Volunteer

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