About Fife Council
Industry: Local Authority
Company Size: 17,500 employees
Location: Fife, Scotland
Course: ILM Level 3 Certificate in Leadership & Management; ILM Level 4 Certificate in Leadership & Management; ILM Level 5 Certificate in Leadership & Management; ILM Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management.
Roles: Candidates were from a range of roles and services across the organisation, ranging in seniority from team leaders up to senior management level.
Summary
Fife Council is the local authority for Fife, covering one of Scotland’s 32 Council areas. They employ 17,500 people and serve a community of approximately 370,000 people.
In 2019, Fife Council opened procurement for the delivery of management and leadership qualifications to managers within the council. St Andrews Management Centre was successful in our bid for this work with our proposal to deliver ILM Level 3, 4 and 5 Management & Leadership qualifications. This programme of work ran from 2019-2022.
The Results
“Loved the course, thought the tutors were fab, and I got a promotion!”
Jillian, Fife Council
95% of candidates passed
134 candidates undertook the qualification
“There was support from tutors; understanding that everyone has busy jobs and home lives and that made it better. You felt like an individual, not just a number.”
Jennifer, Fife Council
The Challenge
Developing Management Skills
Fife Council were seeking to develop the skills and competencies of their team leaders and managers through tendering for a provision of management qualifications.
Cross-service Qualifications
The qualifications needed to cater to managers from all different services within the local authority.
The Solution
STAMC won the bid with our proposal to deliver ILM Leadership & Management qualifications at levels 3,4 and 5. The units of study were selected and tailored to focus on the competencies required by Fife Council.
The work based assignments for each unit ensured that candidates were applying the theory to their roles directly.
Action Learning Sets gave candidates the opportunity to reflect on their studying in a group setting, allowing them to learn from each others experiences.
There was a clear progression through the levels for those who wished to develop further.
Successful candidates received an internationally recognised qualification from the ILM
“…this is one of the best learning experiences I have had… I would definitely recommend ILM (specifically with yourselves) to people in the future.”
John, Fife Council
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