Artificial intelligence (AI)

AI Leadership - AI Delivery and Organisational Transformation Level 5 - Apprenticeship Unit

Start Date: 26/04/2027

End Date: 29/04/2027

Site: College Main Site

Course Overview

This unit focuses on enabling leaders to guide AI-enabled transformation in a strategic, sustainable, and responsible way. It supports learners in aligning AI delivery with long-term organisational goals, embedding governance and compliance frameworks, managing workforce impact, and ensuring that deployed AI systems are monitored effectively.

The programme blends strategic insight with practical leadership capability. Learners will develop the confidence to lead AI transformation across technical and non-technical teams, communicate opportunities and risks clearly, and embed holistic governance across the AI lifecycle.

Qualification Gained

Level 5 AI leadership – AI delivery and organisational transformation - Apprenticeship unit

After The Course

After you have successfully completed your apprenticeship unit, you may wish to develop your skills and knowledge further on a higher-level apprenticeship at Level 6 in data, AI, or digital disciplines, and advance your career.

What Will I Learn

Learning outcomes:

Lead delivery of AI-enabled organisational change, ensuring AI solutions are sustainable and aligned to long-term organisational objectives.
Assess and manage workforce impacts of AI adoption, including reskilling, role redesign, anticipating and responding to potential job displacement and workforce reduction. Assess the impact on the organisation’s wider ecosystem, for example, suppliers and digitally excluded groups.
Implement organisational level AI risk management, including monitoring, the use of tools, mitigation and escalation.
Achieve audit requirements and regulatory compliance, including incident and security response planning.
Monitor performance and risks of deployed AI systems, including bias, drift and security vulnerabilities.
Communicate AI risks and opportunities internally and externally, including communication with non-technical stakeholders, and regulators.

English And Maths

Functional Skills Level 2 English and maths is required at enrolment

Our Lecturers

Your lecturers are specialists in developing your skills in the workplace to progress to your next level.

Tutorials

You will have support from your highly experienced lecturer.

How Will I Be Assessed

You will be assessed against set Skills and Knowledge that have been developed throughout the programme.

Your final assessment will take place at the end of your apprenticeship unit (skills test).

Entry Requirements

Entry requirements:

Learners must be employed and must be 19 years or over. Must be working in a leadership position within an organisation with autonomy to deliver technological change and inform investment decisions.

Functional Skills Level 2 English and maths is required at enrolment.

Equivalent professional certifications, and relevant work experience will be discussed at interview.

Required Experience

Currently working within a suitable leadership role within this vocational area. Learners will find it useful if your role involves: improving processes, supporting digital transformation or using data, systems or AI tools to enhance how work is delivered. The qualification suits automation specialists, digital and IT professionals, business analysts, low-code platform users.

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