Professional Manager (Apprenticeship) CertEd

Program Overview

This 19-month Level 5 apprenticeship course is designed for aspiring or newly appointed operations or departmental managers. It focuses on action-centered leadership principles, covering managing oneself, people, and operations through blended learning and work-based tasks. Upon completion, participants will be equipped to effectively manage teams, projects, and achieve organizational goals. Huddersfield Business School, recognized for its teaching excellence, offers the program in partnership with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This apprenticeship course has been designed for aspiring or newly appointed operations or departmental managers. An operations or departmental manager is someone who manages teams and/or projects. They support achievement of operational or departmental goals and objectives, as part of the delivery of the organisation’s strategy. They are accountable to a more senior manager or business owner. The program is based on the principles of action-centred leadership, first published by John Adair in 1973. This model identifies three core management responsibilities which are achieving the task, managing the team, and managing individuals. The professional manager apprenticeship has adapted this to focus on you as the individual and how you manage yourself. Once you understand yourself and what motivates you, then you can manage people in a team. This then allows you to achieve the task. The professional manager apprenticeship is a 19 months L5 course based on a blended model of classroom-based teaching, remote online learning, and work-based task completion. You will complete the course by conducting a live project agreed between you and your line manager which allows you demonstrate a wide range of knowledge and skills. Throughout the course you will be supported by a dedicated course leader and subject experts with current occupational competence gained in a variety of industries. Your work-based learning coach will support you to link theory to practice and build a portfolio of evidence that demonstrates your competency against the apprenticeship standards.

Outline:

The program consists of three core modules: You will develop an understanding of interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence. You will learn about different learning, behaviour and communication styles and will reflect on how these impact on others within your organisation. This module will help you deliver performance with and through other people.

• Managing Operations: This module will help you understand the business environment and what it takes to successfully plan and execute operations.
You will learn about strategic planning and how to create plans in line with organisational objectives but also how to monitor plans against the strategic objectives. You will learn how to set up and manage projects whilst taking account of resources, risks, and financial considerations.

Assessment:

After successfully completing the Gateway for the Level 5 Professional Manager Apprenticeship, you will enter the End Point Assessment period. This module entails the unaided completion of a project proposal, which is a relevant and defined piece of work that has a real business benefit. In addition, you will prepare a presentation that, along with the strategic business proposal, appropriately covers the relevant Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours. On successful completion of this module, you will receive notification of the outcome from the End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO), which confirms that you have completed all elements of the apprenticeship. This will be graded but is separate from the University award which is not graded.

Teaching:

The course is delivered through a blended model of classroom-based teaching, remote online learning, and work-based task completion. You will be supported by a dedicated course leader and subject experts with current occupational competence gained in a variety of industries. Your work-based learning coach will support you to link theory to practice and build a portfolio of evidence that demonstrates your competency against the apprenticeship standards.

Careers:

The program is designed for aspiring or newly appointed operations or departmental managers. Upon completion, you will be equipped to manage teams and/or projects, support achievement of operational or departmental goals and objectives, and be accountable to a more senior manager or business owner.

Other:

The University of Huddersfield has been rated Gold in all three aspects of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023. We were the only university in Yorkshire and the Humber and the North West to achieve Gold ratings in all three aspects of the TEF among those announced in September 2023. In fact only 13 Universities, out of the 96 that were announced in September 2023, were Gold in all three ratings. Further proof of teaching excellence: our staff rank in the top three in England for the proportion who hold doctorates, who have higher degrees, and hold teaching qualifications (HESA 2024). We are first in the country for National Teaching Fellowships, which mark the UK’s best lecturers in Higher Education, winning a total of 22 since 2008 (2023 data). We won the first Global Teaching Excellence Award, recognising the University’s commitment to world-class teaching and its success in developing students as independent learners and critical thinkers (Higher Education Academy, 2017). Also, those with 3 years of managerial experience can go on to apply for Chartered Manager status. Huddersfield Business School is an accredited member of AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Less than 6% of business schools worldwide have obtained this prestigious accreditation. AACSB-accredited schools have successfully undergone a rigorous review process conducted by their peers in the business education community, ensuring that they have the resources, credentials, and commitment needed to provide students with a first-rate, future-focused business education. As a result, AACSB-accredited schools produce graduates who are highly skilled and more desirable to employers than other non-accredited schools.