Scholarship Overview

The Diploma of Leadership and Management will equip participants with the knowledge and skills required to be the future leaders, managing and inspiring others in the community services sector. Participants will learn to build and lead a team, recruit and induct staff, oversee staff performance, plan and lead projects, manage risk, and facilitate continuous improvement.

Participants in the course are people who display initiative and judgement in planning, organising, implementing and monitoring their own workload and the workload of others. They use their communication skills to support individuals and teams to meet organisational or enterprise requirements. They plan, design, apply and evaluate solutions to unpredictable problems, and identify, analyse and synthesise information from a variety of sources.

The course provides a unique experience in which participants build on these skills and experience, apply those skills in practical workplace projects and acquire a well-recognised qualification to prepare them for more senior management roles.

The Diploma of Leadership & Management program fees for 2019 are $6,000 (for non-members), based on ten (10) course participants.

To view course units please click here.

Benefits of this Diploma:

• Supported environment working with other peers that are in similar positions to you
• All students have access to individualised coaching and support throughout the program
• Each student works with a mentor of their choice throughout the course
• All assessments are based on practical workplace assignments that would form part of your normal duties
• Highly effective career development program tested and refined over the past 12 years
• Workplaces benefit from a 12-month practical work-based project each student needs to complete

Course Delivery:

The diploma is tailored to the community sector context and runs over 12 months with units at full day training sessions each month. The 2019 program will begin 24 July 2019 (session dates below).

Workload Requirements:

Like any nationally accredited Diploma course, this course requires a significant time commitment. The following is a general rule of your required time commitment:

• 10 x full day face-to-face sessions
• 4-6 hours of work outside of the classroom per unit
• Workplace project

Who should attend: 

To attend this course, you need to be working for a Social Service Organisation and be responsible for the following:

• Ability to complete a Diploma level course
• Leading work teams with direct reports or leading project teams
• Planning, organising and monitoring the work of others
• Supervision of staff, including conducting performance appraisals or similar
• Have the authority to initiate and implement changes impacting your team
• Supporting work teams and meeting organisational/business requirements
• Have an identified work mentor

Course Dates:

Scholarship Inclusions:

There are 5x $5,600 scholarships available to those living in WA and working for not-for-profit organisations in Western Australia. Travel and/or accommodation (if necessary) is to be covered by the successful candidates or their NFP organisation.

Non-members have the opportunity to become a WACOSS member if they wish by applying for individual or organisational membership. Membership fees vary depending on annual income for individuals and on annual turnover for organisations. Click here to find out more about the benefits of WACOSS membership. 

Please note, the above does not apply to Associate Organisation Members or Associate Individual Members (only to Social Service members).

Important Scholarship Dates:

Scholarship Eligibility:

Applicants must:

• live in WA and work for a charitable not-for-profit organisation based in Western Australia
• be an Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident
• be responsible for managing people, leading teams or staff supervision
• fulfill ASF's general eligibility requirements available on our FAQs page
• identify a work mentor

Your employing organisation must:

• be an ACNC registered charity or NFP incorporated association
• provide a program or service that supports people living in Western Australia
• not support activities that could be considered discriminatory, political, or religious advocacy or activism in any way

Indigenous Australians are encouraged to apply.

Scholar Surveys:

All applicants (regardless of the outcome of their application) may be asked to complete a series of surveys about their expected and realised learnings (once before and on a few occasions after the course). Your survey responses will help us to quantify the impact of our scholarships and will help attract funding for education and training for the NFP sector in the future. Your feedback is extremely valuable to the work we do and by completing these surveys you'll be making an important contribution to the future of ASF and the NFP sector overall.

More Information:

For more information about the course please click here or contact Steve Crotty at WACOSS on 08 9486 7966 or steve@wacoss.org.au. If you need assistance with the application process, please contact ASF via applications@scholarships.org.au.

Application Process:

There are two parts to this scholarship application. To apply, please complete both these steps by the scholarship deadline (30 April 2019):

1. Click 'APPLY NOW' below and follow the prompts to complete the ASF scholarship application and upload an endorsement letter online. Need help completing your online application? Download instructions for Creating a Profile Page and Making an Application.
2. Click HERE to complete the separate Diploma of Leadership and Management course application on the WACOSS website.

Please note, the forms ask similar questions so we recommend drafting your answers in a separate document so you can copy and paste into each form when you're ready.

Optional: if you are not yet a WACOSS member (and would like to be), follow the prompts to apply for membership before the scholarship application deadline.

Applications for the Diploma of Leadership and Management scholarships close Tuesday 30 April, 2019 at 5pm AWST.