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LIFT Leadership Student Facilitator Semester 2 January 2025

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LIFT Leadership Student Facilitator Semester 2 January 2025

ALIVE University of Galway 2024/2025

Galway

At a Glance

  • Start Date:13/01/2025
  • End Date:14/03/2025
  • Closing date:15/01/2025
  • Post Updated:28/11/2024
  • Min Hours:4 hours training plus 1 hour per week
  • Role Type:Youth work

Requirements:An interest in developing value based leadership skills

Description

The facilitator volunteer role is open to the first 50 applicants only (roundtable participation is open to all students). If you have any questions please email lift@universityofgalway.ie 

Role of a LiFT Student Facilitator

As a facilitator you will be trained in the LiFT programme, through a 4 hour training session. Facilitators then lead their own roundtable group for 8 weeks as volunteers and contribute to reflection and development of LiFT at University of Galway.

  • Completion of the Facilitation training will earn you the LiFT Facilitation Certificate in recognition. 
  • You get to focus on your leadership & facilitation skills and develop them over 8 weeks.
  • You will have a practical way to practice leadership in a virtual world!
  • 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.
  • Students embody the 8 areas of leadership furthering community values and impacting society. 

 

The brilliant aspect of LiFT is that being a facilitator is really well supported! 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. 

So if you are thinking "I am not sure I can do it" we know you can - we believe in you. The programme is powerful and uses plain and simple approaches and languages to be accessible to all. 

LIFT Ireland is a social enterprise initiative aimed at increasing the level of positive leadership in Ireland. Leadership is not limited to a select few and everyone can be a leader in their own way.

Is training provided?: Yes

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

After training you will be asked to record attendance in your group and facilitate (lead the conversation accoding to the guidelines of the LiFT programme) a group of students who sign up to the programme.

Skills required for this role:

An interest in value based leadership training.

Details of time commitment needed for role:
Times are flexible, after training you will pick a time slot on and then co-ordinate with your group to arrange a time to meet. You will then meet them once per week for 8 weeks.

Minimum time commitment per week:
1 hour p/week

Contact

If you have any questions about this role please feel free to get in touch:

Name: ALIVE University of Galway's Volunteering Programme

Address: ALIVE University of Galway 2024/2025, The Hub, Aras na Mac Leinn

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