Implementation of Social and Sustainable Procurement micro-credential

What you will learn

Gain contemporary skills and knowledge for your job now.

Social and sustainable procurement present a huge opportunity for businesses to increase their impact - but these practices must be implemented effectively.

This micro-credential is ideal for current procurement professionals, suppliers and those who engage with procurement processes, seeking the tools to confidently adopt these practices and drive more positive outcomes.

Identify social procurement opportunities

Understand where to look for social and sustainable procurement opportunities, and how to work with intermediaries to identify potential suppliers.

Explore challenges for implementation

Identify the social issues that challenge the implementation of social procurement in the workplace, and consider how to overcome them.

Better manage the purchaser-supplier relationship

Gain tools and strategies to more effectively manage purchaser-supplier contractual relationships.

Analyse policy and regulation relevant to your context

Understand how to confidently analyse social procurement policy and apply procedures within the contemporary regulatory environment in your industry.

Develop a social procurement strategy for your organisation

Putting your new knowledge into practice, you'll develop a social procurement strategy brief or implementation plan that applies the learned tools and frameworks and is designed to benefit your organisation.

This micro-credential is tailored to those currently working in procurement, supply chain management, or for a not-for-profit organisation or social enterprise that engages in procurement processes.

It is recommended that learners commencing this micro-credential are currently working in the field of procurement, supply chain management, or related corporate roles in government or the not-for-profit or private sectors.

This micro-credential has been developed in close consultation with the government, corporate and not-for-profit organisations that are leading the way in social procurement practices in Australia.

Your learning is designed to match industry needs, and you'll gain practical insights into the social procurement process and the benefits it can bring, which can be immediately applied to your role and organisation.

By the end of this course, you'll have a deeper understanding of how to implement social and sustainable procurement practices. You'll be able to:

• Critically reflect upon your work and the practice of social procurement implementation
• Analyse social procurement policy and apply procedures in your contemporary regulatory environment
• Analyse the implementation challenges in your work context and the tools and techniques that can be applied to social procurement.

This course runs for six weeks.

Your total time commitment is approximately 42 hours, which includes:

• 9 hours guided learning (including five 1.5-hour webinars and asynchronous exercises)
• 11 self-directed learning
• 22 hours for assessment tasks.

Assessment:

• Video Reflection on Practice Challenge (35%)
• Strategic Implementation in Practice (65%).

Implementation of Social and Sustainable Procurement can be taken as a stand-alone course or complemented with the other micro-credentials in the Social and Sustainable Procurement series:

• Foundations of Social and Sustainable Procurement
• Implementation of Social and Sustainable Procurement
• Strategic Social and Sustainable Procurement.

To get the most out of this course, we recommend taking Foundations Social and Sustainable Procurement first, but this is not a formal prerequisite.

Once you've successfully completed this course, you will be awarded your Implementation of Social and Sustainable Procurement micro-credential. This digital certificate will warrant the achievement of knowledge, skills and capabilities outlined in the learning outcomes. It may also include artefacts (such as videos and written material) related to both experiential and work-integrated learning, including translatable assessment that is practical to your professional life. You can also share your micro-credential digitally and via social media by adding it to your personal platforms, such as LinkedIn. See example certificate.

This micro-credential includes guided and self-directed learning, to provide both flexibility and support.

Guided learning includes live webinars featuring guest presenters drawn from the social procurement industry. You'll also participate in discussion threads with your peers, undertake quizzes and reflect on readings and case studies.

The course is designed to provide a rich, multidisciplinary learning experience that will equip you with skills that match the real-world needs of the sector.

There is no set expiry date.