Volunteer

Description

LIFT Ireland is an initiative to raise the level of leadership nationwide, working with organisations and individuals in a variety of settings to develop key leadership attributes. Only 50 places available, students from all years welcome.

LIFT’s leadership programme is delivered through regular roundtable sessions, led by a volunteer facilitator. Each session focuses on leadership values, such as honesty, competence, accountability, empathy, respect and positive attitude. The programme supports participants to develop these leadership attributes and set personal goals on an ongoing basis.

Is training provided?:Yes

Tasks that the volunteer(s) will be expected to undertake:

The opportunity includes training as a facilitator in the LIFT programme, through a 4 hour training session. Facilitators then lead their own roundtable group for up to 8 weeks as volunteers.

The programme comes with a workbook with step-by-step instructions and the entire programme is scripted. This means that your role as Facilitator is a great opportunity to build practice and confidence in facilitating a group, in a safe, structured and guided way. You do not need to come up with group content, or manage a group - instead, you get to focus on the experience. 

Why be a LIFT Facilitator?

• You get to focus on your leadership & facilitation skills and develop them over 6 -8 weeks.
• You get to meet new people that are also interested in building their leadership skills.
• You will be exposed to new experiences, opportunities and fresh ideas.
• You can add this as evidence of improving your leadership skills on your CV.

Benefits of Volunteering:

Benefits from LIFT:

• Completion of the Facilitation training will earn you the LIFT Facilitation Certificate in recognition. 
• Completion of the 6 - 8 week programme you will earn the LIFT Participant Certificate in recognition.

Details of time commitment needed for role:
Facilitator training take place 30th September at 5pm (this training session takes 4 hours, if you are not available on this date please do not apply).

Minimum time commitment per week:
1 hour p/week

Additional screening required for this role::
None

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