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Operational or Departmental Manager
The operations / departmental manager is an advanced level 5 apprenticeship delivered remotely over 18 months that focuses on the knowledge, skills and fundamental behaviours to propel your professional career and includes an optional industry award/certificate.
Eligibility
Achievements
Includes
Delivery
Incentives
Cost
Progression Options
Eligibility
Anyone can take this course including employers/owners, directors and both existing and newly recruited staff, as long as long as the below critera are met:
• You must be a limited company with a PAYE scheme in place
• Aged 16+ (no upper age limit) and based in England
• Staff ideally contracted or offering a contract of a minimum 30 hours pw
• From overseas? right to public funds i.e. a visa or settlement scheme
*Staff can enrol on contracts as low as 16 hours pw. However, for every hour under 30, will result in an increase to the programme duration.
Achievements
On completion of this apprenticeship standard you will achieve:
• Advanced Operations or Departmental Level 5 standard
• (Optional) Chartered Management Institute award level 5
Includes
• Industry expert tutor
• Resources and online delivery workshops
• Weekly Advice and guidance sessions for employers and learners
• Propertymark module exams (optional)
• Cost of ARLA membership upon completion
• Resources and online delivery workshops
• Weekly Advice and guidance sessions for employers and learners
• Propertymark module exams (optional)
• Cost of ARLA membership upon completion
Delivery
• Fully remote friendly
• Delivered 121 or groups
• 18 months + EPA (End Point Assessment)
• Enroll at any point throughout the year
• Delivered 121 or groups
• 18 months + EPA (End Point Assessment)
• Enroll at any point throughout the year
Incentives
• £1000 employer grant for any staff enrolled aged under 19
• Employer NI freeze for staff enrolled under the age of 25
• Free recruitment service. Utilising Totaljobs, Indeed & GMFJ
• First year ARLA membership covered by us.
• Employer NI freeze for staff enrolled under the age of 25
• Free recruitment service. Utilising Totaljobs, Indeed & GMFJ
• First year ARLA membership covered by us.
Cost
• Aged under 19: 100% government funded (free)
• Aged over 19: 95% government funded. Resulting in a 5% employer contribution. (No upper age limit)
Progression Options
Upon completion of the apprenticeship, staff can enrol on a further apprenticeship, as long as their job position and responsibilities match the evidence required to complete it. To check this, click the ‘suitability’ tab.
- Chartered Management Degree Level 6 (Delivered by the Open University)
- Senior Leader Level 7 (Delivered by the Open University)
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The Operations / Departmental Manager level 5 apprenticeship would suit staff that are either aspiring senior managers or existing senior managers of all ages management or existing that haven’t had any formal training. The program covers everything from overseeing a project to strategic management.
The USP, is that this programme covers all the fundamental project management skills, to become a more effective senior manager or people, resources, and finance. The apprenticeship also includes the option to bolt-on the CMI level 5 award for those staff that want to go the extra mile to attaining this prestigious accolade; whilst offering the flexibility for others to focus purely on the apprenticeship, resulting in the programme being more manageable around their day to day job. The apprenticeship is designed to challenge you, ultimately requiring you to provide a portfolio of work based evidence, followed by a presentation of a work-based project, demonstrating your newly learnt skills in a real life situation that is a benefit to the business.
Each of your staff will be allocated an industry expert tutor to support you remotely 121, which According to our employer and learner feedback, is the main benefit of our apprenticeship offering.
Some of the key things the apprentice will perfect include overseeing a project, finance management, decision making to strategic management. You can view the full list here.
Upon completion, the employer will have the option to progress further afield to a level 6 or level 7 leadership apprenticeship delivered by one of our partners to continue their career development journey.
