This free diversity professional certificate awards your designation to someone who passed your diversity and inclusion certification program. It's designed for councils, associations, and certification boards that assess candidates, grant a designation, and require renewal through continuing education.

An orange crosshatch border runs around the page, and a wide orange band across the top carries your logo, board name, and a silver seal. Below it, a warm white body holds a bold serif title, the recipient's name in italics, and a statement of what the holder achieved. Four boxes with orange top rules show the issue date, valid-through date, designation, and credential ID.

The sample prints a placeholder designation and acronym. Replace them with your own program's designation in the title, statement, Designation box, and seal before you issue.

After each exam window, import passing candidates from a spreadsheet and issue every certificate in one run. Each holder gets a credential page with a verification link on every plan. On the Professional and Advanced plans, you can set the valid-through date as an expiry date and add the QR code.

What is a diversity professional certification?

A diversity professional certification is a designation an association or board grants after a candidate meets its requirements, often an exam, a period of professional practice, and an ethics commitment. Unlike a course certificate, it usually lasts for a set term and must be renewed through continuing professional education.

The certificate records that your body granted the designation and when it lapses. It doesn't license anyone to practise, and its standing depends on your organization's own requirements.

This template is laid out on A4 landscape (29.7 x 21 cm). Sign up for a free Certifier account to add your designation and start issuing.

What should a diversity professional certification include?

A designation certificate should show who granted it, what it entitles the holder to, and when it needs renewing.

Static fields

• Board block: Logo, organization, and board name (e.g., Council for Inclusive Practice, Professional Certification Board).
• Certificate title: Your designation's full name. Replace the sample title with your own.
• Achievement statement: What the holder met (e.g., the examination, professional-practice, and ethics requirements of the certification program) and the renewal condition.
• Seal: A silver seal with your designation and year.
• Signature and role areas: Two signature lines (e.g., Certification Director and Chair, Board of Directors).

Dynamic fields (automatically populated by Certifier)

• Recipient name: The holder's full name (e.g., Christopher Adebayo-Martins).
• Designation: The acronym or name the holder may use. Enter your own program's designation.
• Date issued: (e.g., 30 Sep 2026).
• Valid through (Professional and Advanced): The expiry date (e.g., 30 Sep 2029).

Edit the Designation box, the seal, or any other field in Certifier's design builder.

How to issue diversity professional certifications

1. Add your designation: Replace the sample designation in the title, statement, Designation box, and seal with your own, then upload your board's signatures.
2. Import passing candidates: Upload a spreadsheet of candidates who met your requirements in this window.
3. Set the term and issue: Add an expiry date for the renewal cycle (Professional and Advanced). Certifier emails each holder their certificate and credential page.
4. Track renewals: Filter the Credential Repository by group or template to see whose designation lapses next, then issue a new certificate once they renew.

Available diversity professional certificate template formats

Edit and issue online with Certifier 

Edit the design in your browser and issue each exam window's results from one list.

Download in Microsoft Word 

Enter your email to receive a ZIP with editable Word files.

PDF document export 

Holders download a print-ready PDF from their credential page.

Who issues diversity professional certifications?

Councils and professional associations 

These bodies set the standard for DEI practitioners and grant a designation to members who meet it.

Certification boards 

Boards run the exam and ethics review and manage renewals on a fixed cycle.

Continuing-education providers 

Holders need courses to renew, and these providers can issue CEU certificates for each one.