Social and Community Leadership
Social Services
A course by
University of Auckland
Build your social and community leadership skills to drive meaningful change in communities, government, not-for-profit, and the social-good sector.


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Develop social and community leadership skills
Gain the capability to lead change in a variety of community-sector settings including government, not-for-profit, and social-good sectors.

Apply systems thinking and evaluation
Use systems thinking to understand and address complex social issues and evaluate social programmes effectively.

Manage and design social impact programmes
Learn advanced project management and programme design skills geared towards social innovation and consultation.
What You're Signing Up For
Develop the skills to create change for a more equitable and socially-just world. Learn social innovation, leadership, systems thinking, and evaluation in the context of community, government, and not-for-profit activities. The programme equips students for impactful roles by building advanced skills in project management, programme design, consultation, research, evaluation, and implementation within a social justice framework.
Course Content
- Social innovation
- Leadership
- Systems thinking
- Evaluation skills
- Project management
- Programme design
- Consultation
- Research
- Implementation
- Policy influence

What sort of industry will this job lead to
Community Services
Social Innovation
Government
Non-Profit

Future employment opportunities might be
Community and social organisation leader
Social and community facilitator/advocate
Social and community educator
Learning designer
Community developer and designer
Programme designer/project manager
Policy analyst
Social innovator/consultant


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