FOUR FUNDED LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMES

o ering longer-term, sustained development to help your business grow

Operations/Departmental Manager (LEVEL 5)

A programme for existing and/or aspiring Middle/Senior managers.

Delivered over 18-20 months, the programme aims to develop managers to meet and exceed the national standards and covers multiple skills such as leadership, management, communications, operations management, project management and finance, as well as behaviours of professionalism, taking responsibility and being agile.

Delivery Options:

Improvement Practitioner (LEVEL 4)

An all-round programme in continuous improvement.

Delivered over 14-16 months, half the programme covers lean six sigma improvement methodologies, while the other half develops skills in project management, change management and leadership.

A practical course involving realtime improvement projects

Associate Project Manager (LEVEL 4)

A technical course to develop professional project managers.

Delivered over 14-16 months, this course develops the knowledge and skills required to create, plan, lead and manage successful projects.

It also includes the prestigious Project Management Qualification (PMQ)

Team Leader/Supervisor (LEVEL 3)

A rich foundation course for team leaders and supervisors.

Delivered over 12-14 months, you will cover leadership, delegation, performance management, problem-solving and coaching skills, in addition to operations management, project management and finance.

All apprenticeships are fully covered by the apprenticeship levy or Government funding

All our short courses, qualifications and apprenticeships are available as Open Programmes or Bespoke, both of which have advantages:

The advantages of using Open Courses is they are:

• Ideal when you only need to book one or two places

• The courses repeat throughout the year, so you can spread bookings across several di erent dates

• You learn with and from other local organisations and network with like-minded individuals

• You can learn away from the workplace, free from distractions

• You can build your own personal development plans from a comprehensive range of topics

• They are a ordable and accessible, with free parking on site

• Finally, you can make your training count by earning credits towards a qualification

The advantages of using bespoke training are:

• Courses can be tailored to suit your needs

• We can align delivery & content to your own vision & values, and can embed your policies and processes

• You choose the dates and times to suit your needs

• You can learn in your own venue, with familiar faces and surroundings, as well as minimise travel costs

• Learning between colleagues helps share best practice

• Training can be delivered across cohorts for consistency

• It’s very cost e ective when you have several learners with the same needs

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For more information, call us on 01452 221777 or visit our website for more details of courses, content, dates, times and costs.

New initiative will support smaller businesses and keep money in the county

Gloucestershire business support organisations are aiming to help local companies source from and supply each other more e ciently.

Together Gloucestershire is a new initiative developed by Cirencester and Cheltenham Chambers of Commerce and supported by the Federation of Small Business.

The aim is to increase business spend locally by bringing willing buyers and sellers together and helping micro and small businesses improve their capability to navigate the often tortuous tender process increasingly demanded by public sector organisations or large private businesses.

While large companies can a ord full time bid managers, smaller companies don’t often have the time to review tender documents properly and can waste time filling in tenders inaccurately, leading to tender failure.

Together Gloucestershire already has the support of some big county organisations including manufacturers Spirax Sarco and Renishaw, wealth management company St James’s Place and public sector organisations including Gloucestershire Constabulary and the county council.