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Start date:
September 2024
You'll need:
No formal qualifications required, see entry requirements.
Duration:
2 years (full-time)
With the demand for skilled leaders growing, our Senior Leader Apprenticeship will provide you with the key skills and knowledge to add value to an organisation and help you to develop in both a personal and professional capacity.
This apprenticeship is suitable for a wide range of professionals, across different industries and sectors, including:
- Existing senior managers and leaders looking to enhance their leadership capabilities
- Mid-level managers aspiring to move into senior leadership roles.
- Professionals transitioning into senior leadership positions from different functional areas or industries
- High-potential employees identified by their organisations for leadership development
Did you know
This programme is mostly delivered online, which allows learners to fit study around their personal schedules.
You can earn while you learn - you'll be able to apply your newly acquired skills directly to your job and earn a salary.
Skills
The Senior Leader Apprenticeship will provide learners with the key skills and knowledge across different industries and sectors.
On successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will have gained key skills and knowledge in key business areas enabling you to make a positive impact in the organisation and team.
Learning
With the demand for skilled leaders growing, this apprenticeship covers a wide variety of key topics.
- Business strategy
- Marketing
- Project Management
- Managing people
- Change management
- Finance
Modules include:
- Sustainable Business Strategy
- Strategic Marketing
- Project Management
- Financial Performance Management
- Leadership and Change Management
- Managing Across Borders
- Business Research Methods (MBA only)
- Dissertation (MBA only)
Business strategy: Learners will explore different concepts and frameworks used in strategic decision-making, which can be used within organisations operating both in a domestic and international context.
Marketing: Looking at how international companies design and implement marketing strategies in a fast paced and constantly evolving digital world, learners will apply market segmentation, positioning and the marketing mix, amongst other concepts, to real life scenarios and put forward their own strategic marketing plans.
Project management: Running projects requires both an understanding of the key tools and techniques to drive projects forward, as well as the ability to manage the people involved. Students will combine theory and current research to understand the best practice for delivering a successful project.
Managing people: In recent times it has become increasingly common for employees to work from different locations across the country or even the world. Leaners will deepen their knowledge of managing people from different cultures and across borders, thereby developing techniques to add value to organisations in this key strategic area.
Change management: In order to stay competitive and thrive in any industry, organisations need to be ready to adapt their strategy and offer to appeal to their customer. Managing this change well is critical to the continued success of an organisation, and failure to do so can be devastating. Students will learn the importance of ensuring key issues including employee voices, cultural differences and skills development are addressed as part of any programme of change.
Finance: Learners will develop a critical understanding of financial tools and resources to ensure optimal performance.
Timetable
This apprenticeship will be delivered mostly online, and apprentices will be required to complete the content at a time convenient for them. There will be two days delivered face-to-face at the University’s campus in south west London each year.
Learners will also have weekly tutor meetings, monthly progress reviews and a monthly online networking event.
Career
Every organisation requires leaders to drive forward development and change.
This apprenticeship will provide essential skills, knowledge and behaviours across a wide range of business areas including marketing, change management, sustainable strategy, project management, managing a global staff network and financial performance.
This will place apprentices in a strong position to take on leadership positions in different business areas across a range of industries and sectors.
This apprenticeship aligns with the following professional recognition:
- Chartered Management Institute for Chartered Manager or Chartered Fellow individual member grade
- The Institute of Leadership for Management for Fellow member grade
- The programme offers an uplift opportunity to study for a PGDip or take an enhanced pathway leading to an MBA
Applying
If you are interested in completing this apprenticeship yourself, please speak to your employer to see if they offer an apprenticeship programme.
We would be more than happy to speak to them about setting one up, so please do ask them to get in touch with us if they don’t have something in place.
If you are an employer and would like to offer apprenticeships at your organisation, please get in touch with us by emailing apprenticeships@roehampton.ac.uk.
We can provide you with all the information and guidance you need to set these up.
Information for employers
The apprentice will be employed by you, the organisation for a minimum of 30 hours per week.
Apprentices must be employed for at least the duration of the apprenticeship, which will typically be between 12 to 48 months.
The apprentice will have the same employment rights as other employees and will be paid a salary, receive paid leave for study, complete coursework and attend university classes, usually once a week or in a block delivery.
As an employer, you will need to identify the mentor for the apprentice, who can support apprentice and attend tripartite reviews with apprentice and Training Provider (University of Roehampton). This will take place on termly basis and will give an opportunity to discuss progress of your apprentice.
Lastly, as an employer you will need to cover the funding for the apprenticeship programme.
As an employer, if your pay bill is over £3million, you are required to pay the Apprenticeship Levy to HMRC. You will be able to put these contributions toward the cost of a degree apprenticeship.
If your contributions have been exhausted, the government will pay at least 95% of the fees for you. You will need to cover the remaining 5%.
If your annual pay bill is less than £3million, you will not be contributing towards Apprenticeship Levy. However, the government will pay at least 95% of the fees for each apprentice you have. You will need to cover the remaining 5%.
Your apprenticeships can be funded by a levy paying employer transferring up to 25% of their unused levy to a different employer. For more information, visit GOV.UK.
If you are an employer you will need to create an account on the apprenticeship service. This will allow you to
- Receive the funds to put toward your apprenticeships
- Manage your apprentices
- Set up payments to your training provider
As the employer you will pay the training provider directly the 5%, if applicable. HMRC will pay the provider the 95% of the fees directly.
This funding can be used to pay for the training of your apprentice, however it will not cover their wages, so you will need to pay for that.
For more details, visit GOV.UK.
At the University of Roehampton, we have a long tradition of research and teaching in education and health.
We have been training teachers, through our four colleges, for 180 years and have launched a successful nursing programme both on our main campus and at Croydon University Centre. We are committed to ensuring our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills to add value to their employers, community and society more widely.
Through our partnerships with the National College of Education and QA we have experience and knowledge of apprenticeships. While we continue to partner with these education providers, we are now also offering apprenticeships directly.
We would like to hear from employers interested in apprenticeships provision in the following areas:
- Education
- Construction
- NHS, Health and Social Care:
- Nursing (Registered Nurse, Nursing Associate, Specialist and Community Public Health)
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- Public Health Practitioner
- Clinical Associate in Psychology (CAP)
- Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
- Arts Therapist and Health Play Specialist
- Sports Coaching
Apprenticeship standards that we offer:
- Teacher Apprenticeship
- Sports Coach Apprenticeship (subject to validation)
- Nursing Associate Apprenticeship (subject to validation)
- Academic Professional (subject to validation)
- Senior Leader (postgraduate)
We are committed to ensuring that our employer engagement meets the needs of our partners and of our apprentices, and that engagement is meaningful, clear and enables a continuous route for monitoring and evaluation.
Our processes for working in partnership with employers across our apprenticeship programmes is set out in our Employer Engagement Practice and Procedure for Apprenticeships.
Continuing Education
Our range of vocational qualifications will provide you with alternative pathways into your chosen career.
