Develop management talent and agility in your third sector organisation with our Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship (CMDA) Charity: a cost-effective way to grow and retain third sector management talent.
Developing future third sector leaders
The CMDA Charity incorporates modules from ARU’s ground-breaking suite of third sector leadership courses. Designed with employers, this specialist university qualification balances business education with practical, real-time learning in the workplace. Apprentices develop into aspiring leaders, capable of maximising their potential and driving performance and productivity improvements across your organisation.Who is this apprenticeship for?
The apprenticeship is ideal for a new to post manager or anyone aspiring to be a professional manager within a voluntary or community organisation, charity or social enterprise. Job roles may include any role where there are significant management responsibilities such as Manager, Senior Manager, Head of Department, or Operations Manager.
Capabilities to better your business
- Apprentices learn from expert academics and industry professionals, equipping them the full range of management and leadership skills directly relevant to your organisation
- Instil your organisation’s business culture and working style from an early stage
- Apprentices achieve the prestigious Chartered Manager status from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), recognising their ability to make an impact as a professional manager
A cost-effective way to develop and retain talent
Degree apprenticeships are a smart investment. You can reinvest Apprenticeship Levy funds to cover the cost of the apprenticeship, or receive funding support from the government.
If you operate in England and your annual payroll is over £3 million, you pay a levy of 0.5% of your payroll into a levy account.
The cost of the Chartered Manager (Charity) programme for levy paying employers is £22,000 and this can be covered in full using the non-refundable funds in your levy account. If you exhaust the funds in your levy account, then the government will pay 95% of the outstanding fees and you will need to pay the remaining 5%.
If your organisation is not required to pay the levy, you will pay only 5% of the cost of the apprenticeship programme while the government pays the remaining 95%. The cost of the Chartered Manager (Charity) programme for non-levy paying employers is just £1,100.
For more about the Apprenticeship Levy, and to find out about any additional incentive payments for hiring a new apprentice from the government, please visit the key information section on our Degree apprenticeships for employers page.
Our team of dedicated consultants can talk you through the detail.
Don't just take our word for it..
Claire Staddon
“Offering an apprenticeship through ARU’s Chartered Manager Charity Degree enables us to invest locally in bringing home grown talent through to enrich our organisation and sector.”
Claire StaddonChief Executive, Emmaus
Keith Richardson
“The CMI are delighted to partner with ARU in the delivery of the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship. Developing future leadership capability is key to driving the growth of our economy.”
Keith RichardsonHead of Higher Education Partner Development, CMI Chartered status
Andy Brady
“Every charity or social enterprise in the UK needs to treasure their top performers and develop them for the future.”
Andy BradyCourse Leader and Senior Lecturer, ARU
