One of the most common objections we hear about the Apprenticeship Levy from Levy Payers and the top reason for not using their Levy payment in the first place, is not understanding how to factor the ‘20% off the job’ requirement into an already overstretched working day.
So how can you commit 20% of your employee’s time to learning without disrupting productivity and existing workloads?
The answer lies in finding the right strategic partner for your business.
Paul Snell, KnowledgeBrief’s Head of Leadership Foundation Programmes, wrote in his 6 Steps to Maximise your Apprenticeship Levy blog; A truly great provider will tailor the programme to your long-term strategic objectives, the immediate needs of the business, and the needs of your learners. They will then be able to evidence the positive impacts the programme is having on your business.
For KnowledgeBrief, this is the first step to ensure your employees ‘20% off the job’ is time well spent. We ensure they are learning techniques and frameworks that can be directly applied to your immediate and future business needs and their day job.
How do we do this?
Before your employees embark on the programme, we run a discovery workshop with you using our PRISM methodology to understand and define.
Population
Identifying the right programme level and appropriate number of Learners for your business and agreeing the roles, responsibilities and commitment required from KnowledgeBrief and you.
Results
Defining the desired objectives and outcomes for the programme. Creating an outline strategy and set of plans to support tailoring the programme to the business and learner needs.
Ingredients
Aligning the ‘20% off the job’ requirement to support the business objectives and personalisation of the learning journey.
Solution
Promoting the programme internally to the right people within your organisation (e.g. webinars, briefing sessions, flyers)
Mobilise
Agreeing the pre-course briefing sessions, launch date, first workshop and key milestones post-launch.
This approach is fundamental to what we do here at KnowledgeBrief, what sets us apart from our competitors and why 100% of our clients say our training is aligned to their organisational needs and 94% of Learners feel empowered by our learning resources. *
In addition, once your employees are enrolled on the programme, they are introduced to their Professional Learning Advisors where the programme is further tailored to meet the individual Learner’s requirements.
Don’t just take our word for it though
Wesley Maguire, IT Director for JPI Media talks about how he could select techniques aligned to the course and his existing projects:
“We were in the process of selecting and transitioning to a new business-wide CRM system.
Applying the course learnings around the project and risk management techniques, I was able to apply enhanced governance and rigour to the project, identify the product capabilities against our requirements and build a watertight business case for use with internal and external stakeholders.
This ensured the project brief and subsequent management of the external delivery consultants was incredibly rigorous, gave us the confidence we were getting the right solution and when we had to, push back.
Not only that, but we avoided scope creep, kept the project on time, on budget and the transition was seamless.”
If you have any questions or would like further information on how we can support you with utilising your Apprenticeship Levy effectively, please get in touch — we’d love to hear from you.
You may also find our Tailoring Learning to Increase Engagement Challenge to Action guide useful in creating your practical and outcome-focused approach to building a learning culture.