Called the Performance Campus, it is the UK branch of a pan-European project by the French company and is run by head of learning and development Elaine Callaghan.
Idverde is on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers, and will draw on its Apprenticeship Levy contributions to fund appropriate elements of the Campus prospectus. It has taken on 29 new apprentices to coincide with the launch.
Damon Lee is the company’s new learning and development specialist and will guide the first tranche of apprenticeships in the London region. The company will also partner with other organisations, such as Element Skills Training (part of Cardiff and Vale College), to support the delivery of its Level 2 Horticulture and Landscaping in areas of the UK the Performance Campus is unable to cover.
Idverde is now building its complete prospectus for the Performance Campus, which will include:
- Apprenticeships in Horticulture, Arboriculture, and Engineering;
- LANTRA supervisory training;
- Level 3 and Level 5 Management
- In-house idverde training in people management, equality and diversity, health and safety, environmental management and biodiversity;
- Leadership development programmes to enable colleagues to progress to the next level of their careers;
- Business traineeships – for people wanting to make a real difference in business;
- Interns – exchange programmes with our French colleagues and other institutes around Europe. idverde insists that all interns are paid at National Living Wage, and does not support the concept of unpaid internships;
- Professional development tailored to the needs of the colleague and the business. This includes degree-level training, MBAs, Chartered Institute of Marketing, and Chartered Institute of Landscape Architecture.
Idverde HR director Andrea Gomm said: "Since joining the business in 2016 the establishment of the Performance Campus has been an imperative for me. I am extremely proud of what the team has achieved as we continue to drive to make idverde a great place to work."
