DPS for Help to Grow Programme - Mentor Recruitment

Due to funding this is now a closed opportunity.

The University of Derby Business School would like to procure the services of multiple individual mentors to support senior leaders of small and medium size businesses across the UK to boost their business performance, resilience, and long-term growth. The university is working with a consortium of the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) and a consortium of Small Business Charter Accredited Business Schools to deliver the government's new Help to Grow: Management programme.

The 12-week programme is 90% funded by the Government and has been designed to allow participants to complete it alongside full-time work.

The practical curriculum is designed to build capabilities in leadership, innovation, digital adoption, employee engagement, marketing, responsible business, and financial management. By the end of the programme participants will have developed a business growth plan to help them to scale their business.

For further details on the opportunity, please find the Job Description and Person Description attached.

Application

The following opportunity is a Dynamic Purchasing System framework which will be open for application until 31st October 2023. The opportunity is open to individuals only (no limited companies, group, consortia) and bidding parties will need to meet the minimum requirements via submission of the mandatory documents.

To bid for the opportunity, please submit the following mandatory documents via email to h2gm@derby.ac.uk:

Once you have submitted the above documents to the Help to Grow team, they will respond to your application within 10 days. Please note if you are awarded a place on the Dynamic Purchasing System Framework, you will be required to complete a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), outlined in the Supplier Minimum Requirements document. If you are unsuccessful upon application, you are welcome to reapply to the opportunity following the application procedure previously outlined.

Please note: contracted start date is NOT 01/11/23. Contract date will be the date a purchase order document is received following award.

Additional information: This opportunity has now closed due to changes in funding.