Roisin Kelly

Skills Development Coordinator
Organisational Development
Training and Skills Development

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OCN Level 3 Award in Learning and Development Event The OCN Level 3 Award in Learning and Development is designed for individuals who wish to enhance their skills in training and development. This qualification provides an introduction to the essential skills and knowledge required to deliver effective training programmes to others. It is particularly suitable for those who are currently involved in or aspire to work in learning and development roles and training/trainers positions.  Published
NICVA Academy - Celebration of Learning Event We would be delighted if you could join us at our next Leadership Insights event - our annual Celebration of Learning.  True managerial resilience involves maintaining a strategic focus under pressure and preventing burnout within the staff team.  Through emotional regulation, managers deal with challenges as learning opportunities, provide psychological safety for the staff and encourage their staff to innovate without fear of failure.  Published
ILM Level 3 Management of Volunteers Event If you would like to improve how you involve volunteers and want advice on developing a volunteer policy as well as how to support and motivate volunteers, this course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to do that.  You will be able to manage your volunteers more effectively. It has been designed specifically for our sector by Volunteer Now and NICVA and provides you with a nationally recognised ILM qualification. All sessions are delivered online via Zoom. Published
ILM Level 3 Management of Volunteers Event If you would like to improve how you involve volunteers and want advice on developing a volunteer policy as well as how to support and motivate volunteers, this course will provide you with the knowledge and skills to do that.  You will be able to manage your volunteers more effectively. It has been designed specifically for our sector by Volunteer Now and NICVA and provides you with a nationally recognised ILM qualification. All sessions are delivered online via Zoom. Published
ILM Level 5 Certificate in Effective Coaching and Mentoring Event "The brilliant coach is the one who brings out the brilliance of others" - Nancy Kline.  Published
Podcast Accelerator Event Roger Gowdy will deliver this 3-hour online workshop and lead you through all the key steps to launch a successful podcast, saving countless hours of research and mistakes along the way. If you have a message to tell the world, and an audience that needs to hear it, there is no better vehicle to make that happen right now than a podcast.We call this the Podcast Accelerator because in just half a day it will lead you through all the key steps to launch a successful podcast, saving countless hours of research and mistakes along the way.  Published
Bursting the AI bubble Event We have the amazing Michael Pratt delivering this one hour informative session Due to the massive misconceptions and the high number of requests we are receiving for this type of content, I would like to cover:   Draft
Preparing to Submit a Tender Response Event This half-day session in NICVA will give you the knowledge and skills you need to prepare for tenders. It will cover managing the process and completing the responses. It will be delivered by Ruth Walker, NICVA associate. Published
ILM Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management Event This popular course will give you practical tools and techniques to develop and further improve your knowledge, understanding and practice in management. This course is for middle managers, team leaders and those aspiring to be senior managers who work or volunteer in the voluntary and community sector in Northern Ireland. You do not have to have any previous management qualifications. Published
Using AI to create Social Media Content Event This session has been designed for anyone who needs to understand how AI can support their social media efforts.  It is a practical session in which you will learn how to use AI tools to brainstorm ideas, create content, and improve efficiency.  It will be important also for feeling confident in incorporating AI into your social media strategy while maintaining a human touch. Published
ILM Level 3 Award in Management of Volunteers Event This course delivered in partnership with Volunteer Now, is all about setting a solid foundation in the specific set of skills you need to manage volunteers. Draft
Preparing for Tenders Event This half-day session in NICVA will give you the knowledge and skills you need to prepare for tenders. It will cover managing the process and completing the responses. It will be delivered by Ruth Walker, NICVA associate. Draft
Social with Strategy: A 7-Step Framework for Purpose-Driven Social Media Event Social media holds the potential to generate a massive amount of awareness of what your organisation has to offer and how to promote the work in a consistent and engaging way. A social media strategy will help you map out a plan to stand out from the crowd, build an audience of activated and informed followers.  It is important to have a strategy to ensure you can aim for certain goals and build and maintain consistency in your messaging and keep your audience engaged.  Draft
Data protection essentials with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) Event Join the ICO's Northern Irish Affairs team for this online session, the first in a series of data protection themed sessions tailored for the charity and voluntary sector. This session is part of NICVA's Digital Series.Whether you are new to data protection, need a refresher, or you're struggling to keep up to date with your compliance responsibilities and need some guidance, this first session is ideal.  We will be exploring the fundamentals of the UK GDPR and what good compliance looks like. Draft
Developing Value through Innovation - Workflow, Automation and AI Event This 3-hour online workshop delivered by Civicode will help you discover how smarter workflows, automation, and AI can transform the way your organisation works. It is part of the NICVA Digital Series.   Draft
Practical Steps to delivering a Digital Strategy Event This three-hour workshop delivered by Civicode will outline the practical steps you need to take to deliver your digital strategy. It is part of the NICVA Digital series. Draft
Lunchtime Leadership Series: Queering Leadership – Why authentic workplaces matter Event Our new Lunchtime Leadership Series brings our learners, past and present, to the table to share their leadership values and practices.  Based on classroom learning in NICVA's ILM courses, learners have been asked to share their understanding and interpretation of that learning and how they use this in their everyday personal and professional lives.  Draft
Lunchtime Leadership Series - The Coaching Manager: Goal setting Event If you have taken part in the Lunchtime Leadership Series - The Coaching Manager, this is the final session.  You don't have to have taken part in the other sessions as this is a stand alone session on setting SMART goals. The Lunchtime Leadership Series has been planned to support managers or those responsible, in some way, for employee engagement, creating positive work environments and improving team performance.   Draft
The Difficult Conversation Event This session is part of the Lunchtime Leadership Series - The Coaching Manager.  The Lunchtime leadership series has been planned to support managers or those responsible, in some way, for employee engagement, creating positive work environments and improving team performance.  The series also focuses on developing coaching skills such as active listening, reflective questioning, and constructive feedback. Coaching Skills revolve around being able to inspire and motivate others and by bringing out the best in people.  Draft
Podcast Accelerator Event This 3-hour workshop, delivered by Roger Gowdy, will lead you through all the key steps to launch a successful podcast, saving countless hours of research and mistakes along the way. It is part of the NICVA Digital Series and Communication Training Series. Draft
ILM Level 5 Certificate in Effective Coaching and Mentoring Event "The brilliant coach is the one who brings out the brilliance of others" - Nancy Kline.  Draft
Lunchtime Leadership Series - The Coaching Manager Event This series has been planned to support managers or those responsible, in some way, for employee engagement, creating positive work environments and improving team performance.  The series focuses on developing coaching skills such as active listening, reflective questioning, and constructive feedback.  Draft
Managing the Media Event Back by popular demand is this one day interactive, practical training session with former BBC journalist Sarah Travers of Bespoke Communications. If you want to get the mainstream media interested in your story, then this is the training for you. This course gives you a behind the scenes look at how journalists construct and interview for a story, so that you are prepared and ready for maximum impact when the cameras turn up live on the day. Draft
Managing the Media Event Back by popular demand is this one day is an interactive, practical training session with former BBC journalist Sarah Travers of Bespoke Communications. If you want to get the mainstream media interested in your story, then this is the training for you. This course gives you a behind the scenes look at how journalists construct and interview for a story, so that you are prepared and ready for maximum impact when the cameras turn up live on the day. Draft
ILM Level 3 Award in Management of Volunteers Event This course delivered in partnership with Volunteer Now, is all about setting a solid foundation in the specific set of skills you need to manage volunteers. Draft
ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management Event Managers play a critical role in preparing and supporting people through change and this course will provide you with the tools and knowledge to bring about effective change.  We have designed this ILM level 3 award to help managers learn critical skills to initiate and implement change and how to manage your team members effectively.   Draft
ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management Event The ILM level 3 award has been designed to meet the needs of current team leaders or those aspiring to manage a team. Previous learners gained skills with some of the challenges they faced in their work environment including:   Imposter syndrome or lack of confidence; Difficulty making decisions; Low performance and productivity and poor skills or confidence when communicating.  We want to provide you with the tools, support and guidance to take on any professional challenge.  Draft
ILM Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management Event The Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management is designed for middle managers and for those aspiring into middle management.  We have designed the sessions to help to gain recognition for your skills and experience and to help you improve performance and if needed prepare you for senior management responsibilities.      Draft
Lunchtime Leadership Series: Networking - I would do anything but . . . Event Does the thought of attending a networking event interest you but fill you with a certain fear? People might not like networking for a number of reasons: Lack of confidence, misconceptions being amongst some of those reasons. We have designed this lunchtime bite to discuss what networking is and despite the challenges, understand why it is a valuable tool for building and maintaining relationships. Draft
Managing Meetings Event It has been said that the ideal meeting is two people - with one absent - Patrick Forsythe. We have planned this session so as to learn to love meetings or perhaps even a little more than usual. Meetings are an important part of organisatitonal communications and so we will learn what makes an effective meeting and practice the skills of making meetings all about purpose, preparation and presentation. Draft
ILM Level 4 Award in Leadership and Management Event Have you ever said or heard "This meeting should have been an email? " This is the reason why we have designed this new Award is to discourage these words, bring effective decision making to the table and be more efficient and effective in planning, leading and attending meetings. When we do all these things, we manage our time more efficiently and counteract what 61 percent of executives are saying that at least half the time they spent making decisions—much of it surely spent in meetings—was ineffective. Draft
Create Engaging Content with your Smartphone Event Organisations need regular photographs that are quick and easy to share. Hiring a professional photographer is not always an option. Maybe you haven’t got the budget or you are going to an event and need to write a blog post about it. Perhaps your role includes updating social media and you need regular quality content that doesn’t include stock images. The need for engaging content for full of impact is growing. We live in a visual world and social media platforms prefer vibrant photographs to stop the scroll. Learn how to capture people’s attention online with your smartphone images. Draft
Podcast Accelerator Event If you have a message to tell the world, and an audience that needs to hear it, there is no better vehicle to make that happen right now than a podcast. We call this the Podcast Accelerator because in one day it will lead you through all the keys steps to launch a successful podcast, saving countless hours of research and mistakes along the way. Draft
ILM Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management Event We have designed this qualification for leaders and managers who want to develop their personal and professional skills. Learners will assess their own leadership performance and learn tools and techniques such as problem solving and decision making and managing conflict. You will also learn how to manage teams and how to motivate yourself and others. Draft
ILM Level 4 Award in Leadership and Management Event The Level 4 Award in Leadership and Management is for those in or aspiring to a middle management position. We have chosen modules to increase your knowledge and develop the skills relevant to working in and leading teams. “The knowledge, personal abilities and technical skills you need to be an effective manager” - Institute of Leadership and Management Draft
TQUK Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice (RQF) Event The Level 4 Internal Quality Assurance qualifications will develop knowledge and practice required to carry out internal quality assurance. Learners also undertake this qualification as a refresher or for a CPD update as well as developing skills, knowledge and understanding to enable learners to lead a team. Draft
TQUK Level 3 Award in Understanding the Principles and Practices of Assessment (RQF) Event This qualification is for anyone looking to gain a background understanding of the practices and importance of an assessment role. This is a single unit that would be beneficial, for example to managers who need an understanding of the assessment process and what is involved in the standardisation of quality assurance processes in their organisation. It is also useful for learners who are not in a position to directly assess people in a work environment. Draft
TQUK Level 3 Award in Assessing Competence in the Work Environment (RQF) Event The Level 3 Award in Assessing Competence in the Work Environment (RQF) is intended for assessors who assess occupational competence in a work environment. You will gain an understanding of the principles and practices of assessment and how to observe learners in the work environment. Draft
TQUK Level 3 Award in Assessing Vocationally Related Achievement (RQF) Event This qualification is intended for anyone who assess vocational skills, knowledge and understanding in a workshop, classroom or other training environment rather than assessing competence in a work environment. Along with completing the practical assessment tasks you are also required to complete the Award in Understanding the Principles and Practices of Assessment (RQF) which is the theory element of the qualification. Draft
TQUK Level 3 Award in Education and Training (RQF) Event The Level 3 Award in Education and Training (RQF) is suitable for anyone wanting recognition for their planning and delivery skills in education and/or training. Draft
ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management Event This qualification is ideal if you are a new, or aspiring, manager without formal training or have management responsibilities but no qualifications that reflect your experience. If you are currently managing staff, and are interested in developing your abilities and confidence, this is the course for you. Draft
ILM Level 5 Certificate in Effective Coaching and Mentoring Event This course will help you develop confidence and techniques to support people in an effective and structured way. Whether you are new to management or at senior level this course will provide you with the understanding and practice of the skills, principles and practices of effective coaching and mentoring in the workplace. We have designed the course to meet the needs of anyone who needs a higher level qualification or wants to attend to learn the skills and techniques involved in getting the best from people. Draft
Lunchtime Leadership: Conflict Management Event This online session is part of our Lunchtime leadership series that will focus on improving skills and increasing confidence of first line and middle managers. This 1 hour session will focus on a specific learning topic each lunchtime, providing impactful and practical training in bite-sized chunks. The sessions will help develop a growth mindset for your staff while developing them professionally. They will build confidence and provide opportunity for peer networking. Draft
Lunchtime Leadership: Time Management and Setting Goals Event This online session is part of our Lunchtime leadership series that will focus on improving skills and increasing confidence of first line and middle managers. These 1.5 hour sessions will focus on a specific learning topic each lunchtime, providing impactful and practical training in bite-sized chunks. The sessions will help develop a growth mindset for your staff while developing them professionally. They will build confidence and provide opportunity for peer networking. Draft
Lunchtime Leadership: Personal Effectiveness Event This online session is part of our Lunchtime leadership series that will focus on improving skills and increasing confidence of first line and middle managers.. These 1.5 hour sessions will focus on a specific learning topic each lunchtime, providing impactful and practical training in bite-sized chunks. The sessions will help develop a growth mindset for your staff while developing them professionally. They will build confidence and provide opportunity for peer networking. Draft
Lunchtime Leadership Series - Emotional Intelligence Event This online session is part of our Lunchtime leadership series that will focus on improving skills and increasing confidence of first line and middle managers in February and March. These 1.5 hour sessions will focus on a specific learning topic each lunchtime, providing impactful and practical training in bite-sized chunks. The sessions will help develop a growth mindset for your staff while developing them professionally. They will build confidence and provide opportunity for peer networking. Draft
ILM Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Leadership and Management - REGISTRATIONS CLOSED Event This qualification is designed for senior / strategic leaders and managers who want to sharpen their strategic leadership capability. It is suitable for leaders who want to make the best use of resources, be more innovative and focus on developing collaboration, networking, influencing and negotiate. Individuals will be provided with scope and opportunity to focus on their own specific strategic leadership and senior management development needs. REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED DUE TO OVERWHELMING INTEREST. Draft
Lunchtime Leadership: Sharpen your Leadership Skills Event This online session is part of our Lunchtime leadership series that will focus on improving skills and increasing confidence of first line and middle managers in February and March. These 1.5 hour sessions will focus on a specific learning topic each lunchtime, providing impactful and practical training in bite-sized chunks. The sessions will help develop a growth mindset for your staff while developing them professionally. They will build confidence and provide opportunity for peer networking. Draft
Lunchtime Leadership: Setting Goals and Time Management - REGISTRATIONS CLOSED Event This online session is part of our Lunchtime leadership series that will focus on improving skills and increasing confidence of first line and middle managers in February and March. These 1.5 hour sessions will focus on a specific learning topic each lunchtime, providing impactful and practical training in bite-sized chunks. The sessions will help develop a growth mindset for your staff while developing them professionally. They will build confidence and provide opportunity for peer networking. Draft
Lunchtime Leadership: Personal Effectiveness Event This online session is part of our Lunchtime leadership series that will focus on improving skills and increasing confidence of first line and middle managers in February and March. These 1.5 hour sessions will focus on a specific learning topic each lunchtime, providing impactful and practical training in bite-sized chunks. The sessions will help develop a growth mindset for your staff while developing them professionally. They will build confidence and provide opportunity for peer networking. Draft