Infrastructure Asset Management Professional Level 7 Apprenticeship – Employer’s Guide 2024-2027

I N F R A S T R U CT U R E A S S E T M A N AG E M E N T P RO F E S S I O N A L LEVEL 7 APPRENTICESHIP Employer’s Guide 2024-2027

WHY CHOOSE LO U G H B O R O U G H A S YO U R A P P R E N T I C E S H I P PROVIDER? Loughborough University has substantial experience in the delivery of professional education programmes. The development of leadership talent is crucial in any sector.

We will work with you to grow the specific talent needed in your organisation.

Since the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy, Loughborough Business School and the Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering have been supporting organisations to provide level 7 apprenticeships.

Whether you are an employee looking to widen your knowledge and skills or an organisation identifying a need to develop leaders in your asset management functions, we have everything you need to develop yourself and your employees.

We are a leading university provider of apprenticeships with a proven record of success. This is based on our strong partnerships with employers, creating programmes to meet specific business needs. To date we have partnered with over 100 employers to deliver apprenticeships to aspiring senior leaders including Anglian Water, Network Rail, Drax Power and MTC.

TRIPLEACCREDITED UK BUSINESS SCHOOL

PARTNERED WITH OVER 100 EMPLOYERS

TRIPLE GOLD TEACHING EXCELLENCE FRAMEWORK 2023

CONSISTENTLY RANKED AS A UK TOP 10 UNIVERSITY THE COMPLETE UNIVERSITY GUIDE 2017-24

WHY THE INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL APPRENTICESHIP? By offering this Apprenticeship programme your organisation will be able to: utilise tangible benefits both during and on completion of the programme including: • analysing and applying value-based decision making • managing ambitious innovative projects • leading teams through strategic change • evaluating and reporting on performance to drive continuous improvement have a cost-effective way of attracting, training and retaining high-calibre employees to your business address important skill gaps and create opportunities for meeting the strategic needs of the business through focused learning increase the diversity and social mobility of your workforce empower, value and motivate emerging leaders in asset management, enabling them to succeed

WHAT IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL APPRENTICESHIP? This Apprenticeship enables organisations to utilise their Apprenticeship Levy to fund employees to study part-time towards a postgraduate qualification, and to develop the management and leadership capabilities required to lead asset management functions at a senior level.

In 2023 the UK Government, industry stakeholders and partners created a standard for the knowledge, skills and behaviours expected from asset managers at a senior level. This level 7 Apprenticeship was designed to help managers and leaders achieve this standard and develop more sustainable organisations.

Apprenticeships are an innovative way of retaining and attracting talent to your organisation. Apprentices are employed by you but will study at Loughborough University. They may be existing staff or new staff you have recruited into a job role that includes an apprenticeship.

To be funded, employers must allow apprentices the equivalent of six hours a week of their working time to complete the Apprenticeship. This is known as off-the-job training and includes studying via a combination of face to face, interactive online and work-based learning.

On the successful completion of their 28 month programme, apprentices receive a master’s in Infrastructure Asset Management from Loughborough University.

The Apprenticeship Levy All employers with a pay bill of more than £3 million automatically pay the Apprenticeship Levy of 0.5% to the Government. The Levy is Government ring-fenced money which can only be spent on apprenticeships and is forfeited if not used within two years.

Government Co-investment Organisations with a pay bill of less than £3 million may be eligible for the Government Co-investment fund.

In this case, your organisation is responsible for just 5% of the cost of an apprenticeship.

The payment system is simple with minimal effort for the employer: the Levy or Co-investment funds are transferred to your organisation’s apprenticeship account and the University draws their payment from there.

Contact Vicki Unwin v.e.unwin@lboro.ac.uk 01509 222160 07816 977643 Register and use the apprenticeship service: gov.uk/guidance/manage-apprenticeship-funds

H O W W I L L Y O U S U P P O RT M Y O R G A N I S AT I O N ?

When you partner with us for the delivery of your apprenticeship programme, you and your apprentices will be supported throughout.

a dedicated account manager to support both the employer and employee through the apprenticeship process a dedicated academic mentor and skills coach to provide your apprentice with both academic and work-based learning support assistance with recruitment and selection for the apprenticeship programme a dedicated apprenticeship team to support your apprentice throughout their programme by monitoring progress and setting milestones membership of an employer-led advisory board advice about funding and financial help

I N F R A S T R U CT U R E A S S E T M A N A G E M E N T PROFESSIONAL APPRENTICESHIP

DURATION 28 months leading to the completion of the Infrastructure Asset Management Professional Apprenticeship and a Loughborough University MSc award in Infrastructure Asset Management.

Infrastructure Asset Management Professional Apprenticeship fee: £20,000 This programme is also available in a standard non-apprenticeship format.

The fee for the MSc in Infrastructure Asset Management is £15,800.

WHO FOR Current managers and leaders from asset management and related functions with at least three years’ experience.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS A minimum of three years’ management/professional experience and ideally an undergraduate degree or relevant professional qualification.

This programme is also open to candidates who do not have a degree but have been identified by their employer as meeting the necessary requirements to successfully complete the Apprenticeship.

Evidence of Maths and English qualifications at level 2 (GCSE grade C or above) FURTHER DETAILS Vicki Unwin v.e.unwin@lboro.ac.uk

The Infrastructure Asset Management Professional Apprenticeship is a part-time programme delivered in a flexible, blended learning format, enabling participants to work full-time. Our aim is to develop innovative, self–assured, resilient leaders with the commercial acumen to succeed in today’s challenging business environment.

• Delivered at the Loughborough campus in three-day blocks and online modules.

• Additional distance learning, work-based learning and projects.

At each stage of the programme, apprentices will be asked to draw on their work experience and to apply their learning within their own organisational context. It is deliberately challenging, designed to stretch participants and teach them how to apply management theory in practice.

Apprentices will: • be equipped to formulate and lead the development of asset management policy, strategy, plans and objectives • study alongside a cohort of experienced managers and share fresh perspectives on similar problems • adapt to new scenarios and implement effective solutions • foster more effective working relationships and build lasting business networks • become adaptable, innovative, inclusive and ethically-minded infrastructure asset management leaders.

I N F R A S T R U CT U R E A S S E T M A N AG E M E N T PROFESSIONAL APPRENTICESHIP

M S C I N F R A S T R U CT U R E A S S E T M A N AG E M E N T YEAR 1

YEAR 2

12 months

12 months

Strategy, Governance and Risk

Asset Principles Finance and Management of Asset Performance Operations, Management Management Risk and Resilience

Information Innovation Management Process and Entrepreneurship and Analytical in Engineering Tools

Applied Systems Thinking

Leading and Influencing Change

Professional skills workshops

Personal Values and Effectiveness

Professional skills workshops

Programme Launch

MSC INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MANAGEMENT DELIVERED

Apprenticeship Launch

Pre-launch Eligibility & Needs Analysis

APPRENTICESHIP WRAP DELIVERED (24 MONTHS)

Mentoring Support (combination of academic and workplace mentoring)

Compliance Checks (Off-The-Job Monitoring / Tripartite Review Meetings)

360º and Personal Development Plan

Compulsory workshops / activities during off-the-job learning time to equip apprentice with knowledge, skills and behaviours in level 7 apprentice standard. End point assessment preparation, including portfolio and discussion.

Programme structure and modules may be subject to change.

YEAR 3 4 months

Master’s Business Project

End Point Assessment Gateway

End Point Assessment

USEFUL I N FO R M AT I O N

Apprenticeships designed for your organisation We can work in partnership with you to design your Infrastructure Asset Management Professional Apprenticeship around your organisation’s specific requirements.

If you think this would be a good option for you please contact Vicki Unwin v.e.unwin@lboro.ac.uk

Apprentice and employer information sessions Join our Apprenticeship Open Days where you will be able to: • Find out whether the Infrastructure Asset Management Professional Apprenticeship would work for your organisation • Find out how to make the most of the support available • Ask questions with current apprentices and Programme Leads • See what more Loughborough University has to offer.

To register please contact sbe.apprenticeships@lboro.ac.uk

Four-star campus accommodation When studying at Loughborough, students can stay at Burleigh Court, the University’s reasonably priced on campus hotel. Guests can enjoy the restaurant, bar, spa, swimming pool, gym and secure free parking. burleigh-court.co.uk

How to find us The University is easily accessible by air, rail or road.

Just 20 minutes from East Midlands Airport, 50 minutes from Birmingham Airport and 90 minutes from both Luton and Manchester Airports.

On the East Midlands line from London St. Pancras, the campus is a 10 minute taxi ride or a 40 minute walk away from Loughborough station. There is also a reasonably priced bus that runs directly from the station to the campus.

By road Loughborough’s nearest motorway link is the M1; the campus is just two miles from Junction 23.

The University is clearly signed on all the other main approach roads to Loughborough.

Sat nav postcode: LE11 3TU

Fees and funding The Infrastructure Asset Management Professional Apprenticeship is funded by the Apprenticeship Levy and the fee is £20,000 which will be collected monthly through the Government Digital Apprenticeship Service (DAS). This covers the 28 month programme which leads to a master’s in Infrastructure Asset Management. If you are not eligible or do not wish to use your Apprenticeship Levy, we offer this as a standard programme with a fee of £15,800.

For more information about fees and funding please contact Vicki Unwin v.e.unwin@lboro.ac.uk

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General enquiries

Vicki Unwin Loughborough Business School Loughborough Business School

T: +44 (0)1509 222160 M: +44 (0)7816 977643 E: V.E.Unwin@lboro.ac.uk

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We have taken care that this brochure is as accurate as possible at the time of going to print (November 2023), but please note that the information is subject to change.

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