High Performance Programme Level 4
Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability (CR&S) Practitioners play a vital role across all sectors - public, private, and third - becoming increasingly integral to modern business strategies. Their presence spans every industry, reflecting a shift in business priorities where profit and growth are now aligned with creating positive social and environmental impact. Organisations are no longer judged solely by financial performance but also by their contributions to sustainability and community well-being.
At the core of the CR&S Practitioner’s role is the responsibility to guide their organisation’s ethical and sustainable practices. They ensure that CR&S goals are not just aspirational but embedded into everyday operations, influencing decisions at all levels. This involves close collaboration with internal teams to align efforts and inspire collective action, as well as engaging with external stakeholders to uphold accountability and drive meaningful change.
Duration: In Learning 18 months + EPA
Behaviours are an important part of an apprenticeship programme
in helping to shape and drive high performance.
TAKES RESPONSIBILITY
KNOWLEDGE
Principles of project management and a range of project planning tools
Principles of change management and culture management
Techniques for managing and influencing stakeholder relationships
Principles for developing a strategy that manages the social, environmental and ethical risks and opportunities of an organisation
Techniques that recognise and utilise the comparative strengths and weaknesses across teams and across the organisation
The principles of data management including how to manipulate and store data needed for CR&S projects
The principles of CR&S fundraising
Horizon scanning techniques for keeping up to date with the CR&S landscape (including evolving best practice and what other organisations are doing)
SKILLS
Balance own CR&S workload to prioritise competing demands and achieve key performance indicators
Utilise strengths of internal organisational structures to help build self-sustaining CR&S populations
Tailor approach to maintaining new/existing external stakeholder relationships to achieve progress on plans
Recommend opportunities for external engagement, articulating the mutual benefits and risks
Adjust leadership style to achieve results, having regard to the needs of the individual/teams involved
Select and analyse data to form evidence-based conclusions on CR&S performance
Apply management techniques needed to deliver CR&S projects within budget
Identify and deliver initiatives that may raise funds for CR&S projects
BEHAVIOURS
Actively champion the CR&S agenda/ethos
Committed to developing self and others in ways that support CR&S engagement
Works within own level of authority, seeking support when needed
Takes the lead in helping others to achieve CR&S results. (within limits of own role)
Seeks innovative ways to add value to CR&S issues while remaining objective
Stand by difficult CR&S decisions and hold your team/organisation to account
Ethical and non-judgemental
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