Leadership & Excellence -we’ve got this!
Oaklea are bringing a new initiative to develop our existing employees across the North in partnership with Kendal College. It’s all about ensuring progression and building skills within our workforce.
“This is a very exciting career development opportunity open to all employees. We have launched this programme to support continuing professional development of our existing employees.” Helen Shaw HR Manager
“Leadership & Excellence Programme” -arriving 2023
Leading across the North
The Oaklea Group are launching a Leadership & Excellence Programme, which will commence in April 2023 across the North West & North East plus our Right2Work CIC.
The programme will allow existing, newly appointed line managers and also aspiring employees who wish to be appointed into a future management role to be enrolled on a 24-month Leadership and Excellence Programme. They will obtain a Level 5 Operations and Department Management Apprenticeship with an ILM qualification (ILM – Institute of Leadership & Management).
Why this is a good thing:
- Strengthens our succession planning procedures
- Retention of quality employees
- Have highly motivated, focused and aspiring line managers
What will the programme involve?
The Oaklea Group will be working in partnership with Kendal College who will lead and deliver the programme and support the successful employees through the duration of the course. The programme will enable a maximum of 8 employees to be enrolled. This will start in April 2023 for 24 months with an assessment at the end. Kendal College have previous and current experience with similar leadership programmes and have worked with Marie Curie and the NHS; all of which have been extremely successful.
How much work do I have to do?
The programme will involve lots of different elements and will include two days study per month one of which will be either at College or a venue of Oaklea’s choosing (the remaining day will either be virtual or for independent study).
Some of the topics for the Level 5 apprenticeship include:
- Organisational Performance/Delivering results
- Managing and developing relations -inter personal skills
- Personal effectiveness – managing self
Is it for you – am I eligible?
Requirements include things like:
- If employees don’t hold a Maths and English qualification at grade C or above (or equivalent) then they will need to study for and pass a level 2 Functional Skills English and Maths test – this will be supported by Kendal College
- Employees must not hold a qualification of a level 5 diploma or higher
- Employees will require a ‘work place mentor’, which will be a member of the Senior Management Team at the Oaklea Group
- Employees will also have a mentor at Kendal College
- Be able to commit to independent study on a weekly basis
- Commit to a 24 month programme
Note: This programme is fully funded by the Oaklea group and if an employee were to leave their employment or withdraw during the programme or for two years following completion of the programme then a portion of the course fees will be required to be repaid.
To get involved or you have more questions…
Firstly – Have an informal conversation with Helen. Please note applications are required for this programme and the deadline for submission is: Friday 9th December 2022 by email to helen.shaw@oakleatrust.co.uk