Elements and Performance Criteria

Projects may:
Include events and campaigns of social, cultural, economic and political significance
Relate to employment creation, health, housing, legal advocacy initiatives
Address the interests of either individual clients, groups or communities

Strategies may relate to:
Awareness raising and community education
Political lobbying
Community participation initiatives
Advertising to attract participation

Factors to be addressed in the design of projects/strategies will include:
Analysis of social, political and economic factors and trends
Assessment of actual and potential impacts both positive and negative for clients

Critical aspects of assessment:
Ability to establish, manage and evaluate projects and services
Evidence of competency requires demonstration of knowledge related to applicable organisation and legislative requirements

Essential knowledge:
Project management models/processes
Business and strategic planning
Funding sources and submission protocols
Range of services available across organisations
Marketing models/systems
Financial management models/systems
People management models/systems
General management principles/models

Essential skills:
Project planning and management
Financial /resource management
People management
Research and evaluation

Resource implications:
Access to appropriate workplace where assessment can be conducted or
Simulation of realistic workplace setting for assessment

Consistency in performance:
Assessment may include observations, questioning and evidence gathered from the workplace setting eg. portfolios, completed reports on projects etc.
Assessment is recommended to be conducted on more than one occasion and should include each phase of managing a project ie. scoping, preparation, promotion, management and evaluation

Context of assessment:
This unit is most appropriately assessed in the workplace or in a simulated workplace and under the normal range of workplace conditions. This may include the use of languages other than English and alternative communication systems.