Environmental Project Management - Co-Creating Sustainable Solutions edX - online learning platform

Overview

In this Professional Certificate program, you will learn key project management skills needed for project execution on complex social and environmental issues. You will learn how to work on your project team collaborating to reduce environmental impact and achieve sustainability. You will develop communication competencies necessary to synthesize technical information for non-specialist audiences. 

You will also learn how to effectively engage with stakeholders, both in person and virtually through the outreach, collaboration and co-production stages of a project. Finally, you will learn leadership skills that will allow you to navigate the complex multi-dimensional issues associated with environmental projects.

Engineers, resource managers, environmental scientists, environmental advocates, environmental project managers, citizen scientists, and junior project managers will benefit from learning how to make smart decisions, manage dynamic teams, work toward deliverables, and develop broad support for environmental projects.

The Environmental Project Management - Co-Creating Sustainable Solutions programme in collaboration with University System of Maryland - USMx is a Professional Certificate. 

Job Outlook

• Environmental project managers earn an average of over $90,000 per year (Glassdoor.com).
• “Environmental” work is growing YoY by 41%, and job postings related to “Sustainability” are growing 80% (EMSI).
• Project Managers now in many cases requiring “environmental” work, as are construction, program, and facilities managers. (EMSI)