Scholarship Overview

The Certificate in Governance and Risk Management provides essential knowledge for anyone with governance and risk management responsibilities. Designed and taught by renowned practitioners, you will gain a clear introduction to specialist topic areas and the important issues in relation to governance and risk management principles, frameworks and approaches.

It is designed to address the learning needs of individuals with varying levels of risk management responsibility with a focus on assisting participants in identifying, understanding and applying the crucial elements involved in organisational risk management and compliance.

The certificate runs over a 3-day intensive program and is comprised of six courses, as below:

Day 1

• Governance & Risk Management
• Risk Management Frameworks

Day 2

• Assessing, Analysing and Treating Risk
• Meeting Compliance Requirements

Day 3

• Business Continuity and Reputation Risk
• Project Governance

Subject to availability, students may complete alternative short courses to those listed above to fulfil the requirements of the Certificate.

To graduate from a Certificate, you must complete and pass the online multiple choice exams for each of the six short courses required for your Certificate, within a 12-month period.

Who Should Attend:

COURSE DATES / TIME:

• Monday 8 – Wednesday 10 July 2019 from 9am to 5pm AWST each day OR
• Tuesday 12 – Thursday 14 November 2019 from 9am to 5pm AWST each day OR 
• Online delivery (21-day access course recordings and subject materials)

LOCATION: Governance Institute, Ground Floor, 8 Victoria Avenue, Perth WA 6000 (if attending in person)

Scholarship Inclusions:

There are 6x 100% scholarships available to those living in WA and working for not-for-profit organisations in Western Australia. The scholarships are valued at $3570 and cover all associated course fees.

Travel and/or accommodation (if necessary) is to be covered by the successful candidates or their NFP organisation.

Important Dates:

Eligibility Requirements:

Applicants must:

• live in WA and work / volunteer for a charitable not-for-profit organisation based in Western Australia
• be an Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident
• hold a board or executive / senior role within their NFP organisation
• fulfill ASF's general eligibility requirements available on our FAQ's page

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 program, please click here. For program queries, please contact the Governance Institute directly. If you need assistance with the application process, please contact ASF via applications@scholarships.org.au. 

Application Process:

Applications for the Certificate in Governance and Risk Management scholarships close Monday 6 May, 2019 at 5pm AWST.