | Three years |
| Renewal | 30 hours of continuing professional development, and evidence of current change-management practice. |
| Skills demonstrated | Change diagnosis · Change-impact assessment · Stakeholder engagement · Sponsorship enablement · Change strategy · Communication and engagement · Learning and capability planning · Readiness assessment · Adoption measurement · Benefits sustainability · Professional judgement · Change governance |
| Evidence | Assessment records and certification evidence are maintained by The TJ Institute. Candidate evidence is handled in accordance with the applicable privacy and record-retention policy. |
| Badge status | Credly badge coming soon. Digital credential planned; issuing is subject to final platform arrangements. No badge is available today. |
How the assessment works
Three required stages, and a fourth used where an assessor needs to verify something the evidence alone cannot settle.
Stage 01
Knowledge examination
Tests core concepts and applied judgement. Includes scenario-based questions, not only factual recall.
Proposed pass score: 80%
Stage 02
Practical change simulation
The candidate responds to a realistic, evolving organisational change. Assesses analysis, prioritisation, decisions and practical outputs.
Every mandatory competency must receive a competent result.
Stage 03
Assessed portfolio
The candidate provides selected change-management work products. Evidence must demonstrate individual contribution, with a rationale explaining decisions and lessons learned.
What successful candidates can do
The credential asserts capability, so the competencies are written as things a holder can be asked to do.
- Clarify the purpose, scope and intended outcomes of a change
- Establish appropriate sponsorship, governance and accountabilities
- Identify affected stakeholders and material change impacts
- Assess readiness, risk and capability
- Develop an integrated change strategy and plan
- Enable sponsors, leaders and people managers
- Plan communication, engagement and learning
- Monitor readiness and respond to adoption barriers
- Measure adoption, proficiency and outcomes
- Reinforce new behaviours and support sustainable change
- Use professional judgement and adapt the approach to context
The candidate journey
Ten steps from eligibility to renewal. Steps 2 and 3 are delivered by TJ Academy™ and The Foundry™; step 7 is decided by The TJ Institute.
- Review eligibility
- Complete approved learning
- Practise in The Foundry
- Submit the application and evidence
- Complete the knowledge assessment
- Complete the practical simulation
- Receive the certification decision
- Accept the digital badge
- Maintain continuing professional development
- Renew after three years
Certification policies
Each document below will be published before the first certification decision is made. None is available yet, and none is linked until it exists — a policy link that goes nowhere is worse than an honest label.
- Certification handbook Coming soon
- Competency framework Coming soon
- Assessment guide Coming soon
- Candidate code Coming soon
- Reasonable-adjustment policy Coming soon
- Complaints and appeals policy Coming soon
- Misconduct policy Coming soon
- Badge suspension and revocation policy Coming soon
- Renewal policy Coming soon
- Privacy policy Read the policy
Register your interest
The Practitioner credential is in development. Join the waitlist and we will send you the published requirements before applications open.