Deadline: 14-Dec-21
Are you a woman returning to work after a career break seeking to make work with all the other commitments and enjoyment of life? Then apply for the Making Work Work – for Women Returners Programme.
The Challenges Group is seeking applications for Making Work Work – for Women Returners Programme to facilitate women who have had a career break to participate in the workplace with fulfilment and purpose, supporting them to work towards and move into management and leadership positions which will facilitate the dismantling of the barriers faced by their peers in their own workplaces and beyond.
About the Programme
They are looking for women who have management experience or aspirations from across Scotland to take part in a peer-led management skills refresher programme which will facilitate the confidence and networks which are essential to finding work which is commensurate with the skills, ambitions and potential of women returners.
Participants also get support with their job search, personal development and designing their (work)life blend. They will empower women to unleash their experience, skills and potential and help them challenge the status quo to make work work.
This programme is delivered by the Challenges Group and the Chartered Management Institute in partnership with Volunteering Matters and Get The Gen. It is funded by the Scottish Government and administered by Skills Development Scotland.
The Making Work Work – for Women Returners programme aims to support and train 125 women in groups of cohorts running for 4-6 weeks between November 2021 and March 2022.
Programme Content
- Participants will undergo an initial assessment to determine each participant’s Personal Learning Plan (PLP) and training timetable.
- In total, each learner will be scheduled two hours of mentoring, plus 10 live, interactive online vocational training sessions (on Zoom, 3 hours each, twice per week), facilitated by professional trainers, including an introductory session and an evaluation/closing celebration session. Additionally, through our relationship with CMI,
- they are able to offer one year of access to CMI Management Direct, a portal of management and skills information and support.
- In summary, the programme consists of the following four main components:
- Professional and personal development training
- Mentoring
- Events, workshops and masterclasses
- On-going support
Benefits
Women will receive:
- online management and leadership skills training
- practical advice on CVs, interviews, and recruitment processes
- Support on their (work)life blend and job search strategies
- Access to the Chartered Management Institute’s Management Direct – a hub of useful learning, tips, and other content on management
- an opportunity to participate in inspiring events, workshops, and masterclasses
- mentoring to support their career aims and network development
- bespoke, on-going support for their transition into the workplace from their peers, trainers, professional services and CMI (Chartered Management Institute)
Time Commitment
In total between 11 and 16 hours a week, comprising:
- Structured Commitment:
- A 5-week core programme
- Two live online training sessions, each of 3 hours, starting at 10.00, ending at 13.00, for each of those 5 weeks. A total of ten live, online training sessions.
- Women will be placed in a cohort of participants and attend on either Monday and Wednesday, or Tuesday and Thursday
- Additional commitment
- Participants will be expected to commit an additional 5 – 10 hrs per week during the 5-week core programme training sessions, which will online learning and selfstudy, plus time for mentoring and optional workshops, masterclasses, and employer engagement events
- Further optional masterclasses, workshops and events will be offered at various times of the day / evening in January, February and March 2022, exact timings to be confirmed.
- followed by on-going peer-support and networking opportunities
Eligibility Criteria
- It is for women over 25. they are trans and non-binary inclusive
- It is for women who have been out of paid employment for at least the last 6 months (for example due to childcare or other caring commitments, health / disability issues including menopause, redundancy, or other reasons). Please note that women on employer-contracted maternity leave are not eligible.
- It is for women who have been employed in the past
- It is for women who live in Scotland
- they have entitlement to work in the UK without employment restriction or time limit.
- Management experience can come in all different shapes and forms, across all sectors. This could look like management of people, resources, finances, events, projects, etc. It could be in the healthcare sector, the arts, the third sector, the private sector, and more. they welcome women with such management experience or the aspiration to work in a management role in the future.
- They aim to attract a range of people bringing their best practice knowledge and enthusiasm to the programme in mixed cohorts with various levels of experience to support peerlearning.
- They are taking a client-centred, cross-sectoral approach, giving women returners with management and leadership potential the opportunity to develop or refresh their skills, and boost their confidence, networks, and agency to select for themselves which sector resonates with them.
- During the programme, women will be able to attend optional masterclasses from employers, role models and support agencies from the private, social enterprise and start-up sectors.
- They will also benefit from support, mentoring and the networks of experts, mentors, and inspirational women.
For more information, visit https://thechallengesgroup.com/home/our-work/makingworkwork/