Leadership and Management Level 5 Q&A Session

This session is an opportunity for you to ask questions and to find out more about the development opportunity that Cambridge is offering you – to join the Leadership and Management Level 5 Programme in partnership with Corndel.

We are looking to explore what interest there is at this current time in this Leadership Level 5 apprenticeship and hope that there will be sufficient interest to establish a University-wide cohort. By establishing University-wide cohorts, we are looking to encourage more departments to use apprenticeships as a way to provide focused, professional development for staff. Participants will have the advantage of a peer group to work through the programme with. Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment are also potentially interested in joining in with this.

Edmund Harper of Corndel, our approved training provider for this programme, will be available to ask any questions or concerns that you may have before submitting your expression of interest.

For a cohort to run, there is a minimum of 18-20 people required. Depending on the level of interest shown, it is intended that the apprenticeship will start on 27th May 2021. Entry to these cohorts will be by application and is open to all University employees who meet the eligibility criteria.

A link to the session will be sent with the joining instructions when your booking is confirmed.

Further information from the provider, Corndel.

Apprenticeship guidance.

• Grade 5 – 8 roles
• Typical roles may include Facilities Manager, Project Manager, Laboratory Manager, Finance Manager, IT Manager
• University managers of interested staff
• Further details regarding PPD's eligibility criteria

Number of sessions: 1

• This apprenticeship is aimed at people who manage teams and/or projects, and achieve operational or departmental goals and objectives, as part of the delivery of the University’s strategy.
• They will be accountable to a more senior manager or business owner. Specific responsibilities and job titles will vary, but the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed will be the same.
• Key responsibilities may include creating and delivering operational plans, managing projects, leading and managing teams, managing change, financial and resource management, talent management, coaching and mentoring.

To be eligible for a place on the Apprenticeship Programme applicants must be:

• a University employee with a minimum fixed term contract of 15 months (for apprenticeships with a 12 month duration). Apprenticeships can be between 1-4yrs, however your contract must cover the duration of the apprenticeship you choose.
• working in a role that enables the learning to be put into practice
• supported by a manager

UK and EEA citizens are eligible for funding if they are a citizen of the UK or a country within the European Economic Area (EEA) and have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least the previous three years on the first day of the apprenticeship.

Non-EEA citizens are eligible for funding if they have permission from the UK government to live in the UK (not for educational purposes), and have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least the previous three years before the start of the apprenticeship.

In addition, the individual and manager must commit to 20% off the job training and development.

• Useful apprenticeship resources.