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Apprenticeship

Improvement leader

Level
6
Degree level
Length
1.5 yr
typical
Sector
Business and administration
Pay
Paid
you earn while training

In a nutshell

Developing improvement strategies and providing leadership in improvement for a business.

What you'd do

Sponsor and lead complex improvement projects across the organisation
Coach and develop Green and Black Belt practitioners
Facilitate workshops with senior leaders to set improvement strategy
Analyse complex processes and systems to identify root causes
Build and present business cases for improvement investment
Establish measures and track benefits realisation across programmes
Embed a continuous improvement culture through leadership and communication

What you'd learn

Advanced Lean Six Sigma - Design for Six Sigma, complex value stream analysis
Leading organisational change management and transformation
Coaching and mentoring improvement practitioners and project teams
Statistical process control and advanced data analysis methods
Project portfolio management and prioritisation
Influencing board-level stakeholders and building business cases
Systems thinking, complexity theory, and organisational design
Ready to look for a place?
See live Improvement leader apprenticeship vacancies on the official government service.
Find vacancies
A Careermash concept Β· apprenticeship standard from our careers engine Β· vacancies via gov.uk.

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