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TEFMA /OPUS Management Development Program Scholarship
General
Each year TEFMA runs a Management Development Program for its members.
The course is intended to cover supervisors/middle managers in facilities
organisations and is designed to raise or to reinforce the management
skills of participants. TEFMA and OPUS offer one scholarship each
year for the winner to attend this course. The TEFMA Education Committee
administers this scholarship.
Aim
The Aim of the Scholarship is to provide an opportunity each year
for a person/s employed in facilities management with an institution,
which is a member of TEFMA, to attend the Management Development
Programme.
Eligibility
- Only one nomination per institution is permitted each
year for each scholarship.
- Scholarships will normally be granted to an individual only
once.
- Candidates must be an employee of an Institutional member of
TEFMA.
- If the candidate is not already a member of TEFMA, then the
host Institutional member is to arrange for the candidate to become
a member of TEFMA.
- Candidates must have a minimum of two years experience within
a Facilities environment.
- Candidates must be operating at the supervisor/middle manager
level in the facilities management department.
- Scholarship applicants may be required to undertake an interview.
Application and Selection
Invitations to apply for the Scholarship will be circulated to
all Institutional members. The invitation shall clearly indicate
the closing date for receipt of applications and the address to
which they are to be forwarded. Electronic applications will be
accepted provided the email is sourced from the approving member.
Reminders should also be promulgated.
The Scholarship is awarded to an eligible candidate after consideration
of the responses to the Selection Criteria on the Selection Criteria
form.
Selection of the successful applicant/s will be determined by the
TEFMA Board following receipt of a recommendation from a Panel established
to review the applications. The Review Panel shall be made up of
the following members:
- Chair, Education Committee
- Deputy Chair, Education Committee
- A Past-President of TEFMA
More than one Scholarship can be awarded in any calendar year.
Click here to download Scholarship application
forms.
The Scholarship |
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The Scholarship has a value of A$3,000 inc GST. The successful
applicant will need support from his/her institution for both
the time to attend the course, which is of one week's duration,
and the balance of the course fees.
The successful applicant will be required to produce an TEFMA
Newsletter article within 4 weeks of attending the course,
giving an outline of the benefits given by the training and
how the new knowledge will be applied to the applicant's work.
OPUS International Consultants
Ltd
OPUS International Consultants is a global professional services
consultancy working in the areas of infrastructure, architecture,
water, environmental, asset development, and management solutions.
OPUS has a global presence in Australia, New Zealand, the
United Kingdom, Canada, and Malaysia.
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Registration
The successful applicant(s) is required to register for the
Management Development Programme (course) as though they were
applying directly to attend the course. The Education Committee
will inform both the successful applicant(s) and the course
venue of the results of the approved Scholarship selection/award
to ensure registration is actioned.
Administration
The Scholarship is A$3,000 inc GST for each person. This
is a subsidy against travel to/from the course venue and course
fees (current course costs are in excess of A$5,000). A successful
applicant's institution pays both travel and course fee costs
and forwards a copy of the claims/invoices to the TEFMA Treasurer
for reimbursement of the TEFMA (Scholarship) contribution.
Associated Application Forms/Documents
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Management Development for the Facilities
Manager programme brochure -
530KB
Previous Management Development Award Winners
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