Leadership Growth Skills Project
Leadership and Management Programmes
Open to Applications Now
There are currently three separate programmes within the Leadership Growth Skills project that you can access:
LGS Manager Programme
LGS Leader is also cohort-based and will challenge you with 4 accredited workshops (1/2 day) culminating in a skills qualification - Award in Leadership and Management (City & Guilds).
Ideal for supervisors, team leaders, junior managers, carers returning to the workplace, those early career professionals with future potential to progress into high level management and leadership positions working in small and medium enterprises (SME).
You will be learning alongside other participants in groups of 10 to 16 people.
Wirral
Start date: 7 September 2022
End date: 19 October 2022
Venue location: Egerton House, 2 Tower Road, Birkenhead CH41 1FN
Halton
Start date: 3 October 2022
End date: 31 October 2022
Venue location: To be confirmed in Halton
Check the Programme Schedule Dates for the next cohort relevant to your area.
LGS Leader Programme
LGS Leader is also cohort-based and will challenge you with 4 accredited workshops (1/2 day) culminating in a skills qualification - Award in Leadership and Management (City & Guilds).
Suitable for individuals in roles such as directors, middle managers, aspiring leaders of the future and owners of microenterprises and small and medium organisations (SME) that have not received formal Leadership and Management skills training previously.
You will be learning alongside other participants in groups of 10 to 16 people.
Wirral
Start date: 8 September 2022
End date: 13 October 2022
Venue location: Egerton House, 2 Tower Road, Birkenhead CH41 1FN
Halton
Start date: 20 October 2022
End date: 1 December 2022
Venue location: To be confirmed in Halton
Check the Programme Schedule Dates for the next cohort relevant to your area.
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Eligibility Criteria
Essentially, if you're aged 18+, live in the Liverpool City Region and have the right to work in England & Wales and work, as an employee or self-employed, of a small and medium (SME) business you will be eligible.
Below is a checklist that will assist you in eligibility for the programme:
- Live in the Liverpool City Region (LCR) in one of the 6 boroughs of the Liverpool City Region
- Aged 18 plus at the start of your programme date
- Right to work in the UK
- Working for a small and medium (SME) business either employed or on a self-employed basis
- Unemployed seeking a job in management and leadership
If you are unsure about eligibility, and you wish to discuss this with one of our Advisers please telephone: +44 (0) 7815 013125 or email: lgssupport@ljmu.ac.uk.
About the LGS Project Team
Chris Walters
Business Liaison Officer (BLO)
Chris has been working with SME’s for over 35 years, enjoying a career with NatWest, MSIF, Grant Thornton and Spark Impact.
Chris became a Business Manager at NatWest before moving into the Investment world at MSIF. As an Investment Manager within MSIF Chris invested over £8M into over 200 deals in a variety of sectors including Creative and Digital and Environmental technologies. This investment contributed to the creation of more than 1850 jobs and levered in £70m of private sector investment into Merseyside.
Chris joined LJMU in 2019, working within the Creative and Digital sector on the LCR Activate project. Chris provided ‘hands on’ support and grant funding to Digital and Creative sector businesses. Activate outlined how SME’s could access disruptive technologies such as Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence, AR/VR, supported by LJMU’s Faculty of Science and Engineering.
Within the LGS project Chris will be working with SME’s and individuals to explore their opportunities to expand abilities and minimise skill gaps in the workplace across the Liverpool City Region.
In her spare time Chris cycle’s almost anywhere she can.
Email: c.m.walters@ljmu.ac.uk
Amanda Wilson
Programme Officer
I have been working with European Union (EU) funded projects for the last 20 years supporting businesses and entrepreneurs across the Liverpool City region. My background is in marketing and business support across different sectors. I have been at LJMU for a number of years working on different programmes such as LCR 4.0 and Sustainable Urban Development programme.
My role with within this Leadership Growth Skills Project is to help support individuals with their learning experience, and ensuring the administrative and compliance requirements are met.
Email: a.c.wilson@ljmu.ac.uk
Tel No: 0151 232 2792
Tony Ayin
Programme and Delivery Manager (PM)
I have been working with SMEs for the last 10 years in the North West supporting on growth, innovation and leadership. My work background is in Sales & Marketing and have run my own consultancy for 5 years securing over £50 million in revenues for smaller businesses.
My parents came to England in the 1950s from Ghana and Ireland, and now I am a lucky grandfather to a boy and a girl from my only son and his wife. A former amateur rugby union player, coach and Vice Chairman I have transferred these skills into Latin and Ballroom dancing and the occasional round of golf.
I have the overall responsibility for this programme including recruitment, enrolment, delivery, feedback, compliance and the achievement of outputs and results liaising with the Managing Authority, Department of Work and Pensions for this European Social Fund project.
Email: a.r.ayin@ljmu.ac.uk
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