Practice Management Program

Professional Practice Manager Development Program - specialised training for professional practice staff or practitioners covering areas from front desk to management.

Employability Skills

Certificate IV in Professional Practice Management (91482NSW)


Communication

  • Communicating with business contacts and team members to promote products and services, give and receive feedback, and negotiate effectively to address conflicts
  • Communicating with team members and management to ensure open communication channels and to clarify issues
  • Resolving conflict and disputes in the work team
  • Using specialist language in written and oral communication
  • Consulting and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders
  • Reading, interpreting and questioning legal, financial, marketing and other business documentation

Teamwork

  • Supporting team members in developing skills and knowledge relating to products and services
  • Being a role model for other team members
  • Consulting and developing objectives with the work team
  • Developing team plans and contributing to team cohesion

Problem Solving

  • Developing risk management approaches
  • Developing techniques to address faults and inefficiencies
  • Diagnosing customer service complaints and taking steps to improve service
  • Resolving poor performance issues within scope of responsibility

Initiative and Enterprise

  • Identifying and developing opportunities for improved work practices
  • Being creative and providing innovative solutions to complex issues
  • Developing innovative solutions to business challenges

Planning and Organising

  • Developing operational procedures
  • Monitoring and adjusting operational performance by producing short-term plans, planning and acquiring resources and reporting on performance
  • Preparing work plans
  • Scheduling interviews and coordinating selection processes
  • Planning future business technology requirements

Self-management

  • Actively seeking feedback on own performance from clients and colleagues
  • Prioritising tasks
  • Using judgement and discretion with confidential information
  • Acting as a role model for others

Learning

  • Applying learning to develop improved practices
  • Coaching and mentoring colleagues and team members to support the introduction of change
  • Participating in professional networks and associations to obtain and maintain knowledge and skills

Technology

  • Using business technology such as computer programs and telecommunications to collect and manage information
  • Applying business technology for communication, planning, financial management, marketing and operating the business, comparing and purchasing new business technology
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