Humanitarian and Leadership Academy Building global capacity through knowledge, learning & practice
Weakness in our system • Sector lacks clear career paths or • Chronic HR shortages, particularly at recognised competency frameworks management level • No consistent model for operational • We know there are big skills gaps in our delivery across our programmes Country Programmes • Approaches to developing people are • Fragmented and short-term funding of capacity building fragmented and inefficient • It ’ s hard for people to enter the sector
Why Save the Children? • Proven track record in capacity building: 11 years of sector-leading leadership development and humanitarian training programmes with increasing inter-agency involvement. Over 4,000 people from 70 nationalities from 41 agencies through 35 programmes in 20 countries from 2005 to date • Investor: spent at least £6 million of Save the Children core funds on capacity building since 2005 • Innovator: continuous development and adaptation of programmes to respond to sector need and demand e.g. development of CBHA Horn of Africa Humanitarian Leadership Development Programme, Humanitarian Operations Programme (HOP), Child Protection Diploma, European Humanitarian Volunteer Programme (EHVP).
Collaborator: multi-sector partnerships
The Academy Mission : The Humanitarian and Leadership Academy ’ s mission is to promote excellence in the humanitarian and development sector through knowledge, learning and practice . Knowledge Practice Learning
The Academy Academy Career Pathways The Academy Senior Mid Entry level
Network of Academy Centres
Global Learning Management System • Web portal and comprehensive learning management which acts as a one stop shop, providing access to: • face to face courses • distance and e-learning programmes • multiple languages • the humanitarian library • communities of practice for peer to peer learning and sharing
Key outcomes • Increased numbers of trained and experienced deployable staff. • Greater staff and knowledge retention through defined career pathways, such as the development of the mid-level practitioner Child Protection in Emergencies diploma. • Greater co-operation, best-practice and information sharing between agencies such as agreed sector-wide frameworks such as the Core Humanitarian Competencies and the development of the Humanitarian Learning and Development Passport, through collaboration with ELRHA. • Stronger evidence-based research & evaluation of humanitarian approaches e.g. establishing evidence and practical guidance on integrated & holistic responses.
Academy vision 2023 • Enhancing aid delivery • First port of call • Working in partnership at all levels • Bringing coherence to the vast array of humanitarian professions • Thriving communities of practice • Network of locally owned Academy Centres • Dedicated forums, debates and conferences reflecting policy and practice relevant to their localities. • Transfer of humanitarian power to the South Scaled up numbers of trained workers at unprecedented levels. •
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