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Senior Leader Apprenticeship

Level 7

Start date:

September 2025

You'll need:

A Bachelor’s degree and management experience.

Duration:

2 years (full-time)

With the demand for skilled leaders growing, our Senior Leader Apprenticeship will provide you with the key skills and knowledge to add value to an organisation and help you to develop in both a personal and professional capacity.

This apprenticeship is suitable for a wide range of professionals, across different industries and sectors, including:

  • Existing senior managers and leaders looking to enhance their leadership capabilities
  • Mid-level managers aspiring to move into senior leadership roles.
  • Professionals transitioning into senior leadership positions from different functional areas or industries
  • High-potential employees identified by their organisations for leadership development
Did you know

This programme is mostly delivered online, which allows learners to fit study around their personal schedules.

 

Modules

Years 1 - 2 Year 3 Year 4

These modules are those we currently offer and may be subject to change.

Year 1 (1 - 12 months):

  • Financial Management Decision-making
  • ​Strategic Marketing & Communications
  • Advanced Project Management

Year 2 (13 - 24 months):

  • Strategy in Practice
  • Strategic Leadership & Change
  • Problem Solving & Research Methods for Managers

 

Preparation and pre-assessment for end-point assessment:

  • Senior Leadership Apprenticeship Qualification
  • Chartered Management Status

Year 3 - 4 (28 - 34 months):

  • Top-up MBA

Skills

The Senior Leader Apprenticeship will provide learners with the key skills and knowledge across different industries and sectors.

On successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will have gained key skills and knowledge in key business areas enabling you to make a positive impact in the organisation and team.

Learning

With the demand for skilled leaders growing, this apprenticeship covers a wide variety of key topics.

  • Business strategy
  • Marketing
  • Project Management
  • Managing people
  • Change management
  • Finance

 

Business strategy: Learners will explore different concepts and frameworks used in strategic decision-making, which can be used within organisations operating both in a domestic and international context.

Marketing: Looking at how international companies design and implement marketing strategies in a fast paced and constantly evolving digital world, learners will apply market segmentation, positioning and the marketing mix, amongst other concepts, to real life scenarios and put forward their own strategic marketing plans.

Project management: Running projects requires both an understanding of the key tools and techniques to drive projects forward, as well as the ability to manage the people involved. Students will combine theory and current research to understand the best practice for delivering a successful project.

Managing people: In recent times it has become increasingly common for employees to work from different locations across the country or even the world. Leaners will deepen their knowledge of managing people from different cultures and across borders, thereby developing techniques to add value to organisations in this key strategic area.

Change management: In order to stay competitive and thrive in any industry, organisations need to be ready to adapt their strategy and offer to appeal to their customer. Managing this change well is critical to the continued success of an organisation, and failure to do so can be devastating. Students will learn the importance of ensuring key issues including employee voices, cultural differences and skills development are addressed as part of any programme of change.

Finance: Learners will develop a critical understanding of financial tools and resources to ensure optimal performance.

Timetable

This apprenticeship will be delivered mostly online, and apprentices will be required to complete the content at a time convenient for them. There will be two days delivered face-to-face at the University’s campus in south west London each year.

Learners will also have weekly tutor meetings, monthly progress reviews and a monthly online networking event.

Career

Every organisation requires leaders to drive forward development and change.

This apprenticeship will provide essential skills, knowledge and behaviours across a wide range of business areas including marketing, change management, sustainable strategy, project management, managing a global staff network and financial performance.

This will place apprentices in a strong position to take on leadership positions in different business areas across a range of industries and sectors.

This apprenticeship aligns with the following professional recognition:

  • Chartered Management Institute for Chartered Manager or Chartered Fellow individual member grade
  • The Institute of Leadership for Management for Fellow member grade
  • The programme offers an uplift opportunity to study for a PGDip or take an enhanced pathway leading to an MBA 

Applying

Apprentices Employers

If you are interested in completing this apprenticeship yourself, please speak to your employer to see if they offer an apprenticeship programme.

We would be more than happy to speak to them about setting one up, so please do ask them to get in touch with us if they don’t have something in place.

This apprenticeship is subject to validation.

If you are an employer and would like to offer apprenticeships at your organisation, please get in touch with us by emailing apprenticeships@roehampton.ac.uk.

We can provide you with all the information and guidance you need to set these up.

This apprenticeship is subject to validation.

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