Overview

The Humanitarian Leadership Diploma builds the capacity of the humanitarian workforce equipping them with the leadership skills to become agents of change. It will advance the leadership skills of learners and increase the readiness of organizations, to effectively tackle humanitarian projects.

HLD follows an online asynchronous learning modality to cater to the needs of officers/ practitioners in the humanitarian field. It includes 8 courses that can be registered in any sequence, and learners have the choice to complete one or more courses or the full diploma.

Once they complete each course, the learners will receive an online certificate and upon completion of all eight courses, the learners will receive the Humanitarian Leadership Diploma. It is delivered through GHI’s online learning platform GHLAD.

Note: Learners can choose to complete one course, or the full diploma (eight courses).

Target Audience

Learning Outcomes:

• Demonstrate the ability to effectively manage humanitarian projects
• Develop monitoring and evaluation systems, plans and tools
• Identify budgeting and reporting tools for humanitarian projects
• Apply effective managerial and leadership communication skills when working with teams and stakeholders
• Design operational and strategic plans for disaster response and preparedness
• Employ effective communication tools during mediation and negotiation in conflict sensitive contexts
• Employ the fundamentals of international humanitarian response and translate them into their practice according to the humanitarian context
• Demonstrate the ability to apply the fundamentals of humanitarian leadership and coordination in humanitarian settings

Target Audience

Officers working in the humanitarian sector as well as those considering a career change.