ABOUT THE COURSE
The Humanitarian Staff Development course borrows from the CONTEXT programme which is a humanitarian staff development initiative geared towards improving participants’ knowledge and skills across six Core Humanitarian Competency areas. This course is aimed at building humanitarian management and leadership of existing staff at a national level. Moreover, improve the quality and efficiency of emergency preparedness and response.
This training course is based on the Core Humanitarian Competencies Framework and provides high-quality participative capacity building that is contextually relevant. The course offers a unique opportunity to share best humanitarian practice and establishes a common, high quality learning experience for humanitarian staff.
COURSE CONTENT
◼ Humanitarian leadership in emergencies: what a humanitarian emergency is and leadership concepts and behaviours
◼ Knowledge of humanitarian contexts and the humanitarian response system, standards and principles
◼ Humanitarian project cycle management: how it can enable and enhance humanitarian action
An overview of coordinating humanitarian responses: the what, the why and the how
◼ Awareness of the content and practical application of the humanitarian imperative and core standards
◼ An overview of the use of SPHERE and humanitarian principles and their importance when applied to delivering humanitarian action and the challenges faced
◼ Practice skills of engaging with communities and putting people at the center of our humanitarian response
◼ Practice practical leadership skills critical to the management of humanitarian action: decision- making and prioritising, leading teams and increasing trust within the teams and how to access the views of the most vulnerable
◼ Understand what it takes to organise program support functions to facilitate effective delivery of humanitarian response and how to prioritise key program aspects
◼ Understand how to identify and involve critical stakeholders and to map power and interest dimensions
◼ Knowledge of analysing and managing risk to improve design and management of humanitarian programs
◼ A foundational knowledge and understanding of what happens in a humanitarian response and what informs approaches and strategies
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The Management and Leadership course is suited for middle to senior management humanitarian staff at a national level who seek to further develop the application of Core Humanitarian Competencies to day-to-today organisational tasks as well as make significant organisational changes.
HOW TO APPLY: Email [email protected]