Job Description
Responsibilities
● Developing many unique and inspiring leadership workshops, speeches and presentations pertaining to social action
● Facilitating leadership workshops with 30 people for 2-6 hours at a time
● Knowledgeable about current local and global issues – ability to teach others about these issues
● Preparing, distributing and explaining materials (promotional, program, youth resources, and other)
● Ability to exercise sound judgment in accordance with Me to We’s safety policies and trip SOP while leading groups of 30 youth on international service trips overseas
● Ability to build and maintain relationships with youth, educators and parents using organizational CRM tools and constant contact follow-up
● Ability to engage youth and educators in Me to We programming (like Trips and Camp)
● Assisting with monitoring and evaluation procedures to measure program’s impact
● Educated on all Me to We youth programming opportunities, ability to engage youth, educators and parents in more Me to We opportunities
● Highly adaptable and flexible candidates are who are okay with schedules changing, working with multiple people to deliver quality programming
Requirements
Language Skills
● Ability to communicate fluently in both Chinese and English, from daily use to in-depth discussion of social and global issues.
Public Speaking Skills
● Ability to research, write and deliver speeches and presentations focused on social justice issues (local and global) and themes of youth empowerment and leadership
● Candidates must be dynamic, engaging speakers and facilitators with the ability to interact effectively with a variety of people from different backgrounds and ages.
● Ability to use story telling or a skill set to connect youth to an altruistic lifestyle
Excellent Facilitation Skills
● Ability to plan, create and deliver leadership focused workshops, where participants learn through experiential education techniques
● Ability to work well individually, in a partnership and within a team
● Charisma when working with youth, and a passion for youth leadership skill development
● Past experience working in Youth Programming such as: summer camp, afterschool programs, coaching sports, tutoring and/or teaching, involvement with post-secondary education student government, clubs, teams etc.