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Postgraduate Certificate in Process Consultancy

The Postgraduate Certificate in Process Consultancy offers experienced professionals the opportunity to become highly skilled leaders of change and to gain a reputable qualification in the discipline of organisational consultancy.

Who is it for?

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The programme is designed for public, private and charitable organisation managers charged with leading significant change within their own organisation, or in leading organisation-to-organisation or wider strategic improvements.

It is suitable for:

  • assistant directors
  • SME chief executive officers
  • social enterprise leaders
  • experienced and executive headteachers
  • local and national leaders of education (LLEs and NLEs)
  • local authority change agents

To qualify for the programme, applicants will normally be expected to have a first degree or to be able to demonstrate substantial professional development.

To avoid disappointment, please note that the programme is not suitable for independent consultants. Our remit is to develop internal consultants and those working in not-for-profit networks and collaboratives.

What do I get?

The Postgraduate Certificate in Process Consultancy will provide you with:

  • a unique combination of theory and high quality facilitation
  • the approaches, frameworks and tools to enhance your impact as a consultant
  • personal insight through the use of a 360° emotional and social intelligence diagnostic
  • opportunities for intensive skill development and application of learning in real organisational settings
  • a personal tutor to help you meet the course requirements and a network of like-minded peers to support your learning

The Postgraduate Certificate, once completed, opens up a progression route to the Masters in Process Consultancy, also offered by CEL.

The University of Manchester is a member of the Russell Group of universities, which represents the 20 leading universities in the UK. These organisations are committed to maintaining the very best research, an outstanding teaching and learning experience and unrivalled links with business and the public sector.

Therefore CEL's programmes, and the concepts that underpin them, are heavily researched to guarantee the high quality of teaching and learning you would expect from a Russell Group university.

Dates and costs

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Dates for the next Postgraduate Certificate in Process Consultancy programme will be posted shortly.

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The cost of the Postgraduate Certificate in Process Consultancy is £2,488. This will include:

  • materials
  • Hay Group Competency Diagnostic
  • two day residential
  • face-to-face sessions
  • lunch at the day workshops at CEL

How do I apply?

For further information about the Postgraduate Certificate in Process Consultancy please contact Mel Lewis:

telephone icon0161 275 8972

 

email iconm.a.lewis@manchester.ac.uk

Reviews

"This course was customised for Blackpool LA in such a way as to prepare a group of already skilled and committed leaders to act as 'champions of change', driving forward the children's agenda across Blackpool."
Sue Crouch, Assistant Director, Blackpool's Children, Adults and Family Services Read more about Blackpool LA's involvement with CEL's Process Consultancy.

"This course definitely challenges your personal knowledge and understanding, and the opportunity for personal learning was a real privilege. It allowed me to understand my own and other people’s responses and approaches to change far better."
Janice Brockbank, Headteacher, Cumbria Read more in the full case study.