Operations/ Departmental Manager Level 5 Apprenticeship

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Most managers are promoted because they are good at their job and not necessarily because they are good at managing people. People management is a separate skill.

This Operations/ Departmental Manager Training programme aims to improve the confidence and capability of your managers.

Who Is It For?

This Operations/ Departmental Manager Training course is for existing managers who want to develop their management skills further.

Key responsibilities may include:

Supporting, managing and developing team members
Managing projects
Planning and monitoring workloads and resources
Delivering operational plans and resolving problems
Building relationships internally and externally

What Is Covered

This programme focusses on the way organisations operate and the application of management and leadership approaches to improve your impact as a manager. It will lead to improved performance and you will be better at supporting your colleagues and the service you give your customers.

This course can be accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and can form part of a programme to help delegates achieve the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management.

Learning Journey

Delivery Options

There are three delivery options:

CMI Qualification – the workshops and assessments required to achieve the CMI Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management
A bespoke Leadership Development Programme (LDP)
As an apprenticeship with 100% government funding

Course Content

Principles of Operational Leadership and Management in an Organisational Context

How organisations operate
The role of management
The application of management and leadership approaches
What it takes to be an effective manager

Principles of Developing, Managing and Leading Individuals and Teams to Achieve Success

Understand the role and purpose of teams
Be able to recognise the characteristics of a high-performing team
Know how to lead, communicate with and motivate a high performing team
Know how to respond to challenges when managing a team proactively
Know how to manage the performance of a team

Managing Projects to Achieve Results

Understand the role and purpose of projects in an organisation
Understand how projects are developed
Know how to deliver a project
Know how to monitor progress to ensure successful project delivery

Managing Change

Understand the reasons for change in an organisation
Understand the different approaches to change management
How to initiate plan and manage change

Managing Finance

Understand the importance of managing resources in your own area of responsibility
Understand the use of budgets in an organisation
Understand how to manage costs within a budget
Know how to monitor and control a budget in your own area of responsibility

Creating and Delivering Operational Plans

Understand the principles of operational planning in an organisation
How to create an operational plan in line with organisational objectives
How to manage and lead the delivery of an operational plan
How to monitor and measure the outcome of operational planning

Managing Stakeholder Relationships

Know the purpose of building stakeholder relationships
Understand different channels and types of communication used to build relationships with stakeholders
Know how to respond to barriers when communicating with stakeholders
Know how to use stakeholder communication

Using Reflective Practice to Inform Personal and Professional Development

Understand the value of reflective practice to inform personal and professional development
How to apply reflective practice to inform personal and professional development

100%

of our clients would recommend Alpha to a colleague or peer

90%

of a cohort was promoted within 2 years after participating in an Alpha course.

96%

of participants felt more confident in their role, following an Alpha commercial leadership course.

We already had a number of leadership development programmes in place. By working with Alpha Development we brought these together into a single integrated programme which was funded by the apprenticeship levy. This was customised to meet our exact needs and to reflect our culture and values.

This tailored Operational Manager Training programme allowed me to work on tasks that related to my bank’s business. The project I worked on resulted in a solution which we subsequently implemented and yet still counted towards my qualification.

Why study with Alpha?

Innovation and creativity born from experience

We are thought leaders in instructional and learning journey design and holistic solution architects. We have extensive finance and investments experience combined with skills application to deliver performance improving results. We develop immersive learning environments that maximize time to productivity, support talent retention and added value to improving quality of hires.

Knowledge Exchange Evangelists

We are focused on mining the embedded organisational intellectual capital for the benefit of the next generation. We create and curate best in class practice gathered from our experience with the leading financial institutions. We design our programmes with the end in mind – what results are you trying to achieve with this intervention? What metrics will we set ourselves to achieve that?

Generation Proof

Quality and innovation, using current market and industry best practices, have made us a trusted partner in delivering dynamic and motivating training for the financial and capital markets. Our programmes are generation proof and responsive to evolving learner needs and styles. Our solutions use a multi-stakeholder engagement strategy that expands beyond relationships between the learner and learning provider. We create connections with managers, peers and the wider business to drive impactful return on investment..

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The team are so friendly and pleasant to work with, everyone is very professional and keen to help us. Building a relationship over the past couple of years helps us to feel like the Alpha team are even more able to understand our needs and provide more proactive solutions.