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Organization: Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies
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Closing Date: 2024-03-31
While critically reviewing the current theories and practices of humanitarian leadership and people management, this executive short course aims to ascertain the leadership capacities of participants and discover their preferred management style.
In plenary sessions or peer-to-peer sessions, discussions and exercises will question emotional competencies, authority vs authoritarianism, stress management, and institutional vision.
Licensed coaches, humanitarian professionals, and psychologists will accompany participants in an approach that considers the human-being in each worker.
Objectives of the course
At the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Manage and lead people according to the essential principles of diversity, inclusion and duty of care
- Adopt best practices for informed and critical decision-making
- Identify your preferred leadership style and argue your choice
Workload
Around 10 hours of work each week, including:
- Asynchronous self-study activities (such as case studies, videos, recorded slideshows, readings, etc.)
- Synchronous live sessions
Structure of the course
- Sectorial and organisational leadership
- Conflict and team management
- The figure of the leader and manager
- Emotions in the workplace
- Stress management
- Remote management
- Peer-to-peer exercises
Audience
- Professionals in the humanitarian, development or social sector looking to develop their competencies in leadership and people management, as well as reflect and capitalise on their experiences.
- Professionals from any other sectors (private, academic, etc) and graduate students with relevant volunteer or intern experience who wish to increase their understanding of leadership and people management in the humanitarian field.
Fee information
CHF 1’700 (The course fee includes all costs associated with the course)
How to register
Admission requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from a Swiss or foreign university;
- At least two years of relevant professional experience;
- Excellent command of English (see below)
Documents required
- CV (Resume)
- Cover letter (explaining what is the reason why you apply for this course and how will the acquired skills help you in your career)
- Employer’s funding agreement, if applicable
- Highest educational qualification obtained
- Work certificate or official document of your current job position
- Proof of English language competence to be dated less than 2 years (see details below)
- Portrait photo (ID format)
- Scanned copy of the passport
Language Requirements
The minimum required English level is B2. Providing a language certificate is mandatory, except in the following cases:
- If you are a native English speaker, please provide a copy of your passport as proof.
- You have been studying in English for at least three years: please provide a certificate from your institution, your transcript or your diploma.
- If you have worked for at least five years in English with MSF or ICRC, please provide a copy of the English test you have undertaken internally with your employer.
Recognized Tests and Scores
- Cambridge English First (FCE) 160-179
- Cambridge English Preliminary (PET) 160-170
- B2 Business Vantage
- IELTS 5.5-6
- TOEFL iBT 72-94
- TOEIC Listening & Reading 785
- TOEIC Speaking & Writing 310
- PTE Geneval Level 3
- PTE Academic 59-75
- Duolingo : 110
- EF SET (CEFR) : B2
More information about the admission process is available on our application page.
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