A professional course for OD Facilitators
India’s quest for sustainable development and democratic governance is challenged by growing inequalities, changing climate, and mounting exclusion. The non-profit sector is confronted with multi-faceted challenges including access to flexible resources and spaces. Effective contributions of the non-profits in promoting empowerment and participation of the marginalised communities depend on the organisations’ ability to become more agile, adaptive, and strategic. Despite commendable entrepreneurship exhibited by many outstanding non-profit leaders, the support and facilitation to develop stronger institutions cannot be overstated. However, an enabling support ecosystem which is accessible to a sizeable number of small and medium-sized non-profits is largely missing in India. This initiative will address this gap by training a pool of professionals who are capable of providing OD support to grassroots non-profits. OD is a process of planned organisational change, aimed to bring overall organisational effectiveness based on system-wide interventions through a learning process anchored in a set of preferred values. OD Facilitators, trained in facilitating organisational assessment and designing interventions, provide professional assistance to the organisations to achieve maximum impact. This course will develop a pool of OD facilitators with such capacities.
Who this initiative is for?
If yes, and if you meet the following criteria, you are the right candidate for applying for this course:
How is the course structured and how much of your time is likely to be invested?
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This is a blended course with online and in-person components along with a practicum to help you practice what you learn online and in-person workshops. You need to invest approximately 50 days in a span of five months. For the online component, you are expected to spend approximately four hours a day over 32 days in three phases. This will involve reading curated study materials in addition to participating in online classes/sessions and online discussion forums with your co-learners and facilitators. There will be two in-person residential workshops to be held in New Delhi, each workshop with a five-day duration to help you develop practical OD facilitation skills. A well-designed 8-day practicum in three phases is an integral part of the course where you will be working with a non-profit to facilitate their OD process under a senior mentor. In the first phase, you will develop familiarity with the organisation and its leadership. In the second phase, you will facilitate an organisational assessment with the chosen non-profit organisation and help them develop a draft intervention and action plan for OD support. In the third phase, you will help the organisation to finalise the OD plan. After each phase of the practicum, you will have to submit a report.
What specific competencies will you learn from the course?
By familiarising yourself thoroughly with an understanding of the organisational framework along with other OD theories and practices in non-profits, you will be able to facilitate:
What will be the medium of training?
English and Hindi
How will you be selected?
To apply for the course, please send your filled-in application along with a full CV (not more than four pages). You can download the application form here. After reviewing your application, if you are shortlisted, you will be invited to appear for an online Basic Aptitude Test and Personal Interview. Based on your performance at these steps you will be selected.
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What will be the batch size?
A maximum of 25 participants in each cohort.
How will your learning performance be measured?
A rigorous performance assessment will be done for each participant, using the following criteria:
The Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) will be used for each component of the course – online reading and workshops, two residential workshops and practicum. An average total CGPA will be calculated to assess the overall performance.
How much will it cost to you and us?
We will spend Rs. 2.5 Lakhs per participant to deliver this course. This includes the cost of resource persons, learning materials, venue, food and accommodation during the two residential workshops and administrative expenses. We will also offer a stipend of up to Rs. 20,000/- to support local expenditures during your practicum with one of the non-profits. As far as possible, the host non-profit will be chosen from your nearby geographical area so that the logistic expenditure can be kept minimum and interactions maximum. You have to pay Rs. 25,000 towards course fees and look after your travel expenses for attending two residential workshops to be held in New Delhi. A few partial bursaries are available for candidates with exceptional financial backgrounds.
Where will you send the application?
Please send your duly filled-in application form (Google Form) on or before 10 January 2024. For those who cannot access the Google form, please download the application form, fill it out, and send it along with your CV to odcourse@pria.org by 10 January 2024.
Once you are selected, we will send you instructions on how to pay the course fees. If you are employed with an organisation, you need to submit an endorsement letter from the head of the organisation. Should you have any additional questions, please write to odcourse@pria.org.
