The LBS  Nonprofit Leadership and Management Certificate Programme is a detailed introduction to Nonprofit Management that takes on a highly practical, experiential and interactive approach. Participants will learn through a series of online and in-class faculty-facilitated lectures, guest lectures, case study discussions, and videos. This is to ensure they learn to advance powerful innovative ideas into high-impact realities, and effectively apply management skills to the nonprofit sector.

The Certificate Programme is targeted at young and emerging non-profit leaders in Nigeria and has been designed to cultivate three pillars of competencies required to develop and grow a nonprofit organization – leadership effectiveness, business fundamentals, and social innovation. The Programme particularly focuses on management and funding structures unique to the nonprofit sector. Participants will have an immersive experience in strategic planning for nonprofits, exploring current issues in nonprofit policy and legal issues; organizational development; human resources and volunteer management; financial management and fundraising; programme evaluation, marketing, and risk management.

During the Programme, participants will gain a deeper understanding of nonprofit leadership, including how to define strong mission statements, manage operational and financial controls, and strengthen fundraising and revenue generation efforts – all of which directly impact the continuity of their organizations. Programme participants will also explore fundraising options and learn how to access them through grant writing, prospect research, communications, capital campaigns, etc.

This programme is supported by Ford Foundation

Key Learning Outcomes

The course has been designed to cultivate three pillars of competencies required to develop and grow a nonprofit organization: leadership effectiveness, business fundamentals and social innovation. Through this course in Nonprofit Leadership and Management, candidates will: 

• Gain a deeper understanding of nonprofit leadership skills, including how to define strong mission statements, manage operational and financial controls, improve organizational capacity, strengthen their fundraising and revenue generation efforts, marketing, volunteer management, governance and sustainability. 

• Understand the fundamentals of accounting and sustainable finance for nonprofit organizations, including such concepts as budgeting, reporting, strategic planning, program analysis, fund accounting, etc. 

• Explore numerous fundraising options and how to access them through grant writing, prospect research, communications, capital campaigns, etc.  Your exposure to nonprofit management theories and practices would also involve case study discussions, videos, internships and field visits. 

Target Audience

This Programme will provide young leaders with a detailed introduction to Nonprofit Management, and this will be achieved through a highly practical, experiential and interactive series of online and in-class faculty-facilitated lectures, guest lectures, case study discussions, and videos to ensure participants learn to advance powerful innovative ideas into high-impact realities and effectively apply management skills to the nonprofit organization.

Lead Faculty

• Prof Chris Ogbechie
• Dr. Ijeoma Nwagwu
• Dr. Franklin Ngwu

• LBS invite you to apply for the program by filling the application form above and submitting the following documents requested or before April 1, 2021. Please send the following documents to NPLM Admin (nplmadmin@lbs.edu.ng)

   

  1. A statement of purpose (500 words)

  2. Two reference letters

  3. Proof of nonprofit registration

  4. Six months activity report

  5. CV

  6. Passport photograph (scanned)

   

  Please let us know if you require clarification on any part of the application by sending an email to NPLM Admin (nplmadmin@lbs.edu.ng) or Vincent Eke (vincenteke@lbs.edu.ng  +234 708 629 5691).

• The Programme Team will get in touch with you as soon as your application is received.

For more information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the LBS Nonprofit Leadership and Management Certificate Program 2021