Fresh Humanitarian Perspectives Humanitarian Leadership Academy

Are you curious about coaching and mentoring - but not sure if it’s right for you, or how to get started? 
Charlotte Balfour-Poole, Head of Coaching at the HLA, provides her expert overview of coaching and mentoring, and highlights how they can be used as powerful tools to support every humanitarian.

In conversation with Ka Man Parkinson, Charlotte helps to demystify the concepts, and provides tips and advice for anyone interested in unlocking their potential through coaching and mentoring.

To access the podcast show notes including Charlotte's recommended reading list, visit www.humanitarianleadershipacademy.org/resources 

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About the speakers

Charlotte Balfour-Poole is Head of Coaching at the HLA, responsible for developing and ensuring a coherent and comprehensive coaching offer for humanitarian staff. 
Previously Charlotte was Global Head of Humanitarian Education for Save the Children and the Director of the Humanitarian Technical Unit.

She began her career as a Humanitarian Education Response Advisor deploying to a vast array of complex, protracted and sudden-onset humanitarian crises as part of SC’s Global Emergency response team.

Ka Man Parkinson is Communications and Marketing Advisor at the HLA. In her role Ka Man creates, commissions and manages content to bring to life the HLA’s brand, learning solutions, products and services.  
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The delivery of high quality humanitarian learning - face-to-face or online is not devoid of unique challenges.

As crises occur, it becomes increasingly important to carefully analyse capacity strengthening experiences and then introduce simple yet innovative methods to counter challenges faced so that training can get to the people who need it most.

In this second part podcast episode we hear again from Rose Wahome, an avid educator and now certified coach and mentor in conversation with Nwabundo Okoh, HLA Communications and Marketing Specialist.

Rose leans in to over 18 years of experience in education, programme management and delivering face-to-face and blended humanitarian trainings including simulations as well as recent experience on the other side of the board as a student or trainee. to share how the training she delivers around the world and particularly in East and Southern Africa is shifting the power.

This episode as a follow on to "How face-to-face training is shifting the power" provides rich insight into common challenges faced in training delivery and how they have been or can be mitigated.

About the speakers

Rose Wahome is currently the East Africa Education Technical Advisor at the International Rescue Committee (IRC). She is based in Kenya.

Hosted and produced by Nwabundo Okoh, Communications and Marketing Specialist at the Humanitarian Leadership Academy. Nwando is based in the United Kingdom.
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Listen to Archie Law AM (Principal Leadership Advisor at the Humanitarian Leadership Academy) in conversation with Jamie McGoldrick, who has just completed a term as the Interim UN Humanitarian/Resident Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.  

Together with Archie, Jamie discusses leadership and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the challenges and opportunities in working with complex ecosystems in Gaza, and what might lie ahead for the humanitarian sector in the Gaza response.
This is a recording of a conversation held in March 2024 exclusively for Fresh Humanitarian Perspectives. Note on audio: minor connectivity issues occurred during the speakers' video call, affecting the audio quality in certain segments.


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About the speakers

Jamie McGoldrick recently completed his appointment as Interim UN Humanitarian/Resident Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. He previously served as the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territories between 2018 and 2020 and was the UN's Humanitarian/Resident Coordinator in Yemen from 2015 to 2018. Jamie is the host of the Humanitarian Fault Lines podcast.

Archie Law AM is the Principal Leadership Advisor at the Humanitarian Leadership Academy. His previous appointments have included Director of International Programmes at Save the Children Australia, Executive Director of ActionAid Australia and global and regional humanitarian roles with the United Nations.

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What does a humanitarian career look like? How can you kickstart your own journey in this inspiring sector – and how can this evolve over time?

In our humanitarian careers podcast series, we’re connecting with humanitarians from around the world to hear personal stories and experiences of working in the sector.
In this episode, the HLA's Ka Man Parkinson speaks to colleagues Salma Babban from Jordan and Tom Russell from the UK.

We hear about their transitions into the humanitarian world and how their roles have evolved over time, as well as the key skills they need to do their jobs well. 

They also share what motivates them to keep going during challenging times, and their advice for anyone who wants to follow in their footsteps into the humanitarian world.

Whether you're an aspiring humanitarian, a seasoned professional, or simply curious about the incredible work happening in the sector, tune into this insightful conversation with Salma and Tom.


About the speakers

Salma Babban is Global Translation Manager at the HLA based in Amman, Jordan. 

Tom Russell is a Learning Solutions Specialist at the HLA based in Birmingham, UK. 

Hosted by Ka Man Parkinson, Communications and Marketing Advisor at the HLA based in Manchester, UK.
 
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In this episode, we discuss various learning opportunities provided by the HLA and Save the Children, which support capacity strengthening in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
As countries of the MENA region face different types of crises, humanitarian actors on the ground need tailored capacity-strengthening programmes. Listen to this conversation with Bdour Ghousheh, HLA Regional Lead in the Middle East and North Africa and Abed Dbas, the Education Specialist at Save the Children Syria Response office, hosted by Oksana Dobrovolska, HLA Communications Officer, to learn more about it.

About the speakers

Bdour Ghousheh has more than 10 years of experience in the humanitarian sector,  focusing on education, partnerships, project management and capacity strengthening in the MENAEE region. Now, Bdour provides strategic direction and leadership to the broader Humanitarian Leadership Academy’s approach across the MENAEE region and manages a team of humanitarian experts working in different areas (Leadership, Technical expertise and Civil Society Strengthening).   

Abed Dbas is the Education Specialist at Save the Children Syria Response office, based in Gaziantep, Türkiye. Abed manages the technical and operational aspects of the education program in Northwest Syria. 

Hosted and produced by Oksana Dobrovolska, Communications Officer at the Humanitarian Leadership Academy, based in the United Kingdom.
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Join us as we explore the visionary Humanitarian Xchange, a groundbreaking event set to redefine global humanitarian sector. 
The inaugural Humanitarian Xchange is a hybrid conference scheduled to take place in London, UK and online on 20 February 2024.

Dominic Courage, the force behind HX24, shares its unique vision, behind-the-scenes insights, and invites you to join this milestone moment.

Tune in to discover how you can be part of shaping a future with a new generation of humanitarians.

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Dominic Courage is Deputy Director External Relations at the HLA, responsible for ensuring that the HLA’s strategy is supported by a business model that will sustain our impact. Before joining the HLA, Dom worked with Save the Children leading humanitarian technical teams and deploying to emergencies around the world. Prior to this he worked with the engineering consultancy Arup as a civil engineer and project manager.
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