Leadership & Management Skills Academy

Strong leaders aren’t just born — they’re made. At Utopian Learning, our Leadership & Management courses are designed to equip people at every stage of their career with the skills, confidence, and tools they need to lead effectively. Whether you’re an emerging leader, a new manager, or an experienced professional looking to sharpen your skills, our courses make leadership simple, practical, and impactful.

We are delighted to be able to offer a range of both full and short accredited courses in Leadership and management from level 1- 5 across a range of learning areas- scroll down to see how we can help your journey of learning.

Full accredited courses

OCN NI Level 4 Award LEADERSHIP

This Course will enable the learner to understand what is meant by leadership, the associated skills and qualities a leader should have and be able to plan for, develop and conduct an assessment of leadership skills

OCN Level 4 Leadership Skills (pdf)Download

OCN NI Level 5 award & Certificate Leadership & Management

The OCN NI Level 5 Award in Leadership and Management and the OCN NI Certificate in Leadership and Management qualifications have been designed to provide the learner with the skills and knowledge to be able to: plan and lead teams, manage performance in the workplace, manage workplace investigations, grievances and disciplinary issues, manage absence and supporting staff mental health and well being, manage recruitment and selection, analyse budgets and management reports.

OCN Level 5 Leadership & Management (pdf)Download

short accredited courses

OCN NI Level 5 award leading teams

This course will enable the learner to understand and be able to demonstrate effective leadership skills.

OCN Level 5 Leading Teams (pdf)Download

OCN NI Level 5 award managing performance in the workplace

This course will enable the learner to understand and be able to apply an organisation’s performance management processes.

OCN NI Level 5 Managing Performance (pdf)Download

OCN NI Level 5 award managing recruitment & selection

This course will enable the learner to understand and apply recruitment and selection policies and procedures.

CN NI Level 5 Recruitment & Selection (pdf)Download

OCN NI Level 5 managing effective WORKplace investigations

This course will enable the learner to understand the processes of and be able to conduct an effective workplace investigation.

OCN NI Level 5 Managing Workplace Investigations (pdf)Download

OCN NI Level 5 award managing absence & mental health

This course will enable the learner to understand and be able to apply organisational absence policies and procedures and support employee mental health and wellbeing.

OCN Level 5 managing absence & mental health (pdf)Download

OCN NI Level 5 award managing budgets & finance reports

This course will enable the learner to understand how to develop and use management reports including finance reports.

OCN Level 5 Budgets & Finance (pdf)Download

OCN NI Level 3 award team leading skills

This course will enable the learner to develop team leading skills, to plan team tasks and support their completion.

OCN NI Level 3 Team Leading Skills (pdf)Download

nOCN Level 1 & 2 Assertiveness and Decision Making SkilLS

The aim of this course is to provide learners with the skills and knowledge to develop their assertiveness and decision making skills. Learners will know how to use assertive behaviour and reasoned decisions in structured situations.

NOCN Level 2Unit-AssertivenessandDecisionMakingSkills (pdf)Download

NOCN Level 1 assertiveness-and-decision-making-skills (pdf)Download