Siyakhula Trust: Project Management Programme

Siyakhula Trust is a NGO whose mission is to assist community leaders, NPOs and government officials develop skills so that they can efficiently initiate and manage development and job creation projects to the benefit of the communities they serve.

Courses Starting Soon:

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting our popular and practical Community Project Management programme in two different centres in South Africa in the months to come.

The aim of the programme is:

Enable managers and officers working in government departments, national agencies and NPOs who work with communities and projects, to effectively participate in initiating, supporting and managing those projects to ensure a successful outcome

Target Group:

LED Officers, Liaison Officers, Extension Officers, Social workers, Field Workers, Mayors, Speakers, Councilors, Health Workers, Care Givers, Sport Workers Community Development Workers and Officers in national, provincial and municipal spheres of Government, NPOs and CBOs.

Course Content

This practical programme addresses the following areas:

• Understanding the dynamics of change and implications for community projects
• Analysing the community situation
• Problem solving and risk analysis
• Consulting with relevant community stakeholders
• Scoping the project
• Producing a project plan
• Selecting and using project tools
• Preparing a project budget
• Managing the project
• Conducting community project meetings
• Establishing controls, monitoring and evaluation techniques
• Wrapping up the project
• Consulting with sponsors or agencies
• Evaluating the progress of the project
• Preparation and submission of project reports

This programme is accredited by the Services SETA has been aligned to the following Unit Standards.

U/S ID No: 120373
Title: Contributing to project initiation, scope definition and scope change control.
Level: 4
Credit: 9

U/S ID No: 120385
Title: Apply a range of project management tools
Level: 4
Credit: 8

U/S ID No: 120375
Title: Participate in the estimation and preparation of cost budget for an element of work and monitor and control actual cost against budget.
Level: 4
Credit: 6

This programme is also registered with the SA Council for Social Services Professionals and earns 25 PDP points

Book now limited seats available

This course can be held exclusively as an in-house option for your organisation.

Dates:

• 14-18 September 2009 - Randburg Apollo Hotel, Johannesburg
• 5-9 October 2009 - Ruslemere Hotel, Cape Town

To reserve your place and to obtain more information please do not hesitate to contact
Mothusi Ndlovu
Tel: 011 886 2647
Fax: 011 789 1269
mothusin@siyakhula.org.za

To discover more about the organisation and the all of the programmes that Siyakhula Trust offers, click here.