Associate Project Manager - Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship

Knowledge

By the end of the apprenticeship, your apprentice should understand:

• The differences between projects and business as usual.
• The importance of alignment between the project and organisational objectives and the need for good project governance.
• Techniques used to understand the project context, such as PESTLE (political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental), SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunities, threats) or VUCA (velocity, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity).
• Different roles and responsibilities within a project environment.
• Importance, content, and purpose of a business case and the supporting project management plan.
• Communicating with stakeholders, working collaboratively and managing conflict.
• Configuration management and change control.
• The principles of earned value management (EVM) and the interpretation of EVM information.
• Project scheduling and maintenance, including critical path analysis.
• Allocation and management of resources throughout the project life cycle.
• Principles of project risk and issue management.
• Procurement strategies and processes that are both ethical and sustainable.
• The role and purpose of quality requirements, planning and control in a project environment.
• Principles for evaluating project success, including how lessons learned are captured and can impact future project delivery.
• Relevant regulations and legislation such as data protection, and how they impact on their role.
• Technology and software used in the performance of project management activities.

Presentation tools and techniques.

Skills

Your apprentice will learn how to:

• Use project monitoring and reporting techniques to track, interpret and report on performance.
• Manage and engage with stakeholders.
• Influence and negotiate with others to create a positive outcome for the project, resolving conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
• Communicate and support the project vision, to ensure buy in to the project objectives.
• Collate and analyse information and provide input to support negotiations relating to project objectives.
• Monitor and analyse project budgets, working within them and highlighting any issues which may lead to budgets being exceeded.
• Apply change control processes to support the management of project scope.
• Evaluate an integrated project management plan to provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
• Prepare, monitor, and schedule activities that contribute to the delivery of the overall project schedule and objectives.
• Evaluate and make recommendations on the risk management plan to threats to delivery and recommend solutions.
• Use an organisation’s continual improvement process including lessons learned to improve performance.
• Support the preparation or maintenance of a resource management plan for project activities.
• Work with stakeholders to deliver the project.
• Use digital tools and software to meet project objectives for example research, collaboration, presentations, and resolution of problems.
• Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
• Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
• Manage resources through the project lifecycle.

Behaviours

By the end of their apprenticeship, your apprentice should be able to:

• Work flexibly and adapt to circumstances.
• Work collaboratively and build strong relationships with others across the organisation and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrate accountability and ownership of their tasks and workload.
• Operate professionally with integrity and confidentiality.
• Seek learning opportunities and continuous professional development.

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