Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LIMITED

Training course

Associate project manager (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• 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.
• Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
• Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
• 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.
• Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
• 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.
• Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
• Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
• 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.
• Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
• Work within the approved project budget.
• Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
• Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
• Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
• Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
• Manages resources through the project lifecycle.
• 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.
• Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
• Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
• 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.
• Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
• 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.
• Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
• Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
• 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.
• Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
• Work within the approved project budget.
• Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
• Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
• Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
• Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
• Manages resources through the project lifecycle.

Training schedule

BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace. Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.

Essential qualifications

A Level in:

NA (grade A*-C/9-4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Analytical skills
• Team working
• Written communication skills
• Management skills
• Manage multiple tasks
• Manage deadlines
• Able to work independently

Other requirements

Experience:

• Some experience working in a team, project or customer-facing environment (e.g. part-time work, placement, volunteering).
• Exposure to coordinating tasks, organising activities or supporting others to get things done.

Behaviours:

• Comfortable asking questions and seeking clarification when unsure.
• Shows initiative in picking up tasks and suggesting improvements.
• Able to manage time and prioritise tasks with support.

Skills:

• Ability to manage personal security requirements (e.g. BPSS, SC processes), ensuring accuracy and audit readiness; tracking access rights and able to interpret security risks and escalate appropriately.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret project data and produce clear, actionable insights
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy.
• Confident user of project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Planner, Jira, Trello) and MS Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint).
• Ability to work proactively and independently, as well as collaboratively within a team.

About this employer

Scott Logic is a UK-based technology consultancy that helps organisations solve complex business problems through thoughtful, high-quality software delivery. We work in collaborative teams to design and build robust