Coached Program: Practical Humanitarian and Development Project Management: 27 August - 24 September 2025
Navigate emergencies, manage resources, and deliver impact with practical tools and expert coaching.
Enroll NowCoached Online Learning Program
- Live sessions plus self-study
- Dates: 27 August - 24 September 2025
- Live Sessions: Wednesdays at 10:00-11:30 UTC
- Time Commitment: 4-5 hours per week over 5 weeks
- Investment: $495 (or $395 for limited budgets)
Turning Experience into Results
Many humanitarian and development professionals bring strong technical expertise and field experience to their work. However, without systematic project management skills, even experienced practitioners struggle with the complexity of managing a project. Since projects are interconnected systems, one delay or change can cascade through budgets, timelines, and outcomes. Common challenges include:
- Managing by instinct rather than proven methodologies
- Difficulty translating field knowledge into formal plans and budgets
- Struggling with the shift from doing the work to managing the work
- Lack of frameworks for coordinating multiple stakeholders
- Reduced community impact when projects lack systematic management
- Uncertainty about adaptive management when contexts change
This coached program provides the project management foundation busy humanitarian and development professionals need. You'll develop practical tools and frameworks, building confidence whether you're new to management or strengthening existing skills. Through this training, you'll be able to:
- Manage proactively rather than reactively
- Master the complete project cycle from initiation through evaluation
- Develop competencies in budgeting, monitoring, and reporting
- Build confidence in strategic planning and stakeholder coordination
- Integrate best practices into your management approach
- Apply adaptive management when contexts shift
Who This Is For
This coached program is for people working in relief, development, or humanitarian contexts aiming to strengthen their project management capabilities. It's ideal for:
- Project managers seeking a comprehensive framework to integrate their existing tools and knowledge
- Team leaders who want to move from reactive to adaptive management approaches
- Field coordinators building systematic project management capabilities
- Program officers developing stronger management competencies
- Field staff transitioning into project management roles
- Experienced professionals looking to formalize and enhance their management practices
No prior experience needed—the course delivers clear, practical guidance for newcomers while providing strategic insights and advanced applications for seasoned practitioners.
Your Instructor
With over 25 years of expertise, Neil Kendrick, founder of ELD Impact, specializes in Professional Writing, Reporting Skills, Proposal Writing, Results-Based Management, and Monitoring & Evaluation. Originally from the UK and now based in Turkey, Neil has trained and coached humanitarian and development professionals across more than 20 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
Regularly praised for his ability to demystify complex topics, Neil makes challenging concepts accessible to practitioners at any level - from field staff in rural NGOs to program managers in multilateral organizations.
How You'll Learn
This coached program blends live group sessions with self-paced learning for deeper skill development:
- Weekly live sessions: Join 90-minute interactive sessions with maximum 8 participants. Work through real challenges, receive targeted coaching, and learn from peers' experiences. All sessions are recorded.
- Apply between sessions: Time between weekly meetings lets you practice new concepts in your actual work, then bring insights and questions back to the group.
- Self-paced materials: Access videos, exercises, templates and tools to work through between sessions. Submit questions and examples from your practice for inclusion in the live meeting.
- Peer exchange: Share approaches and challenges with your group throughout the program. Learn from diverse perspectives while building your professional network.
- Personalized feedback: At the end of the training, submit an assignment based on your context and receive detailed video feedback.
- Impact Community: Join the Project Management Impact Community after the course, to support you further in integrating the skills.
What You'll Learn
Week 1: Foundations and Context
Master the project cycle from initiation through to evaluation. Explore the specific challenges of humanitarian and development work and develop strategies to navigate limited resources and changing contexts.
Week 2: Essential Tools and Frameworks
Build your project management toolkit with logical frameworks, timeline creation, and resource planning. Master practical risk management for humanitarian contexts.
Week 3: Monitoring, Evaluation and Budgeting
Design M&E systems with practical data collection methods and reporting frameworks. Develop confidence in budget management, from basic components through complex humanitarian budget scenarios.
Week 4: Stakeholder Engagement and Adaptive Management
Map and engage diverse stakeholders using power-interest matrices and strategic communication. Learn adaptive problem-solving approaches to manage changes and overcome common challenges in humanitarian contexts.
Week 5: Apply and Perfect
In the final meeting, we review key learnings and develop action plans. You then have one week to submit your assignment for personalized feedback.
Impact Stories
9.3/10 Rating based on 19 reviews
"As an executive director with 20 years in humanitarian work, I had extensive field experience but needed updated project management tools. This course provided the systematic frameworks I was missing. Now I can better support my teams and manage our programs more strategically."
— Micheline S., Executive Director
"I came with hands-on experience from sustainability projects in India and Brazil but lacked formal project management skills - especially in budgeting and reporting. This course gave me the concrete skills and confidence I needed to transition to strategic planning roles. Finally, I have the complete toolkit employers are looking for."
— Iris, Development Professional
"I moved from UN headquarters to field implementation without proper project management training. No one had shown me 'how it's done from A to Z.' This course filled those critical gaps, especially in budget management. Now I can take more initiative and contribute strategically to my team rather than just navigating day by day."
— Camille, Programme Officer, Norwegian Refugee Council
Course Details
Start: 27 August 2025
Duration: 5 weeks (4-5 hours per week: 90-minute live session + 3 hours self-study)
Investment: $495 (or $395 for limited budgets)
Group Size: Maximum 8 participants
Includes:
- Lifetime access to all course materials (videos, handouts, templates, transcripts)
- Five 90-minute live coaching sessions with expert facilitator
- Personalized video feedback on your assignment (72-hour turnaround)
- End-of-module assessments
- Certificate of completion and letter of achievement
- Post-training access to Project Management Impact Community
Payment Options: To enroll, pay by credit card below. Both options include identical training and materials - choose the standard fee or reduced fee based on your budget.