Postgraduate Certificate in Shared Services 4th
Cohort starts on 14th February – Still time to apply
The 4th Cohort of the national Postgraduate
Certificate in Shared Services will start on 14th February in London
and there is still time to apply to join. The first module is taught by tutors
from Shared Service Architecture Ltd. This fourth cohort will bring the total
student number, who have completed or are studying on the programme to over 40
senior managers from HE, FE, LocalGov, Central Government, Private Consultancy
and the Voluntary Sector. Students from across the UK, Northern Ireland and
Eire have joined the programme too. Contact dominic.wallace@sharedservicearchitects.co.uk
, Director of Learning and Development, for more details.
SSA are major sponsors for the CAPITA ‘Driving Forward Shared Services In The Public Sector Conference’ 21st March
2012
SSA have agreed to sponsor the CAPITA shared service conference this
year as part of the awareness raising activity for the professionalization of
shared service practitioners. This year’s conference is being held in London on
the 21sts March.
The Chair is Cllr Gary Porter, Member Champion for the Shared Service
Workstream of the LGA – and Leader of South Holland District Council.
Cllr Porter is also a registered Shared Service Architect and hold the
Postgraduate Certificate in Shared Services from Canterbury Christ Church
University.
Click here for more details of the conference
Shared
Service Architect’s Programme gets 90% excellence rating from senior local
government managers
10 senior managers from West Midland’s local government and fire and rescue
attended an IEWM 2 day pilot of the Shared Service Architect’s programme on the
18th and 19th January 2012 in Birmingham. The majority of
the managers had experience in shared service and collaboration activity.
In the evaluations, which can be read here 9 out of the 10 confirmed that their seminar experience
was excellent and the 10th scored their experience as good. Click here to see full details of the programme.
CIPFA offer the Shared Service Architect’s Programme to
their membership during 2012
CIPFA have offered the Shared Service Architect’s Programme
to their members since 2010 with excellent feedback from those who have
attended. The next CIPFA workshops will be on 27/28th March 2012.
The workshops are open to members and non-members. Full details are available
at http://www.cipfanetworks.net/training/events/#4
. The two day pilot programme is part of the national postgraduate certificate
in shared services.
Shared Service Architects to lead workshop session at the
LFHE/HEFCE “Future Proofing Higher Education Conference”
Dominic Wallace, SSA’s Director of Learning and Development,
will speak at the conference on 25th Jan 2012. The conference will
launch the joint LF/Hefce £1
million Innovation and Transformation Fund (ITF), aimed at
energising change across the sector. A key stimulus was the recent UUK report
on Efficiencies, Effectiveness and Modernisation. Full details at http://www.lfhe.ac.uk/evt-crs-prog/201112/ltc/index.html/
LSIS and 157 Group appoint
SSA to deliver the Shared Service Architect’s Programme to shared service
project colleges
LSIS and the 157 Group are collaborating to develop the shared service
capacity across specific groups of senior managers within the Further Education Sector. As part of
that process, SSA have been appointed to deliver the Shared Service Architect’s
Programme to those groups of senior managers across the country, during the first
quarter of 2012. For more details please contact Manny Gatt at SSA.
Canterbury Christ Church University is inviting
registrations for the 4th cohort of the national Postgraduate
Certificate in Shared Services
The university and SSA have developed, and deliver, the UK’s
only postgraduate certificate in shared services. The 4th cohort for
all three modules in the postgraduate certificate starts in February 2012 and
applications are now invited from potential students. Click here to find out
more and see Baroness Hanham awarding the second cohort with their graduation
certificates in December 2011. Over 600 senior managers and politicians have been through elements of the
first module of the award – the Shared Service Architect’s Programme.
Welsh Local Government Association to pilot Shared
Service Architect’s Programme
The Welsh LGA are to pilot the Shared Service Architect’s
Programme for a chosen group of senior managers in Welsh Local Government. The
two day pilot programme is part of the national postgraduate certificate in
shared services. This is an invitation only event from the WLGA. Contact Dominic Macdonald-Wallace for more
details.
English Local Government Association adopt, and adapt,
the SSA “Leadership From The Top” taught sessions
The LGA have commissioned SSA to deliver a two day
“Leadership From The Top” session, at Warwick University, to invited Members in
March of 2012. SSA’s successful “Leadership From The Top” sessions provide a
mix of taught shared service knowledge and skills, with practical exploration
by elected Members from Councils. Contact Dominic Macdonald-Wallace for more
details.
South West Councils and SSA offer the Shared Service
Architect’s Programme for public sector managers in the South West
Following a successful shared service conference by South
West Councils in November 2011, they are collaborating with SSA to offer the
Shared Service Architect’s Progamme to Councils in the South West of England.
The sessions are in Feb/March 2012. Contact South West Councils for more
details.
Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands offer the Shared
Service Architect’s Programme to senior managers
IEWM are piloting the Shared Service Architect’s Programme
in January 2012 for a number of invited senior managers who are new to shared
services. This is an invitation only event.