Who is this qualification for?
This FE-funded Level 5 programme is designed for practising managers, senior leaders and department heads. Develop your skills, knowledge and experience, improve your performance, gain strategic insight and prepare for strategic leadership responsibilities.
Qualification benefits
For individuals
- Develop the capabilities and personal awareness you need to lead, motivate and inspire others
- Develop and use core management techniques to drive better results
- Accredit your experience with a nationally recognised qualification that is transferable across multiple professions
- A valuable personal development tool which will benchmark your managerial skills and raise your profile in your organisation
- Enriched learning experience through Teams group workshops, enabling collaboration and professional discussions with peers from diverse sectors, roles, and organisations
For employers
- Encourage strategic thinking at this level of management, to foster business improvement
- Engage your managers and leaders with training and development – this qualification is designed to provide clear, measurable benefits to career-focused professionals
- Encourage talent retention by providing professional and universally recognised CPD opportunities
Qualification units
- Understanding the Management Role to Improve Performance
- Managing own Continued Professional Development
- Leading Innovation and Change
- Making a Financial Case
- Managing Improvement
- Developing Critical Thinking
- Managing Stress and Conflict
Depending on your chosen programme, some or all of the following Essential Skills courses may be required or will need to be completed:
- Essential Skills Level 2 or 3 Application of Number (AON)
- Essential Skills Level 2 or 3 Communication
- Essential Skills Level 2 or 3 Digital Literacy
Following the completion of the ILM Level 5 Diploma, learners can progress onto one of our Level 7 ILM programmes.
“I am able to support colleagues currently undertaking ILM qualifications and consider in more detail how to embed change into existing practices.”
Emma Laidlaw
Assistant Headteacher, St Cyres School
Qualification delivery and assessment
At Portal we understand the demands of modern work life. We know that your work commitments, project deliverables, and team responsibilities require careful balance. That’s why we’ve shaped a flexible learning approach that allows you to hone your skills without having to compromise your ongoing commitments.
Our programmes have a strong collaborative approach. Monthly virtual group workshops are facilitated by experienced assessors, enabling professional discussions, encouraging knowledge sharing, and fostering meaningful connections with peers from diverse sectors, roles, and organisations.
Mixed methods which could include:
- Written work
- Professional discussion
- Question and answer
- Work related evidence
Applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements;
Individuals must:
- Reside in Wales
- Be 19 years or over
- Not be accessing any other Welsh Government funded programme
