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Redundancy Can Be an

Opportunity to Develop a Career

In Project Management

FREE PRINCE2® Accredited

Find Work With PRINCE2®

Applicant Handout

Funded by

Over the past 3 years Balance Global, in partnership with a range of Organisations such as the

Skills & Development Agency (S&DA), Croydon Voluntary Action (CVA) & Chichester College

(funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Skills Funding Agency) have helped 100s

of recently redundant people to qualify in PRINCE2® and find work.

Can PRINCE2®

Help Me Find Work ?

EXPERIENCE IN HELPING REDUNDANT PROFESSIONALS

PRINCE2® stands for Projects IN Controlled Environments, and is a process based method for

effective project management. PRINCE2® is used extensively by the UK Government and widely

recognised and used in the private sector across many industries including Construction, Banking &

Insurance. It is important to note that PRINCE2 is the defacto project management qualification /

standard with (1 million +) Qualified Practitioners World Wide.

From our extensive work in helping the redundant return to work through PRINCE2, we would recommend

this qualification to anyone who has previous experience as a Team Leader / Project Manager or who has

been involved in Project delivery. It is not essential that you have a degree or previous qualifications in order

to sit the course and attain the qualification. As long as you have a good understanding of the English

language and are motivated, you run a 99% chance of passing to Foundation and a 89% chance of passing at

Practitioner. We have attained these pass rates over the past year with learners who have not sat any other

formal qualification for some 20 years, so don’t worry if you have exam nerves, we are used to getting people

like you through the course and feeling confident to use PRINCE2 to find work.

WHAT IS PRINCE2 ?

WHO WILL BENEFIT MOST FROM BEING PRINCE2 QUALIFIED?

WHAT ROLES CAN I APPLY FOR WITH PRINCE2 ?

With PRINCE2 you can apply for the following Project Related roles: (to name but a few) :-

• Project Manager

• Team Leader / Project Leader

• Project Support

• Risk Manager (Project Office)

• Quality Manager (Project Office)

• Project Office Manager / Project Office Assistant

• Project Planner

• Business Analyst

• Technical Architect (IT)

If you’re in doubt about what these roles are and your suitability please take a look at the No 1 Job website for

vacancies in these areas :- http://www.jobserve.com/gb/en/candidate/landing.aspx. If you apply for any of the

above roles you will notice PRINCE2 is frequently a CV pre-screening question.

WHAT SALARIES CAN I EXPECT TO BE PAID ?

These vary widely depending on location, experience and type of industry. However, from a number of surveys

these are the salaries and rates if you decide to become a contractor.

• Salaries—£30,000 to £95,000 per annum

• Contract Rates—£300 to £750 per day

HOW CAN YOU GET QUALIFIED FOR FREE ?

Talk to your Job Centre Personal Advisor to see if you qualify for funding through Chichester College.

You will need to match a number of eligibility criteria so that funds are allocated to the most worthy applicants.

One Persons Story

How I found Employment with

PRINCE2®

Lisa

“I am 42 and previously worked for the “Department of Culture Media and Sport” for

24 years as a Senior Policy Adviser”. “However, during 2011 I was made redundant

as part of the Government’s Austerity Programme”.

“I was instructed by my Job Centre to undertake

re-training”.

“I selected PRINCE2 Accredited Training through

Croydon Voluntary Action (CVA) an Adult

Learning Provider under the European Social

Fund”.

I thought a Change of

Career in my 40s would

be impossible

“I knew little about PRINCE2 other than it could open

doors if I wanted to change career and become a

Project Manager”.

“I sat the two week course and managed, along with

the rest of my group, to pass my PRINCE2 Founda-

tion & Practitioner”.

“I then attended Balance Global’s How to Find Em-

ployment with PRINCE2 Course”.

“I was a little bit sceptical about the value of the course because from previous experience these courses often con-

centrate on the development of low level CV skills which I already have”. “I discovered I was wrong ! This course

was as important as the accreditation itself because it gave me help in the following areas” :-

• How to speak “Simplified PRINCE2” at interview

• How to reshape my CV to look and sound like a confident Project Manager.

• How to prepare for the different types of Project Management Interview & win.

• Advice on the different sources of project management vacancies in the public sector.

• How to tailor PRINCE2 to simplify its implementation and retain my Job in that all important 3 month probation

period.

After a couple of interviews I secured a Project Manager’s job with the Children’s Society. Once there I found

PRINCE2 really helped in the set-up of my Child Support Project (non IT related) in the following areas:-

• Better Stakeholder Engagement & Management Skills.

• Access to a “Painting by numbers” approach to the setup of my first project.

• Skills in developing my first realistic project plan & progress report.

• Gave me the necessary process knowledge to control “Project Scope Creep”.

I am delighted to say I found Project

Management work within 3 months

I now love my new job for a socially responsible cause & the opportunity to be a PRINCE2 Project Management Professional.

Thanks Croydon Voluntary Action (CVA) & Balance!

European Social Funded

PRINCE2® Training Explained

Helping Adults Retrain & Find Work

Funded by European Social Fund (ESF) Chichester College together with Balance

Global have put together a unique Accredited PRINCE2® course with the following

objectives.

• PRINCE2 ® - Foundation & Practitioner Level qualification

• Employability Course Module

- Finding Work with PRINCE2 - Includes setting Jobseeking objectives, CV and pro-

ject management interview preparation.

- Follow-up support over 3 months to help learners find work.

We provide the following to support this offering

• Official PRINCE2® manual—Loaned to candidates

• Top class tuition by APMG approved trainers

• Pre-course work - to be complete during course

• Course materials - this includes homework pack and practice exam papers.

• CV & Project Management templates & tools - Help with the new job.

WHATS ON OFFER ?

COURSE SCHEDULE

Week Days Module Module Description

1

Mon—Tues Course Induction PRINCE2 Pre - Course Preparation—Initial Guide to

PRINCE2 Manual.

Weds PRINCE2 Employability Tailoring CVs & WHERE & HOW to look for Project

Management work.

Thurs -Friday Homework Reading PRINCE2 Manual & Home Study

2 Mon—Friday PRINCE2 Accreditation

Foundation Training—Mon—Weds

Foundation Exam Thursday Morning

Practitioner Training—Thurs—Friday

3 1/2 day during

following week Practitioner Exam—Typically Mon or Tuesday

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Talk to your Job Centre Personal Advisor to see

if you qualify for funding through Chichester

College.

Please see brochure page “How do a qualify in

PRINCE2 for FREE ?”

How do I get PRINCE2®

Qualified for Free ?

Helping the Recently Made

Redundant Find Work

APPLICATION STEPS TO BECOMING PRINCE2 QUALIFIED FOR FREE ?

• Must be over 19 years of age.

• Nature of unemployment must fit one of the following categories -

- Individuals, and their employer, who are under consultation of redundancy;

- Individuals, and their employers, who are under notice of redundancy;

- Individuals who have been notified by their employer that they are likely to be directly

affected by downsizing or company closure, expected to result in unemployment;

- Individuals whose contract of employment has come to natural end and not renewed

due to downsizing or company closure.

- Individuals who are newly Redundant claiming JSA or ESA (WRAG), not in paid employment or self -employment and

actively seeking work who have been made redundant within 6 months of their start date .

• Must Live within one the following postcodes / locations —BN, ME, RG, CT, MK, RH, GU, OX, SO, HP, PO, TN or Greater

London boroughs of Richmond, Kingston, Merton, Sutton, Croydon, Bromley, Bexley, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Wal-

tham Forest, Barking & Dagenham.

Talk to your Job Centre Personal Advisor to see if you qualify for funding through Chichester College.

You will need to match a number of eligibility criteria so that funds are allocated to the most worthy applicants.

Assess your own Eligibility. Please look at

eligibility criteria below

Talk to your Job Centre Advisor & ask to apply

for ESF funded PRINCE2 course.

You will be emailed /called by Balance

Global to participate in a telephone based

eligibility interview + Suitability.

Receive email confirmation from Balance

so say that you have been successful /

declined. If accepted course date &

locations provided for you to accept.

Options if declined

You attend course & qualify with results

for Foundation provided during the

course and Practitioner sent via post. 5

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3

2

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SFA ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR FUNDING ?

PRINCE2® stands for Projects IN

Controlled Environments, and is a

process based method for effective

project management.

PRINCE2® is used extensively by the

UK Government and widely recognised and used in the private sector.

The method also has wide international recognition.

PRINCE2® is a registered trademark of Cabinet Office. The Swirl

logo™ is a Trade Mark of the Cabinet Office

The key features of PRINCE2® are:

• Focus on business justification

• A defined governance organisation

• A product based planning approach

• Divides projects into manageable stages

• Tailorable & scalable methodology

• Can be used on any Project

PRINCE 2® Qualification

Explained

WHAT IS PRINCE2 ?

• UK Government Standard (Cabinet Office)

• “De-Facto’ Project Management Standard UK &

Europe.

• Now Taught Worldwide – Many Language Options

• 1.5 million+ Examinations Taken Since

Inception

• Can be used on ANY Project

WHY CONSIDER PRINCE2 ® ?

Passing PRINCE2®

with Balance is easy

Balance achieves results in line with the Top 10% of

APMG Accredited Training Organisations.

• PRINCE2® Foundation 99%

• PRINCE2® Practitioner 89%

FOUNDATION LEVEL

• No pre-requisites / particular qualifications required

• Ideal for Team Leaders & Project Support Staff

• Tests understanding & retention of method

• Usually Taught over 3 days—exam 3rd day

• Examination 1 hour multiple choice 75 questions

• Pass mark = 35 marks (50%)

PRACTITIONER LEVEL

• Pre-requisite PRINCE2 foundation pass

• Ideal for Team Leaders & Project Support Staff

• Tests application of the method using scenario

• Usually Taught over 1 day with exam sat on last day of course

• Examination 2.5 hours

• Pass mark = 44 marks (55%)

QUALIFICATION CHOICES

LEADING PASS RATES

Only Training Providers accredited by the APM Group, and any associated affiliates, are

licensed to execute PRINCE2, MSP and ITIL examination based courses. Also, in order to

maintain our license, we are audited annually at an organisational and course level.

There are published quality targets which have to be met in order to retain our license.

Accredited Training Provider

Recent Clients

LEADING PASS RATES

PRINCE2 Foundation 99%

PRINCE2 Practitioner 89%

MSP Foundation 100%

MSP Practitioner 100%

ITIL Foundation 95%

In these challenging times one of the most important things we can do at Balance Global is to

provide our customers with quality products at a value for money price. We can do this by

applying best practice to our own organisation, making sure we understand our clients’

needs, matching appropriate solutions to those needs and exploiting new technologies.

Our corporate values are:

• To practice what we teach – how can we teach best practice if we don’t practice it

ourselves?

• A passion for excellence – we are enthusiastic about ensuring our courses are of the

highest quality using interactive exercises to cater for different learning styles and

reinforce learning.

• Learn from experience – We have considerable experience in running projects and

delivering training. We believe that sharing our experiences speeds up learning and our

trainers bring their hands-on project and programme management experience to the

courses they deliver.

• Continued professional development - we can only bring modern techniques and methods

to our clients if we, as an organisation, keep learning ourselves. We therefore continuously

research new ideas and concepts and encourage our clients to do the same.

• Provide good take-away value – we aren’t interested in just teaching theory and achieving

exam passes, although they are important. We want our clients to be able to make a

difference in their workplace, hence the after care support we provide.

• Global accessibility – we aim to make our materials available to clients at times and in ways

that suit them. We therefore continuously look to exploit technology for new methods of

delivery, we make sure the language used is as jargon-free as possible and provide out-of

hours solutions.

Our Values

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Surrey

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Tel: +44 (0) 20-8668-1948

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QUALITY MATTERS

The APM Group Ltd (APMG) is a global accreditation body (51% owned by the UK Cabinet

Office) which is the accreditation body for the UK Cabinet Offices “Best Practice

Portfolio”. APM Group is in turn accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service

(UKAS) against the EN45011 and ISO/IEC17024 standards for several accreditation

schemes it delivers. The organisation is based in the United Kingdom and operates

worldwide, with offices in the UK, USA, Germany, Malaysia, India, Australia, China and the

Netherlands.

Part of this UK Cabinet “Best Practice Portfolio” are subjects such as PRINCE2, MSP and

ITIL to name but a few.

What is the APMG ?