About CHL

The Centre for Humanitarian Leadership is an innovative collaboration between Deakin University and Save the Children Australia that combines quality practice with academic rigour. 


We are transforming humanitarian leaders and influencing how organisations, and the system, respond to the increasingly complex global context. 


We champion humanitarian action that centres the agency of communities affected by crises, respects diverse perspectives, elevates local actors, and furthers social justice.

 

What we offer

Since 2011, the Centre has transformed the leadership skills of hundreds of people working in disaster and crisis response through its flagship Humanitarian Leadership Program (HLP), the Graduate Certificate of Humanitarian Leadership and French language Diplôme d’Études Supérieures de Leadership Humanitaire (DESLH), delivered in partnership with Deakin University, based in Melbourne, Australia.

The result is a rich community of leaders dedicated to teaching, understanding, analysing, demonstrating, interrogating, and constantly refining what it means to be an effective humanitarian leader.

For more information on what CHL offers across education, research and upcoming events visit our website.

Programs

The CHL difference

Our methodologies and curriculum transcend a traditional understanding of ‘humanitarian leadership’.

  • We work with a range of partners to develop and deliver bespoke leadership development courses to enhance the skills of humanitarian practitioners and frontline responders.

  • We utilise our pool of expert facilitators from around the world who have extensive experience in humanitarian response, leadership development, and mentoring and coaching, to create the best possible experience for course participants.

  • Our course participants can navigate domestic and international emergencies, the impacts of climate change and volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous contexts.

  • Three people sit on the floor facing one another. A woman in a black top and red floral skirt smiles at the two other people who have their back to the camera.
  • A man wearing glasses and a grey top sits at a table scattered with pens, water bottles and papers.
  • A group of people sit around a table. A woman at the end of the table looks down at a piece of paper.

Our partners

The Centre for Humanitarian Leadership proudly delivers online courses in partnership with the following organisations:

Center for Disaster Philanthropy
Save the Children/ HLA