Senior Leader Apprenticeship - Business Administration
Entry requirements
- A bachelor’s degree with a 2.2 (hons) is required and at least three years’ relevant strategic management or leadership experience. Alternatively, a minimum of five years’ relevant strategic management or leadership experience would be considered if no prior degree is held.
- Apprentices must hold GCSE Mathematics and English Language (grade A*-C / 9-4) or equivalent and this must be evidenced prior to the start of the programme.
- If you do not meet the admissions criteria above, the course team has a strong commitment to widening participation and positively welcomes non-standard applicants. Candidates with some management experience or those who are about to enter a managerial role and have a demonstrated aptitude for study may still be considered dependant on circumstances and this can be discussed with the Programme Leader prior to application.
Relevant work experience:
- Must be fully employed and spend at least 50% of their working hours in England over the duration of their, they must be fully employed by a UK based company and their contract must not expire prior to the end of the training programme.
- For the Senior Leader Apprenticeship, applicants must be employed in a job role in which they contribute to strategic leadership and management relating to their area of responsibility within the organisation.
RPL:
- Credits may be awarded for learning already undertaken in the University or elsewhere for which you have received qualifications or certificates and you may submit a claim for recognition of unaccredited prior learning (RP(E)L). This may be for work you have accomplished in a professional, paid, or voluntary capacity. This must be submitted via an RPL form with supporting evidence. You will also be liable to pay an administration fee and charge per credit.
- All RP(E)L claims must be applied for at the point of admission and cannot be considered at a later stage.
Months of entry
January, September
Course content
This Senior Leader Apprenticeship programme provides you with the knowledge, skills and capabilities required to be an effective leader.
The Senior Leader Apprenticeship in Business Administration (SLA BA) is a part-time 2-year programme that will help you respond to complex organisational issues at a senior management level. The programme supports you in examining strategic responses to organisational issues to create value & pragmatic solutions within your organisation. It develops you to become a confident, competent, forward-thinking senior leader who can identify & critically analyse data, prospects, and balance strategic thinking with excellent operational focus.
The central underpinning themes of the programme are transformation; both individual and organisational. It is intellectually challenging, insightful, and focused on improving practice in the workplace across all areas of management, leadership, and functions of a business. In consultation with employees, the curriculum has been developed to cover a broad range of business disciplines, including strategy, leadership, systems, innovation & finance that prepares and enables you to take a strategic perspective in senior leadership.
Who is it for?
This programme is suitable for middle and senior managers, from any sector looking to better support their organisation’s strategic direction. We are dedicated to supporting mature, professional students and preparing you for work in the challenging and rewarding arena of senior leadership.
Benefits
- Part-Time, Block Taught delivery to support your development alongside your current role.
- Develop and å strategic decisions within your organisational area.
- Confidence in horizon scanning and developing insight and foresight in organisational planning.
- Benefit from teaching informed by business research & local business needs.
- Expand your professional network and learn alongside local senior leaders and managers.
- Highly qualified & experienced teaching team.
- Specialised Masterclasses from business leaders.
- Transform your professional practice and enhance career progression prospects.
- All students and alumni benefit from membership of Liverpool Leadership Network.
- Senior Leader Apprenticeship Award.
- Chartered Manager Status (Chartered Management Institute).
- Top- up your award to the full MBA degree (Additional Fee £2650- Fee subject to change.
An important element of the programme is the opportunity it provides to apply your learning to organisational situations. The fact that learning is applied, rather than being purely theoretical, is crucial to empower you to contribute to, and impact your organisation.
Modules have therefore been developed in consultation with businesses, who identified the following training themes.
- Your leadership development
- Strategies for engaging and motivating others
- Complex operational strategies
- Organisational change, innovation, systems & people
- Sustainable business practices & ethical business
In addition, learners’ digital skills will be developed and enhanced to increase impact within these themes and the programme. As such, the curriculum aligns to emerging social and business approaches to maximise the impact you can make individually, organisationally, and societally.
What our learners say?
"The learning I acquired during my time studying has supported me to be a concise and confident report writer, presenter and professional. It has given me personally the confidence and resilience to deliver in one of the most challenging and transformational time to work in Health and Social Care. I am incredibly grateful for the experience and the value of studying alongside my professional work thorough an apprenticeship and although the level of commitment and hard work shouldn’t be underestimated, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend others should take the opportunity if ever offered to them."
Senior Leader Apprenticeship
Apprenticeships offer learners a cost-effective way to obtain a degree or higher-level qualification without the worry of fees, while remaining in employment. Apprenticeships are proven to boost skills and organisational productivity, support the retention of staff and increase earning potential.
Apprenticeships are open to any organisation, small or large, from any sector whether that’s public, private or voluntary. Organisations with a wage bill of £3m or more will be paying into the Apprentice Levy. Employers can then use this levy to pay for their employees to undertake a degree or higher-level apprenticeship. Smaller organisations, that do not pay into the levy can still get government funding for up to 95% of the cost of training.
This Senior Leader Apprenticeship programme provides you with the knowledge, skills and capabilities required to be an effective leader.
The apprenticeship aims to:
- develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviours to prepare learners for senior leadership and strategic management roles.
- provides learners with a holistic view of business using both theoretical knowledge and practical application.
Information for international students
Fees and funding
Please see the course page for more information.
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- PGDip
- part time24 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Course Enquiries
- courses@ljmu.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44(0)151 231 2888