About The Course
Welcome to the Nimbus Certified Practitioner (Ni-CP) module! This module is a vital component of our comprehensive Post-Award Contract Management Learning Intervention. By undertaking this module, you will embark on a journey of enhancing your contract management skills and knowledge, ultimately becoming a certified expert in the field.
This guide is designed to equip you with the essential knowledge and skills required for effective contract management in the post-award phase. Building upon the foundational module, Cirrus, this study guide provides a holistic competency overview that encompasses all aspects of contract monitoring, compliance, and performance optimisation.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completing this course, scholars will acquire competencies as follows:
- Have an understanding of the monitoring and obligation management concepts and principles of post-award contract implementation.
- Gain insights into the contract monitoring and obligation management stages of the contract lifecycle and the critical activities within each phase.
- Learn effective tactics for contract administration, risk mitigation, monitoring, and obligation management.
- Discover best practices in contract performance evaluation and contract closeout procedures.
- Obtain in-depth skills in negotiation, communication and stakeholder management in a post-award contract implementation environment.
- Learn the post-award contract life cycle and follow contract monitoring, and obligation management Standards, Procedures and Guidelines (SPG).
- Operate in a post-award project environment by understanding the terminology, interpreting and explaining fundamental implementation and post-award contract management concepts.
- Manage correspondence, tracking expirations, monitoring spending and conducting assurance reviews.