Strategic Social and Sustainable Procurement University of Melbourne

Overview

What you will learn

There is national and international focus on social and sustainable procurement. It can help stimulate local economic development and deliver benefits far beyond good financial value.

This Strategic Social and Sustainable Procurement course offered by University of Melbourne is ideal for professionals who work in procurement or engage with procurement processes and want a deeper understanding of how to apply these social procurement practices in a range of priority areas.

Relevance to your job and industry

• This micro-credential has been developed in close consultation with government, corporate and not-for-profit organisations that are leading the way in social procurement practices in Australia.
• You'll gain practical insights into how the social procurement process works and the benefits it can bring, which can be immediately applied to your role and organisation.

• The course has been designed to ensure your learning outcomes match the real-world needs of the sector.

Learning outcome

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

• Recognise and critique different approaches to social procurement in the Australian context
• Identify the key participants in the Australian social procurement sphere, and discuss how they intersect
• Apply social procurement approaches in an organisational context in order to improve outcomes from a community, environmental and socio-economic perspective.