The Competences

Purpose: so that individuals, communities and organisations can achieve effective management of community assets and resources, services and organisations.

Context: CLD practitioners need to understand the culture of organisations, the responsibilities of those involved and how organisation and management styles, practices and governance relate to sustainable organisations.

As a competent practitioner with an understanding of planning, organising and managing resources you will be able to demonstrate that you can:

• develop and plan programmes and project activities;
• manage and monitor programmes and project activities;
• promote and manage a culture based on equality;
• organise, deploy and monitor resources effectively;
• recruit, manage and support people (staff, volunteers);
• identify and access funding/ resources;
• understand and manage risk;
• interpret and apply relevant legislation (e.g. equalities, Child Protection, Health and Safety).