Operations Manager Higher Apprenticeship
Start Date: Various
- Length 24 months + 5 months for End Point Assessment (EPA)
- Study Full-Time
- Location Employer Based
Qualification Gained
City and Guilds Level 5 Operations Management Accreditation
More about the course
This Level 5 Operations Manager Higher Apprenticeship will prepare you to lead operational areas or functions within organisations of varying scales and in various sectors.
Over 24 months, you will acquire expertise in creating and executing operational plans, managing projects, stewardship of financial assets and resources and leading teams through change in a business. You will also develop skills in stakeholder management, talent development and performance involvement, working independently and collaboratively with senior leaders.
After passing through Gateway, you will enter an End Point Assessment (EPA) period lasting roughly five months. EPA includes a professional discussion underpinned by portfolio evidence and a project proposal involving a presentation and questioning by your employer.
If you're looking for an opportunity to expand your skillset in business, operational awareness and management, then this Higher Apprenticeship will give you the chance to exhibit leadership, strategic thinking, ethical conduct and operational acumen, equipping you to effectively progress into high-level managerial roles.
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Daily tasks:
- Assesses and advises on factors affecting business performance.
- Determines staffing levels appropriate for accounting activities.
- Plans external and internal audit programmes, arranges for the collection and analysis of accounting, budgetary and related information, and manages the company.
- Participates in the formulation of strategic and long-term business plans, assesses the implications for the organisation financial mechanisms and oversees their implementation.
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Daily tasks:
- Produces and/or assesses reports and recommendations concerning marketing and sales strategies.
- Controls the recruitment and training of staff.
- Examines and analyses sales figures, advises on and monitors marketing campaigns and promotional activities.
- Discusses employer.
- Liaises with other senior staff to determine the range of goods or services to be sold.
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Daily tasks:
- Directs the arranging of conferences, exhibitions, seminars, etc. to promote the image of a product, service or organisation.
- Stays abreast of changes in media, readership or viewing figures and advertising rates.
- Reviews and revises campaign strategy in light of sales figures, surveys, etc. and takes appropriate corrective measures if necessary.
- Conceives advertising campaign to impart the desired product image in an effective and economical way.
- Defines target group and implements strategy through appropriate media planning work.
- Liaises with client to discuss product/service to be marketed and develops the most appropriate strategy to deliver the objectives.
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Daily tasks:
- Stays abreast of relevant legislation, considers its impact on the organisation.
- Considers alternative work procedures to improve productivity.
- Examines and reports on company and departmental structures, chains of command, information flows, etc. and evaluates efficiency of existing operations.
- Develops and administers salary, health and safety and promotion policies.
- Undertakes industrial relations negotiations with employees.
- Provides or arranges for provision of training courses.
- Oversees the monitoring of employee performance and career development needs.
- Oversees the preparation of job descriptions, drafts advertisements and interviews candidates.
- Determines staffing needs.
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