Graduate Certificate of Humanitarian Leadership

2023 Deakin University Handbook

Year	2023 course information
Award granted	Graduate Certificate of Humanitarian Leadership
Online	Yes
Duration	1 year part-time
Deakin course code	A540
Approval status	This course is approved by the University under the Higher Education Standards Framework.
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition	The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8.
This course is facilitated by the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership (CHL), Deakin University. Please note: students will have some located learning requirements

Course sub-headings

• Course overview
• Career opportunities
• Participation requirements
• Fees and charges
• Course Learning Outcomes
• Course rules
• Course structure

Course overview

Students will examine the leadership and strategic issues faced by local, national and international leaders and managers in the aid system. It helps students to critically reflect on the principles and values that underpin any humanitarian operations and explores the leadership behaviours aid workers should demonstrate to affected communities, to their teams, their organisation, and their partner agencies

Career opportunities

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Participation requirements

The GCHL includes two intensive residential units, one held in Melbourne, Burwood Campus and the second in Semarang, Indonesia. All students are required to participate in and successfully pass these residential units in order to complete the course.

Students find these face-to-face units very fulfilling as the content of the learning becomes more personal and relationships are forged with other students and faculty.

Students should be aware that these units are very intense and challenging in nature, similar to that of a first phase emergency response. They are not the usual university classroom practices but rather intensive experiential learning.

Fees and charges

Fees and charges vary depending on your course, the type of fee place you hold, your commencement year, the units you choose and your study load.

Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

Use the Fee estimator to see course and unit fees applicable to your course and type of place. Further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods is available on our Current students fees website.

Course Learning Outcomes

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes	Course Learning Outcomes
Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities	Apply specialised knowledge of the historical development of the humanitarian sector and relate this knowledge to the current humanitarian context through analysing current and future sector-wide trends and applying learning, best practice in leadership, sector standards and strategies to a range of complex national and international situations.
Communication	Effectively communicate the theories and practices of leadership in operational contexts of complex humanitarian emergencies, and influence and engage a diverse variety of stakeholders to effect change.
Digital literacy	Demonstrate specialised skills to select and apply sector-specialised as well as generic digital communication technologies to conduct and critically analyse research, communicate findings and other information and build relationships to engage a diverse group of stakeholders.
Critical thinking	Review and critically analyse current local physical and political and aid environments, synthesise knowledge from a variety of stakeholders and critically reflect on current and future humanitarian trends, to propose solutions and prioritise actions in relation to complex humanitarian dilemmas.
Problem solving	Use creative and critical thinking, high level professional judgement and leadership skills to identify resources, to engage stakeholders, and to plan, implement, manage and evaluate a range of solutions and responses to complex problems and dilemmas encountered in humanitarian operations.
Self-management	Demonstrate advanced leadership behaviours through independent and reflective learning, commitment to continuing professional development, response to feedback and critical reflection on their own behaviour and its impact on others; demonstrate accountability and responsibility for personal actions and outputs as leaders in complex humanitarian emergencies.
Teamwork	Operate as a proactive and constructive team member and leader working with key stakeholders in multi-skilled, multicultural and inter-agency response teams, to positively influence the team dynamic.
Global citizenship	Demonstrate the ability to apply humanitarian principles and values, and actively engage in humanitarian operations across a variety of contexts and communities, including local, national and international, taking into consideration cultural, social, political, economic, environmental and ethical issues.
Approved by Faculty Board November 2018

Course rules

To qualify for the award of Graduate Certificate of Humanitarian Leadership, a student must successfully complete 4 credit points of study as listed below.

Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements.

Course structure

Students must complete 5 units (totalling 4 credit points) from: 

AHL701

The Humanitarian World

AHL702

Developing Humanitarian Leadership

AHL703

Leadership in Humanitarian Operations

AHL704

Demonstrating Strategic Leadership in Humanitarian Contexts

AAI018

Academic Integrity (0 credit point compulsory unit)

Other course information

Course duration - additional information

Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as accessing or completing placements.

Further information

Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.

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