Accountable for a department, not just a team
An apprenticeship is a real, paid job. The apprentice works for an employer and trains with us at the same time, and comes out with a nationally recognised qualification and the experience to go with it.
The short answer
The entry requirement for this apprenticeship will be decided by each employer but may typically be five GCSEs at Grade C or higher. Apprentices without level 2 English and Maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the end-point assessment
The employer sets the real bar, so treat this as a guide. If somebody is close but not quite there, it is still worth the conversation.
Area, department, general, operations, regional and specialist managers. Private, public or third sector, any size of organisation.
Leadership and management alongside teams and senior managers, making sure teams fulfil their roles and meet organisational goals.
Covers operational plans, leadership and management duties, organisational goals
Resource management, managing change and talent management: the three that decide whether a department copes with a difficult year.
Covers resource management, managing change, talent management
Data analysis and stakeholder management, so decisions are argued with evidence and landed with the people they affect.
Covers data analysis, stakeholder management
Named explicitly in the standard, rather than treated as an afterthought once the operational problem is solved.
Covers delivering sustainable solutions
Every apprenticeship ends with an independent assessment of the knowledge, skills and behaviours learned on the programme, carried out by an organisation with no connection to us or to the employer. Everything before it exists to get the apprentice ready for it.
Work launched in class and completed in the job, building the evidence the assessor will look at.
The employer, the apprentice and the tutor. Half an hour. Progress, targets, and anything getting in the way.
Marked by a tutor who is not theirs, so the feedback is honest and the real thing holds no surprises.
Most of our apprentices carry on, usually with the same employer and usually into a wider role. Which route is right depends on the job being done, so it is worth a conversation rather than a guess.
Not sure what comes after this one? Tell us the role and we'll tell you honestly which of our apprenticeships, higher apprenticeships or university-level courses fits next.
It takes two, an employer and an apprentice. Pick your side.
Recruiting, or formalising the training of someone already in post? Start with a conversation. We'll check the role, sort the funding, and get them enrolled.
Speak to us today 0800 358 7575
Or advertise a vacancy through us and we'll handle the recruitment.
An apprenticeship is a job, so an employer has to take you on before you can start. Already employed in this kind of role? Your manager can put you forward directly.
No vacancy that suits? Register your interest and we'll tell you when one comes up.
