Course Overview
Led by industry experts, this level 9 Postgraduate Certificate (PGC) in Innovation for Workplace Sustainability delves into the core objectives of workplace sustainability. Gain cutting-edge toolkits, techniques, and insights to boost your skills in devising and executing innovative sustainability plans.
Sustainability is now a core business imperative with facilities and workplace managers playing a pivotal role in driving innovation and sustainability practices.
Staying abreast of evolving sustainability agendas is challenging yet essential for facilities and workplace managers. This program enhances professional competencies, equipping managers to tackle sustainability issues and drive innovation in organisational practices.
This PGC is tailored for professionals from diverse backgrounds including facilities management, engineering, science, and business.
This PGC in Innovation for Sustainability in the Workplace, awarded by London Metropolitan University (London Met), is mapped to and aligned as a level 9 qualification on the National Framework of Qualifications.
The aims of this module are to enable learners to:
• Convert the aims and outlines of high-level sustainable programme initiative
into implementable forms using principles and methodologies of Lean
Implementation, Energy Management (as well as others)
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• Lead a core implementation team of senior personnel / experts for delivering
the change and orchestrate a communications strategy that engages actively
supportive behaviour of both senior and general organisational stakeholder
constituencies
• Ensure compliance with best practice in terms of relevant regulatory
requirements and risk management methodologies
Core Module – 20 credits at Level 9
Underpinning effective sustainability management requires those responsible for the workplace to understand how to implement sustainability policy and re-think the manner in which they discharge their duties. Examining sustainable practices, across different size organisations and economic sectors, supports the development and understanding needed, to develop more effective approaches. This ensures sustainability policies can be progressed for managing the non-core business activities whilst also aligning with the core business strategies.
This module covers the following;
The methods and implementation of sustainability practices for improved building performance
Production and consumption – the value chain and processes for sourcing, producing and consuming sustainably
Compliance and best practice in sustainability
The role of leadership and communication for change action.
The aims of this module are to enable learners to:
• Critically examine the evolution, scope, status and corporate strategic
imperatives of Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and corporate
innovation in sustainability.
• Critically Evaluate the ‘business case’ for ESG and evaluate published ESG
reports of commercial and NFP organisations
• Critique As-Is and To-Be cultural footprint of organisations for innovation in
sustainability and associated change considerations
Gerry Kelly
For over 40 years Gerry Kelly worked in both the private and public sectors.
During that time, he held the position of Chief Executive with a Semi State Organisation; Press Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Minister for Labour; Senior Director Roles in Public Relations, Human Resources, Facilities Management, Customer Service, Corporate and Social Responsibility and Emotional Intelligence in State and Semi State Bodies.
Prior to working in the public sector, he worked in the printing industry where he introduced the first computer setting facility to the Commercial Printing Sector in Ireland. He was also Ireland’s Graphic Designer of the Year.
Working with Portobello Institute for the past 7 years he is Programme Lead for the Workplace and Facilities Management BSc, PGC and MSc Programmes. He also provides student support and mentoring on the Institutes IWFM Programmes along with lecturing on the Institutes CSR, Customer Relations, Strategic Management and Risk Management Programmes.
His main reason for working with Portobello Institute is to continue working with people on their personal and career development while sharing with them his world of work experiences.
Gerry has direct hands-on and tutoring experience of almost 20 years in the areas of Customer Service, Active Citizenship and Corporate and Social Responsibility and has studied Active Citizenship and Corporate and Social Responsibility at Northwestern University Chicago; Advanced Strategic Management and International Marketing at the International Management Development Institute, Geneva; Commerce at UCD and Senior Executive Development, Irish Management Institute.
Working with Multi-National Corporations in Ireland, the US and Europe he designed, developed, tutored and implemented over 100 Corporate and Social Responsibility, Customer Service, Education, Emotional Intelligence and Cross Border Programmes targeted at influencing and improving the work opportunities and lives of people living in the Inner Cities of Belfast and Dublin.
This programme is delivered online with live lectures you are encouraged to attend but can also rewatch in your own time.
This is an online with webinars course delivered over 4 months with supported webinars held during scheduled Saturdays.
This PGC specialised program focuses on innovating, designing, and implementing workplace sustainability plans. Tailored for professionals in facilities management, engineering, building management, real estate, or related fields, it equips graduates to significantly enhance business and workplace environments.
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1Complete the online application form.
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2Your application will be reviewed by our enrolment team.
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3Applicants will be contacted by Portobello Institute's enrolment team to confirm a place on the course or for more information.
Course: €3,995 + Exam Body Reg. Fee: €275.00
Option 1
30% deposit payment (€1,309.50), followed by 2 scheduled payments on the first of each month, commencing the 1st of the month after the start date of the course. Includes one off instalment fee of €95.
- €1,527.75 due in month 1
- €1,527.75 due in month 2
