Leadership & Management Apprenticeships
Level 3 Team Leader
What is the course about?
A team leader/supervisor is a first line management role, or a developmental role for someone who is aspiring to become a team leader or manager with operational/project responsibilities or responsibility for managing a team. Working in the private, public, or charity sector and in all sizes of organisation, specific duties will vary but the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed will be the same regardless of the specific role. Your key duties are likely to include supporting, managing and developing team members, managing projects, planning and monitoring workloads and resources, delivering operational plans, resolving problems, and building relationships internally and externally.
Key Information
Funding Band £4500
Apprenticeship Level 3
Delivered via twice monthly knowledge and workshop sessions, apprentices attend two full days per month during the academic year
Duration of practical period - 15 Months
Duration of End Point Assessment period - 3 Months
What will I learn?
The programme will cover the breadth and depth of the standard, using suggested on-programme assessment methods that integrate the required knowledge, skills, and behaviour components. Assessments are designed to ensure that you are sufficiently prepared to undertake a work-based project and move to End Point Assessment (EPA). The core knowledge, skills, and behaviours covered within the standard are:
Interpersonal excellence
Organisational performance – delivering results Personal effectiveness – managing self Leading and managing people
Building relationships Project management Finance
Operational management.
How is the apprenticeship delivered?
This apprenticeship is delivered via twice monthly knowledge and workshop sessions, apprentices attend two full days per month during the academic year. On-programme learning will require you to achieve the Institute for Leadership and Management (ILM) Level 3 Diploma for Managers, key elements within the apprenticeship are the following:
Knowledge:
The knowledge component will be delivered in a series of one-day workshops. This component can be delivered at the college or in the workplace, and will be tailored to your organisation. You will be required to complete online assignment, presentation or professional discussion to confirm your understanding of the topic.
Competence:
Our aim is to create an individual learning plan to suit both the apprentice’s and the employer's needs. The plan will include observations, assignments, professional discussions, product evidence and witness statements.
You will be required to undertake initial assessments for English and maths if you do not hold a Grade C/4 or relevant equivalent qualification. Achievement in both English and maths is required as part of the on-programme learning, to enable successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Level 5 Operations/Departmental Manager
What is the course about?
An operations/departmental manager is generally an individual who manages teams and/or projects, and has responsibility for planning, delivering, and achieving departmental goals and objectives. They are responsible for the operational and/or policy delivery of the organisation's strategy. This apprenticeship has been designed to provide access to development opportunities for a wide a range of people. This includes individuals who are at the start of their career and wish to take their first steps into professional management, as well as those who may already have developed practical experience but wish to develop their theoretical understanding of management skills.
Key Information
Funding Band £7000
Apprenticeship Level 5
Delivered via twice monthly knowledge and workshop sessions, apprentices attend two full days per month during the academic year
Duration of practical period - 24 Months
Duration of End Point Assessment period - 5 Months
What will I learn?
The apprenticeship covers the following units:
Operational management
Project management
Finance
Leading people
Managing people
Building relationships
Communication
Self-Awareness
Decision making.
How is the apprenticeship delivered?
This apprenticeship is delivered via twice monthly knowledge and workshop sessions, apprentices attend two full days per month during the academic year. On-programme learning will require you to achieve the Institute for Leadership and Management (ILM) Level 5 Diploma for Leaders & Managers, key elements within the apprenticeship end point assessment are the following:
Portfolio of evidence
Project Proposal Presentation with Questions and Answers
Professional Discussion Underpinned by Portfolio
Progress Reviews & Workplace visits
Throughout the apprenticeship there will be workplace visits known as progress reviews. Progress reviews take place at the following intervals
Right Choice Review - 4 weeks into the apprenticeship
Progress Reviews - Every 12 weeks
Its vital that a company representative/mentor is involved in all progress reviews, as the following elements will be discussed
Attendance
Behaviour
Developments towards learning aims
Development towards EPA portfolios
Signing off of EPA portfolio elements
Celebrations and concerns
Targets and actions
Pastoral support and tutorial topics
Feedback from the apprentice, employer and the college representative