Tote Board Overseas Scholarship - Capacity Building For

TOTE BOARD OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIP - CAPACITY BUILDING FOR

NONPROFIT ORGANISATIONS

PROGRAMME DETAILS

Scope

The scholarship will cover the following:

(a) Course Fees, including tuition, course materials, housing and meals;

(b) Additional fringe programmes such as one-to-one clinic with specialist professor and visits to NPOs in the host country etc;

(c) Additional two nights’ accommodation in the host country before the start of the course for awardees to rest and recover from jet lag;

(d) Economy Airfare;

(e) Medical and Accidental Insurance (for the duration of the course, including traveling time); and

(f) Subsistence Allowance (local transportation & meals not provided) based on Civil Service rates.

Date & Venue

Scholarship awardees will attend relevant executive courses at universities determined by Tote Board.

For FY2016, Tote Board has identified six potential courses for successful candidates to attend:

University/Programme / Course dates / Target Audience/Requirements /
Georgetown University (Washington DC, USA)
Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate Programme
· Learn about the current trends, challenges, and promising practices in nonprofit management
· Develop leadership tools necessary to influence policy decisions, encourage collaboration, and build coalitions
· Explore strategies for building and sustaining partnerships
· Learn strategic practices for leading and managing change
· Strengthen the capacity to lead in a diverse society
· Become part of a local and national network of nonprofit leaders / · 11 – 18 Jun 16
· 8 days / At aminimum, an applicant should hold a bachelor’s degreefrom an accredited university and have several years ofprofessional or management experience.
Harvard University (Boston, USA)
Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management
· Defining customers and understanding their needs, and creating an excellent service organisation
· Financial management and control
· Strategic collaborations with nonprofit and for-profit organisations
· Assessing organisational performance
· Change leadership
· Managing sustainability and growth / · 17 to 23 Jul 16
· 7 days / Nonprofit CEOs, Executive Directors or equivalent who are responsible for driving the organisation’s direction, mission, policies and major programmes.
Participants must be sponsored by an endorsing organisation.
Stanford University (California, USA)
Executive Programme for Nonprofit Leaders
· Increase confidence in leadership ability and appreciation of general management perspective
· Richer understanding integrating organisational mission with economic strategy
· Development of strong network of relationships with a diverse array of other nonprofit leaders
· Improved ability to evaluate the rigor and relevance of new management ideas and concepts
· Create a personal plan of action for addressing key organisational and strategic challenges / · 11 – 21 Sep 16
· 11 days / Current and future nonprofit leaders from social and human services, health care, community development, arts, environment, and education organisations.
Duke University (North Carolina, USA)
Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership
· Develop a greater mastery of leadership skills and increase their confidence in applying these effectively in the nonprofit workplace
· Gain an awareness of emerging trends in the nonprofit sector, including social entrepreneurship, earned income ventures, and the evolving legal landscape
· Master reflective practices that enhance communications, foster understanding, and lead to results
· Develop skills to regain balance, remaining centered in the face of complexity and chaos
· adopt entrepreneurial competencies of opportunity orientation, innovation, resourcefulness
· Enhance their network through an expanded leadership cohort of peers drawn from across the country
· Create a personal leadership plan to use their refined skills to take action on changes proposed / · 10 – 14 Oct 16
· 5 days / Open to those who hold the Duke Certificate in Nonprofit Management and have 3 years of senior management experience. It is also open to persons not holding the Certificate in Nonprofit Management but who have 5 years of senior management experience
Columbia University (New York, USA)
Developing Leaders Programme for Nonprofit Professionals
· Develop a specific vision and strategy to support the overall agency mission
· Generate relevant performance and financial data for resource allocation proposals
· Exercise personal leadership effectively in dealing with difficult personnel situations
· Open and sustain effective teamwork within and across programmes and departments / · Mar 2017 (Dates TBC)
· 6 days / Mid-level managers, including programme directors and administrators, as well as executive directors of small, community based organisations.
University of Washington (Seattle, USA)
Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute
· Thinking strategically
· Understanding your stakeholders & authorizing environment
· Enabling & securing support for change
· Inspiring others to perform
· Communicating & influencing effectively
· Fostering collaboration
· Using financial management in pursuit of strategic objectives
· Engaging & managing the board of directors
· Enhancing self-knowledge / · Mar 2017 (Dates TBC)
· 6 days / Applicants must have a minimum of three years of experience in a senior-level position:
· Executive Director
· Chief Executive Officer
· Chief Financial Officer
· Deputy Director
· Development Director

The Board reserves the right to decide on the course to send the scholarship awardees to. Scholarship awardees will be informed about the details of the courses upon award of the scholarship. All selected applicants will be further subject to acceptance by the universities.

Eligibility Criteria

The scholarship is open to all leaders of Nonprofit Organisations (NPOs) from sectors such as the arts, sports and social service. Strong preference will be given to top-level executives including Chief Executive Officers, Executive Directors and senior managers with leadership potential; and they must fulfill the following criteria:

(a) Be a Singapore citizen or Permanent Resident;

(b) 5 to 10 years of working experience, with a good track record, in the non-profit sector;

(c) Must have a role in shaping the direction, mission, policies and major programmes of the NPO and potential to make a positive change;

(d) Possess a strong interest in, and commitment to, the development of the non-profit sector; and

(e) Applications must have the endorsement of the Governing Board of the NPO.

Conditions of Scholarship

All awardees will have to submit, one month upon their return, a report containing the following:

(a) An overview of the course outline;

(b) Key concepts and findings learnt from the course;

(d) Application of ideas to the non-profit sector as a whole;

(e) Personal assessment and observations of the course (whether it is relevant and useful); and

(f) Any other significant highlights.

The Board reserves the right to use the content of the report in part or in full, in a manner it deems fit.

The scholarship awardees are required to share and make presentations at exchange forums, and conduct workshops or training from time to time, for a period of one year upon their return. Awardees are also expected to contribute, on a full-time basis, to the non-profit sector for a period of at least two years after their return.

Applications

All applicants will have to submit the duly completed application form and supporting documents as reflected in the checklist enclosed. All applications must reach Tote Board by 5pm on 31 Mar 2016. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified for an interview.