Who is this apprenticeship for?
The apprenticeship is ideal for ambitious, high-potential senior leaders or managers who want to increase their impact on the organisation, whether in the public, private or third sectors and in all areas of the economy. It is suitable for both existing staff and new recruits with the opportunity for strategic level responsibility.
Your applicant applying for the Senior Leader Apprenticeship should be either undertaking, or have the opportunity during the programme to undertake the following areas of strategic responsibility within the context of your organisation:
- Setting direction, vision, governance and providing a clear sense of purpose for their area of responsibility.
- Providing clear and inclusive leadership.
- Developing ethical, innovative, and supportive cultures that get the best from people and enable the delivery of results.
- Resources that may include budgets, people, assets, and facilities
Capabilities to better your business
- Develop high-potential employees to lead with impact and drive improved organisational performance.
- Apprentices learn from expert academics and industry professionals, applying their learning through written work-based strategic assessments.
- The apprenticeship is designed to prepare successful apprentices to meet the requirements to achieve the prestigious Fellow with the Institute of Leadership and Management, recognising their ability to make an impact as a professional manager.
A cost-effective way to develop your talent
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 Senior Leader Apprenticeship programme for levy paying employers is £14,000 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%.
There is an additional fee of £550 for the PG Diploma. This is an additional cost which cannot be funded from the Levy and therefore will be required to be funded by the employer, or self-funded by the apprentice.
Top-up Masters qualification
Upon successful completion of the Senior Leader Apprenticeship there is an option for your apprentice to complete a dissertation which will enable them to top-up to a Masters qualification. This work-based project will be approved by the employer and must have direct relevance and ‘real life’ impact in the context of your organisation.
Don't just take our word for it...
JOE
“ARU is a university that completely understands business. The apprentices at Rhotic Media have absolutely succeeded and have made a material difference to the business."
JOE
Founder, Rhotic Media
Nikki Treweek,
“If you’re looking to upskill your workforce, we’d recommend talking to Degrees at Work. They will give you a great understanding about their apprenticeships and how you can fit them into your training and development.”
Nikki Treweek,
Head of Talent Development, McLaren
Julia Nicholls
“ARU have been very supportive to us both as employers and individually as apprentices. Our commitment to learning will not only benefit us personally, but also future-proof the firm as we move into exciting areas of business as a result of our studies.”
Julia Nicholls
Practice Manager and Senior Consultant, Nicholls Law
Industry recognised professional accreditation
Accredited by the CMI
We work with the CMI as our End Point Assessment organisation. Successful completion of the Senior Leader Level 7 apprenticeship will lead to the award of either Chartered Manager or Chartered Fellow status.
This accredited programme also enables apprentices to apply to the CMI for ongoing professional membership of this internationally recognised professional body.
Delivered through face-to-face masterclasses and work-based learning
This course is tutor-led through a series of face-to-face masterclasses at corporate venues, such as hotels and conference centres in Cambridge and Chelmsford.
As part of their apprenticeship, employers must support their apprentices in protecting time for ‘off-the-job’ training (OTJT) during their contracted, paid, employment hours, which will differ from their usual work duties. This time will be dedicated to developing the knowledge, skills, and behaviours (KSB) needed to meet the requirements of the apprenticeship.*
Because your apprentice is working and learning simultaneously, they can apply new expertise immediately to their work and share expertise within their teams.
*Number of hours varies depending on the apprenticeship and the apprentice’s initial training plan and is a requirement of the apprenticeships funding but will be a minimum of 20% of a 30-hour week where an apprentice works more than 30 hours per week for an employer.
What are the entry requirements?
Your organisation will have its own personal specification and will know what type of senior leader you want to develop to the next level. However, there are minimum academic and work entry requirements for your applicants, so please look at them in detail on the apprentice course page.
Our team of dedicated consultants can talk you through the detail.
