Event: Community Project Management Programme

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