Certificate in Local Government Management Course

Why select this training course?

Professional local government managers are highly distinguished in ethical conduct and high performance. In recent years, rapid and complex developments in local government management have forced professionals to be competent leaders. Local government management is both a management and leadership position; therefore, you need to undertake this training course to fully understand when to be a leader and when to be a manager.

Participants should expect to understand the core duties of managers in local governments, how they make themselves useful for the community and their local government, their roles in helping elected officials perform their duties, how they leverage scarce resources, their influence in designing the future of the community, and how they promote quality delivery of services.

What roles does a local government play?

Local governments are the most innovative, diverse, dynamic, and organized of all government levels. It provides direct services, employs people, and is the most likely linkage between the community and the government. Whether citizens are concerned about opportunities for recreation, drinking water, the response time of emergency services, road clearing, or other services, it is more likely that it has been funded and supervised by the local government. The community depends on the quality and readiness of local government to make their lives healthier, more bearable, and safer.

What are the roles of a local government manager?

The duties and responsibilities of a local government manager are vast and sometimes unclear. However, here are some of them: a champion of leadership and good governance, team builder, process leader, consensus builder, facilitator of conflict resolution, conflict resolution personnel, human rights defender for the disabled, inclusion crusader, change crusader, translator of community values, and bearer of ethical standards.

Rcademy has designed The Certificate in Local Government Management Training Course to reflect on the rapid changes that are taking place in democracy at the local area level, the increasing number of relationships in the local government to be maintained when managing a local project, the stiff competition that exists among communities and states for a dwindling share of natural resources, and the personal pressure that managers should handle and expect in their line of duty. It will also train you to be a competent professional who can make decisions based on facts, including developing the full knowledge of specific circumstances and public events, creating better visions, and demonstrating leadership.

Who should attend?

The Certificate in Local Government Management Training Course by Rcademy is ideal for:

• Local government leaders
• Managers involved in government affairs
• Local government leadership
• Auditors
• Professionals who are consultants to local government
• Managers of all levels in local government
• Officers of the elected positions

What are the course objectives?

The main objectives of The Certificate in Local Government Management Training Course by Rcademy are to enable participants to be able to:

• Articulate a vision that has better value, direction, and outlook for local governments
• Empowered by having authority to make improved decisions and encouraging better decision-making at the lowest possible level
• Cooperating and developing with others a mission that defines their local government
• Encourage broader participation in all decision-making and planning process
• Develop a commitment to their job, purpose, and goals in whatever they undertake
• Understand the proper execution of government policies
• Adequately supervise and direct activities in the local government
• Develop budgets in systematic and efficient ways
• Accurately keep the necessary people informed by properly reporting
• Resolve problems under unpleasant and straining conditions
• Respond positively to suggestions and guidance

How will this course be presented?

Rcademy understands that local government management is a course meant to prepare you for the real-world tasks you will undertake. It has, therefore, designed, prepared, and tested this course to fit this goal. The teaching methodologies used in this training course will include video presentations, lectures, group discussions, exercises, assignments, and case studies. The facilitators of this course are highly experienced in both teaching and their area of domain. The teaching methods have been tested and determined to deliver the highest understanding in any training course.

What are the topics covered in this course?

Module 1: Becoming a Professional Local Government Manager

• Introduction to professional management
• How to Become an ethical leader
• Developing new era leadership styles
• Becoming an effective professional
• The Future of local government management

Module 2: Enhancing Effectiveness in Government Bodies

• Understanding and resolving conflict
• Building confidence
• Government bodies roles
• Strengthening policy-making capabilities
• Understanding how to use incentives
• Professional manager’s responsibilities
• Maintain a good work environment
• Case study

Module 3: Programs, Policy Implementation, Evaluation, and Productivity

• Performance appraisal
• Monitoring performance
• Setting agendas
• Implementation of community programs
• Evaluation of policies, programs, and plans
• Policy formulation

Module 4: Effectiveness in Community Leadership

• Identifying the actors in community policies
• Sizing up one’s community-leadership style
• Creating a better community by providing improved leadership in society and using local government managers
• Behavioral Components of effective community leadership
• Understanding community dynamics
• Rapid political shifts in society in matters of community leadership
• Local government management and their role in creating better leadership

Module 5: Essential Management Practices

• Managing financial resources
• Managing the human resources department
• Managing the information technology resources department
• Creating an effective budget
• Case study

Module 6: Creating a Balanced Manager’s Life

• Creating a Plan for your career
• Understanding the obstacles
• Managing time properly
• Creating your motivation
• Communicating effectively
• Accommodating suggestions and challenges

Module 7: Promoting the Local Community’s Future

• How managers should shape the Future of their society
• Economic development
• The new era responsibilities and duties of the manager
• Community-building citizens
• Shifting of leadership mantle in the community and how to handle it
• The intersection of growth management, economic development, and smart growth
• Strategic reasoning and executive planning to show better leadership

Module 8: Relating to other Organisations

• The vertical relations with others
• How to effectively manage external relations
• The transformation of local government roles and duties
• Managing horizontal relations
• How to handle conflicts in the local government