Level 7 Senior leader Apprenticeship

Overview

Many businesses face challenges such as high employee turnover, lower employee engagement, and performance bottlenecks. We believe that good management and leadership skills are vital to eradicate these issues to help your organization in navigating the uncertainties arising from competitive landscape, changing customer perceptions and technological advancements. By adopting a practical and holistic approach, our goal is to help you by equipping you with the most up to date and impactful skills that will enable you to deliver excellent results. Our program is delivered by industry experts having at least 10 years of experience in key roles who would like to share their experience with you. We believe in empowering you to make your organisation more competitive so that it could create enormous value for its stakeholders.

Who this programme is for?

This well-rounded Level 7 apprenticeship programme is aimed at managers including middle, operational, regional, divisional, store, shift, department, managers as well as other specialist managers. If you would like to lead your team or department from a position of authenticity to create synergies among the subordinates for a sustainable long-term impact, outperform you KPIS, and eradicate performance bottleneck, this is the apprenticeship for you. Our aim is to help you in nurturing self-belief, sense of purpose and positivity through your leadership that would reflect in enhanced productivity and engagement in your team or department. In short, this value-centric education will have a profound impact on your career as well as your organisation and we are looking forward to seeing you on the inside.

Quick Glance

Relevant to

Individuals seeking a strong foundation in operations management and departmental leadership

Entry requirements

Requirements are assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Type

Apprenticeship

Standard

This apprenticeship follows industry-set standards, setting you up for success.

What will you learn?

CMI Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Knowledge
Skills
Behaviours
Organisational mission, culture and valuesHorizon scanning and conceptualisationCollaboration
Organisation structureInnovation and creativityAccountability
Trend analysisRisk managementCuriosity and innovativeness
Data managementBusiness continuityDiversification
Ethics and values-based leadershipCorporate Social ResponsibilityPersonal and professional development
EntrepreneurialismResilience
Financial strategiesSetting organisational budgets based on Key Performance Indicators
Financial governanceSupply chain management
Organisational/team dynamics of self Cultural inclusivity and encouraging diversity
Strategic workforce planningGoals setting and accountabilities
Brand and reputation managementMatrix management
Corporate leadershipPersonal and professional development
Crisis and risk managementRelationship Management
Coaching and mentoringEffective collaboration
Corporate Social ResponsibilityStrategic communications

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Delivery Methods

Workshops & Seminars

Online resources for self-study

One-to-One coaching session

Professional Discussion

Learning as the part of (rolling) cohort

Practical on-the-job learning

Apprenticeship (A-Z); Businesses

There must be a genuine job available with a contract of employment long enough for an apprentice to complete their apprenticeship. Employers must pay an apprentice’s wages and the role must help them gain the knowledge, skills, and behaviour they need to achieve the apprenticeship with support from the employer.

Apprenticeship is an effective and productive way to grow talent and develop a multi-talented, motivated, and skilled workforce. Following are some known facts about apprenticeships (https://www.apprenticeships.gov.uk/employers/benefits-of-hiring-apprentice#):

  • 86% of employers have said that they were able to develop skills relevant to their organisation with the help of apprenticeships.
  • 78% employers claimed that apprenticeships improved productivity in their organisations.
  • 74% of employers said apprenticeship helped them to increase the quality of their product or service.

Some other benefits include:

  • Adapt the training of an apprentice according to your business needs.
  • Highly motivated to learn new skills and grow in your company
  • Expansion and upskilling of your workforce.

The government has set-up funding bands to determine the maximum you can spend on each apprenticeship training course through your digital account and employers who do not pay the levy will pay 5% of the training cost of each apprentice they take on and remaining 95% will be paid by the government.

Example: Emma is undertaking a level 3 retail team leader apprenticeship with a non-levy employer. The government has set maximum funding bands for this apprenticeship training is £5000. The agreed training cost between employer and the training provider decided is £5000. Out of total £5000 training cost, the government will pay £4750 and the employer will pay £250.

Example: Ava is undertaking a level 3 radio network technician apprenticeship with a non-levy employer, ABC limited. The government has set maximum funding bands for this apprenticeship training is £15000. The agreed training cost between employer and the training provider decided is £15000. Out of total £15000 training cost, the government will pay £14250 and the employer will pay £750. ABC limited has used employer incentives to pay £750 which they have had received from the government for hiring an apprentice.

Apprenticeship (A-Z); Learners

It is a job with training programme where the apprentice/ employee gains the knowledge, skills and behaviour on and off a job and get paid. All apprenticeship training programmes end in achieving formal qualification.You can start an apprenticeship with your existing employer or a new employer.

Anyone with the age of 16 and over not in full-time education can apply for an apprenticeship. No prior qualification needed for apprenticeships either some of the employers might require GSCEs (A-C) in English, Math and Science.

Apprentices are entitled at-least to apprentice wage rate (£6.40) if they are either

  • Aged 16 to 18: The current National Minimum Wage rate for an apprentice is £6.40 per hour.
  • Aged 19 or over and in your first year: The current National Minimum Wage rate for an apprentice is £6.40 per hour.

Example: Emma at age 23 in the first year of her apprenticeship is entitled to a minimum hourly rate of £6.40, but from the second year she will be entitled to National minimum wage rate.

Apprentices are entitled to the minimum wage for their age if they both:

  • are aged 19 or over
  • have completed the first year of their apprenticeship

There is no upper limit for employers to pay to apprentices, employers can pay above to apprentice wage rate and National minimum wage rate.

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