CS19398 UKRI Early Careers Residential-Based Learning Programme

Descriptions

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Friday 20th March 2020 at 14:00 DO NOT apply directly to the buyer. All tender information MUST be submitted through the Delta eSourcing Portal. Brief Description of Requirement UKRI-STFC employs 2000 specialist technical, scientific and engineering staff across 5 sites in the UK. Our employees range from those in their early careers (graduates, students and apprentices) to more experienced managers and leaders. The UKRI-STFC Corporate Strategy demands an agile and sustainable workforce with the necessary knowledge, behaviours and skills to lead UKRI-STFC into the future. Graduates and apprentices are part of theearly careers skills strategy and a key part of the UKRI-STFC careers pipeline. As part of the development of our apprentices and graduates, each year the latest intake from all sites areinvited to attend an outward bound residential based learning programme to develop core skills, including butnot limited to team working, leadership and communication. Four days are planned away from the normal workplace to provide a personal development programme for: •Apprentices to spend time exploring the behavioural elements of the apprenticeship standards; and •Graduates to provide a leadership and personal development programme linked to CRISTAL competencies (Communication, Responsibility, Integrity, Solution focus, Teamwork, Awareness and Leadership). The residential courses are aligned to UKRI values and the overall aims of each course are to: •Provide real and practical opportunities to practice team and/or leadership skills in a safe environment •Help develop an understanding of the behaviours required within UKRI-STFC whilst emphasising the link tothe apprenticeship standards and graduate programme •Regularly review the learning process in order to continually improve personal performance •Develop interpersonal skills The emphasis of this course is on practising and developing skills using activities and exercises through experiential learning in a non-work environment using both wet (i.e. swimming pool or sea) and dry (land based) facilities; enabling participants to safely be taken out of their comfort zones or try activities they may not havehad the chance to before. There will be approximately 60 graduates (plus 3-4 UKRI-STFC staff) attending the programme in October each year (2020-2021), and approximately 45 apprentices (plus 3-4 UKRI-STFC staff) attending the programme in August each year (2020-2021). The Contract duration shall be for a period of two years, from May 2020 to April 2022 with an optional extension of two years until April 2024 (2+2). For full details of the requirement please refer to the Request for Proposal documentation available to download from the Delta eSourcing Portal. This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the RFP document.