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The CFA will be attending Smaart Skills & Careers at Wembley Stadium on the 8th & 9th of February. Smaart Skills & Careers is the place for young adults aged 15-24 to discover the huge range of careers, training schemes, apprenticeships, educational options and skills opportunities available to them. As part of National Apprenticeship Week, the CFA will be promoting its apprenticeships in Business & Administration, Team Leading, Customer Service, Contact Centre, Marketing and Communications and Sales and Telesales.

Come and visit us at stand 90 to find out more!

For more information about Smaart Skills & Careers 2012, please visit: www.smaartevents.com

For more information about National Apprenticeship Week, please visit: www.apprenticeships.org.uk

CFA and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) have been successful in their bid for funding to develop a Higher Apprenticeship in Human Resource Management, as part of the £18.7m Higher Apprenticeship fund announced by Business Secretary Vince Cable in December 2011.

CFA and the Association for Project Management (APM) have been successful in their bid for funding to develop a Higher Apprenticeship in Project Management . The aim is to create 775 higher apprenticeships in Project Management by 2016, with the support of a fund of nearly £800,000. This represents part of the £18.7m Higher Apprenticeship fund, announced by Business Secretary Vince Cable, which will support the development of 19,000 new apprenticeships in fields including human resources, construction, advanced engineering and financial services.

Job Title: Team Administrator and Project Officer
Reports to: Director of Development
Contract: 12 months fixed term contract (including 6 month probationary period)
Salary: £18,000

The CFA is the national standard setting organisation (SSO) for business skills in the UK. We are the leading government-recognised apprenticeship issuing authority responsible for business skills representing over ten million employees to date and ensuring that employees from all types of organisations have the skills which they will need to excel and develop throughout their careers.

Job Title: Research and Project Officer
Reports to: Director of Development
Contract: 12 months fixed term contract (including 6 month probationary period)
Salary: £20,000

The CFA is the national standard setting organisation (SSO) for business skills in the UK. We are the leading government-recognised apprenticeship issuing authority responsible for business skills representing over ten million employees to date and ensuring that employees from all types of organisations have the skills which they will need to excel and develop throughout their careers.

What is ACE?

ACE is the Apprenticeship Certificates England system that has been developed by the Alliance of Sector Skills Councils in their role as the Apprenticeships Certifying Authority for England. The system will be run by the Alliance who will sit in the middle of a “hub and spoke model” where the SSC’s and SB’s (CFA) will receive the electronic requests for certificates and will issue certificates on their behalf, providing all requirements of the frameworks have been met.

From the 01st April 2012 ACE online will be the only approved system for Apprenticeship Certification requests and no paper based applications will be accepted after this date.

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The CFA are currently reviewing the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Management & Leadership. These standards describe what managers and team leaders need to do, know and understand to carry out their role in a consistent and competent way.

We are currently looking for volunteers with experience in Management and Leadership to support this NOS review. The aim is to update the existing standards so that they reflect current practice, skills and knowledge. Ensuring that the required functions carried out by managers and team leaders meet the needs of employers across all sectors of the UK economy.

The public consultation on the revised draft Management & Leadership standards will commence in December 2011.

If you are interested in taking part in this consultation, please register your interest by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your name, organisation job title and email address

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