Certified Humanitarian Leadership Professional — Insights from UNHCR

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Course Overview: 11 Modules

• Module 01: Introduction to Humanitarian Leadership
• Sector context, leadership in crisis, and key roles.
• Module 02: Leadership Styles & Adaptive Leadership
• Leadership models, situational leadership, and managing complexity.
• Module 03: Crisis Management & Decision Making
• Decision frameworks, rapid assessment, and the OODA loop.
• Module 04: Communication & Stakeholder Engagement
• Messaging, media relations, community engagement, and diplomacy.
• Module 05: Coordination & the Cluster System
• UN coordination, HCT, OCHA, and the humanitarian-development nexus.
• Module 06: Team Leadership in the Field
• Field management, leading remote teams, and motivation in high-stress environments.
• Module 07: Accountability, Ethics & Safeguarding
• Humanitarian principles, Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS), and PSEA.
• Module 08: Staff Wellbeing & Duty of Care
• Managing stress and trauma, building resilience, and organisational care.
• Module 09: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Humanitarian Action
• Gender, power dynamics, localisation, and LGBTQ+ inclusion.
• Module 10: Strategic Planning & Resilience Building
• Recovery strategies, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), and systems change.
• Module 11: The Future of Humanitarian Leadership
• Technology, decolonisation, and emerging trends in the sector.