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Call for Proposals: Leadership and Management Learning Materials, 07/01

Call for Proposals: Leadership and Management Learning Materials, 07/01



Applications are invited from experienced trainers in leadership and management, preferably from one of the SADC countries, to produce course materials in plain English, to be used by the Adilisha project for strengthening the leadership and management capabilities of human rights and other activist organisations in southern Africa.

The Adilisha project seeks to strengthen the campaigning and organisational capacities of human rights organisations using a mixture of regional workshops and computer- and internet-based distance learning methods.

The capacity building programme covers human rights skills as well as institutional capacity building components, including courses on: Fact-finding and investigation; Monitoring and reporting; Making representations; Campaigning; Leadership, Management; Fundraising; Financial management; Use of the internet for research and advocacy; and Training of trainers.

The purpose of the course is to introduce managers and other staff in these organisations to some of the key issues, skills and competencies that underpin their work as leaders and managers. In broad terms we envisage the course might cover issues such as (but not necessarily limited to):

Context of management and leadership; growth and trends in NGO sector; role of human rights and activist organisations in civil society; the distinction between leadership and management; developing vision, mission and values; prioritising; effective delegation; investing in people; team building; negotiation and motivation skills; managing conflict; managing people; personal development; recruiting and nurturing staff; developing strategic plans, strategic choices, organisational objectives, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; building alliances within and beyond the organisation; organisational development and growth; boards, governance and management.

This course will be complementary to the courses on financial management and fundraising that are currently being developed.

A fee of up to GBP 6,000 is available (plus GBP 600 for research expenses is available for the right person). The author will be expected to work closely with other authors and the project team including attending meetings in the region (the costs of which will be met by the project).

Those interested in applying should familiarise themselves with the project summary at: http://www.fahamu.org/ad_projsum.html

Applications, including CVs, should be sent to <info@fahamu.org>, and should include a 3-5 page proposed course outline listing topics to be covered and associated learning objectives, together with a bibliography of relevant literature not exceeding one page.

Closing date for applications: 14 July 2001.

The Adilisha project is supported by grants from the European Union, the British Department for International Development (DFID), the Canadian International Development Research Centre, and the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

-Firoze Manji mailto:firoze@fahamu.org



Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar
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