PGDip Advancement and Resource Mobilisation
Advancement focuses on how an organisation or institution engages with its external environment to attract the resources it needs to advance its objectives. This is done through a strategic process bringing together its leadership, communications, marketing, fundraising and alumni relations that creates alignment to strengthen the entity’s credibility and support. There exists a critical need to professionalise the work of social sector practitioners in areas in the NGO, PBOs and higher education sectors so that they are adequately equipped with the knowledge, expertise, and skills to undertake effective advancement roles, while holding a recognised qualification from a business school. The Post Graduate Diploma in Advancement and Resource Mobilisation (PGDARM) will be especially suited for fundraisers, communication and marketing personnel, university development officers, as well as organisational CEOs and Directors.
Rhodes Business School offers the 2-year part-time PGDARM comprising five compulsory modules. Rhodes Business School’s essence of “Leadership for Sustainability” underlies all subjects in the curriculum by encouraging thinking around economic, social and environmental sustainability. Three of these modules will be run over the first year, with the remaining two modules offered in the second year. Modules are assessed by a combination of tests, assignments, and/or examinations, as well as a research (capstone) project related to work-based or real-world scenarios in the field of Advancement and Resource Mobilisation.
PGDARM is presented at NQF level 8 (Honours degree equivalent) and can give you access to MBA degree. It is delivered as a blended learning course, with one week each year of campus classes in our Business School Campus in Makhanda. This time will also offer networking opportunities and exposure to advancement practices. The rest of the classes are online in the comfort of your office or home. These are two-and-a-half (2.5) hour sessions presented on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons (16h00 – 18h30) and one half-a-day (5-hour) session on one Saturday each month (08h00 – 13h00).
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