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[GDipNFP]

7, 120

Part-time for two to five years

Starts throughout the year

Number of places open


by 1 February

CA2184

Waitakere campus | Hamilton | Tauranga | Wellington | Christchurch | Dunedin | Pacific Islands

NZ$ 4765
Programme summary
Career opportunities
Courses and timetables
Admission requirements

Programme summary

Develop the knowledge and skills to increase your not-for-profit organisation's effectiveness. Improve your ability to analyse your organisational challenges, mobilise resources, and develop strategies for raising funds, managing staff and volunteers, and building effective governance.

The Graduate Diploma in Not-For-Profit Management is designed for managers and co-ordinators, team leaders, volunteers and board members of not-for-profit (NFP) organisations. It supports NFP leaders and their organisations in achieving effective quality management and leadership. This is a professional qualification that directly addresses the complexity of working in an NFP organisation, and highlights the differences between managing in the NFP sector and a business or government department. The programme takes into account your existing knowledge and experience, and offers a supportive and co-operative approach to adult learning.

Find out how to increase your community organisation’s effectiveness and your own core management competencies, and further your ability to mobilise resources, raise funds and manage for financial sustainability. Learn to manage multiple stakeholder relationships with staff, volunteers, boards, funders, clients and communities, and improve your self-awareness, relationship management skills and ability to manage from a clear values base. Gain a better understanding of the policy and legal environment, and develop an understanding of how to research, monitor and evaluate your organisation for mission and Treaty of Waitangi effectiveness. The principles of the Treaty, participation, protection and partnership, are integral in exploring leadership in the not-for-profit sector in Aotearoa.

Real-world learning
You’ll study in a supportive and co-operative learning environment, taught by lecturers who have plenty of experience in the NFP sector themselves. Then you’ll apply what you’ve learnt to the real issues you are dealing with in your community organisation today.

Courses designed for the NFP sector To meet the needs of the NFP sector, the programme provides:

  • A strong emphasis on the practical application of learning to the real issues you are dealing with in your community organisation
  • Assessments in the form of project work to help you improve your skills and your organisation’s performance
  • An emphasis on issues that are not usually dealt with in business schools, such as fundraising and managing volunteers
  • Active community leaders as tutors.

A flexible structure for busy managers
Study as many or as few courses per year as your schedule allows. Courses are in short blocks of three days, and are available in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, and Wellington. Assessments are in the form of project work to help you improve your management competencies and your organisation’s performance.

The Values Based Management and Leadership in the NFP Sector course and the Leading and Facilitating Teams course provide an introduction to the overall programme and we encourage you to take these first.

Scholarships

You may be entitled to a Not-For-Profit-Management Scholarship. These are primarily for the first year of study, but if there are enough funds, consideration will be given to other applications. To apply, please contact the Programme Administrator at nfpadmin@unitec.ac.nz.

For more details on Not for Profit Management Short Courses, please click here.

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Career opportunities

  • Not-for-profit manager

 

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Courses and timetables

To view the list of courses and timetables for this programme for 2010, please click here.

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Admission requirements

To be eligible for admission, applicants must meet the general, discretionary or special admission requirements. Applicants must also meet the English language requirements and may be interviewed.

Note: Many of our students enter the programme through the special admission requirements. If you are over 20 years of age and have experience in the not-for-profit sector, you will probably be eligible.

General admission

Applicants must:

  • Have a recognised bachelors degree; or
  • Hold a professional qualification in a relevant discipline; or
  • Be able to demonstrate competencies equivalent to a bachelors-level graduate; and
  • Have at least three years' experience within the not-for-profit sector; and
  • Be currently in paid or voluntary employment within the not-for-profit sector in a management position.

Discretionary admission (for applicants aged under 20)

Applicants who do not meet the general admission requirements and who are less than 20 years of age when the programme begins may be considered for discretionary admission if they can demonstrate aptitude for study at the required level.

Special admission (for applicants aged 20 and over)

Applicants who do not meet the general admission requirements and who are at least 20 years of age when the programme begins may be considered for special admission if they can provide evidence of aptitude or appropriate work or other experience.

English language

Applicants must:

  • Have a minimum of eight NCEA credits in English at level 2, of which four must be in Reading and four in Writing, or equivalent; or
  • Have a minimum of seven NCEA credits in an English-rich subject at level 3, or equivalent; or
  • Have successfully completed studies at level 5 or higher in an English medium; or
  • Have a grade of 5 or better in New Zealand Sixth Form Certificate English, or equivalent; or
  • Have an overall IELTS band score (Academic) of no less than 6.5 (with no band score less than 6.0), or a TOEFL score of no less than 575, or equivalent; or
  • Have an appropriate Unitec English language qualification, such as the Diploma in English (Advanced), or equivalent.

Applicants who are studying outside New Zealand and in locations where English language testing is not available, may be deemed to have met the English language requirements if they are able to demonstrate written and oral language skills such that a representative of the Programme Committee is assured of their ability to meet course work and assessment requirements.

 



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