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ILM Level 5
Organisational Leadership and Management Award
How can we help you?
- Solve challenges holding your organisation back.
- Strengthen strategy, culture, and leadership.
- Unlock growth and long-term success.
The Level 5 ILM Award is a challenging qualification designed for all managers and leaders who are currently in, or working towards, a senior or organisational management or leadership role. Delegates are typically from middle and senior management.
We provide a fully-supported and internationally respected qualification to show that your senior managers have the skills, aptitude and methods to effectively run departments or organisational units.
What is an ILM Award?

The ILM Award stands for the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). As your training provider, Impellus offers a wide range of ILM qualifications and courses at different levels. These qualifications are designed to develop leadership and management skills, and to support career development for individuals at all levels.
ILM Level 3 courses
Key points
| Courses | Two two-day courses. Delivered in open courses online or in-house to suit you. |
| Qualification process | Online submission. Approximately 12 questions. 16,000 to 20,000 words. One free remark included if initially referred. |
| Support | Business hours, personalised feedback with academic and practical assistance. |
| Approximate time to complete | Approximately 50 to 60 hours of directed question answering and research. Twelve months to complete – including marking time. |
Entry requirements
Delegates are self-elected although as this is a Level 5 qualification (first-year undergraduate standard) with a written submission which draws on experiences, we would advise that all delegates are managers with at least two years’ experience at a junior level at least. They must have access to a computer and be comfortable with academic process. They should be comfortable with the time required to achieve their qualification which can be quite intense for busy people.
Impellus benefits
The Impellus ILM Level 5 Award in Leadership and Management comes with three key benefits over any other training provider:
- The simplest route to ILM qualification – with just two modules to complete which focus on the core skills of senior leadership, there is no wasted learning.
- Option to attend the courses in an open or in-house environment provides exactly the right learning experience for you or your teams.
- Personalised support – your assessor will be there to talk things through all the way to submission and we’ll give you one free remark if you need it too.
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