Senior Leader Master’s Degree Apprenticeship (MBA)

Level 7

Senior Leader Master’s Degree Apprenticeship (MBA)

Level 7

Important Information about this Course:

Level 7

A Senior Leader is a role model, with responsibility for those in senior positions/significant organisational budgets.

They are responsible for direction, vision, providing a clear sense of purpose, and driving strategic intent. Senior Leaders can identify market trends, environmental influences, longer-term opportunities, and risks. Through their leadership, they are responsible for developing innovative, supportive, and robust cultures with the ability to deliver results.

Professional leaders work in private, public, or third sector in all sizes of organisation, to lead, manage and direct organisations.

Specific job roles may include: Senior Leader, Section Leader, Executive, Director, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Information Officer, senior military officer, HE Registrar and Head of Department/Faculty.

Core knowledge
  • Knows how to shape organisational vision, culture and values. Understands organisational structures; business modelling; diversity; global perspectives; governance and accountability; the external environment, social, technological and policy implications. Understands new market strategies, changing customer demands and trend analysis.
  • Understands innovation; the impact of disruptive technologies (mechanisms that challenge traditional business methods and practices); drivers of change and new ways of working across infrastructure, processes, people and culture and sustainability.
  • Knowledge of systems thinking, knowledge/data management, and programme management.
  • Knowledge of ethics and values based leadership; regulatory environments, legal, H&S and well-being and compliance requirements; corporate social responsibility; risk management, environmental impact and cyber security. Understands competitive strategies and entrepreneurialism, approaches to effective decision making, and the use of big data and insight to implement and manage change.
  • Understands financial strategies including scenarios, modelling and identifying trends, application of economic theory to decision-making, and how to evaluate financial and non- financial information. Understands financial governance and legal requirements, and procurement strategies.
  • Knowledge of organisational/team dynamics and how to build engagement and develop high performance, agile and collaborative cultures. They understand the approach to strategic workforce planning including talent management, learning organisations, workforce design, succession planning, diversity and inclusion.
  • Understands large scale and inter-organisational influencing and negotiation strategies. Knowledge of the external political environment and use of diplomacy with diverse groups of internal and external stakeholders. Understands working with board and company structures. Knowledge of brand and reputation management.
Core skills
  • Use of horizon scanning and conceptualisation to deliver high performance strategies focusing on growth/sustainable outcomes.  Sets a clear agenda and gains support from key stakeholders. Able to undertake research, and critically analyse and integrate complex information.
  • Initiates and leads change in the organisation, creates environment for innovation and creativity, establishing the value of ideas and change initiatives and drives continuous improvement. Able to manage conflict. Manages partnerships, people and resources effectively, and measures outcomes. Acts where needed as a Sponsor, championing projects and transformation of services across organisational boundaries.
  • Challenge strategies and operations in terms of ethics, responsibility, sustainability, resource allocation and business continuity/risk management. Application of principles relating to Corporate Social Responsibility, Governance, Regulatory compliance. Drives a culture of resilience and supports development of new enterprise and opportunities.
  • Oversees financial strategies/management, results and setting organisational budgets, and challenges financial assumptions underpinning strategies. Is accountable for decisions based on relevant information e.g. Key Performance Indicators/scorecard. Uses financial data to allocate resources.  Oversees procurement, supply chain management and contracts.
  • Uses personal presence and “storytelling” to articulate and translate vision into operational strategies, demonstrating clarity in thinking and using inspirational communication. Creates an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity and difference. Gives and receives feedback at all levels, building confidence and developing trust, and enables people to take risks.
  • Enables an open and high performance working, and sets goals and accountabilities for teams and individuals. Leads and influences people, building constructive working relationships across teams, using matrix management where required. Ensures workforce skills are utilised, balancing people and technical skills and encouraging continual development.
  • Manages complex relationships across multiple and diverse stakeholders. Builds trust and rapport, with ability to positively challenge. Leads beyond area of control/authority, and able to influence, negotiate and use advocacy skills to build reputation and effective collaborations.
Behaviours
  • Has high levels of self-awareness, emotional and social intelligence, empathy and compassion, and able to identify mental well-being in others. Works collaboratively enabling empowerment and delegation. Acts with humility and authenticity, is credible, confident and resilient.
  • Takes personal accountability aligned to clear values. Demonstrates flexibility and willingness to challenge when making decisions and solving problems. Instils confidence demonstrating honesty, integrity, openness, and trust.
  • Is confident and brave, willing to innovate, seeks new ideas and looks for contingencies. Manages complexity and ambiguity, comfortable in uncertainty, and is pragmatic.
  • Engaging with all – is ethical and demonstrates inclusivity, recognising diversity, championing, and enabling cultural inclusion. Empowers and motivates to inspire and support others.
  • Reflects on own performance, demonstrates professional standards in relation behaviour and ongoing development. Advocates the use of good practice within and outside the organisation.
Duration

The apprenticeship will typically take between 2 and 2 ½ years to complete.

Entry Requirements

Individual employers will set the selection criteria for their Apprenticeships.

This may involve previous management experience, having undertaken an apprenticeship or qualifications.

Qualifications

English and Maths will be required at a minimum of Level 2 prior to the end point assessment.

Upon completion, learners will be awarded with a Master’s degree in management [either MA, MSc or MBA].

QUALITY TRAINING

Capital 4 Training are providers of good quality training and are excited to offer you the Senior Leader Master’s Degree Apprenticeship.

LEVELS

With this Level 7 qualification you can be sure that you’re going to get the quality training that you expect and deserve. Our dedicated teachers are here to help guide you through this course.

QUALIFICATION

Upon completion, learners will be awarded with a Master’s degree in management [either MA, MSc or MBA].

This course may also be available as an online apprenticeship.

This course may also be available as an online apprenticeship.

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