Youth Programmes Facilitator

Global Generation is looking for a Youth Programmes Facilitator who is passionate about engaging young people and local communities in reaching their full potential and creating positive social and environmental change. In this role, you will co-lead on the outreach and engagement of local communities, especially with a focus on involving and recruiting young people, as well as planning and facilitation of land-based, cooking and creative workshops. You will particularly focus on working with young people at the Paper Garden in Southwark.

What we are looking for

 As the Youth Programmes Facilitator:

• You will be outgoing and love to work with children and young people (particularly with 10-18 years old) and reaching out to people across backgrounds and sectors.
• You will have prior experience of working with schools/community groups, reaching out to people across backgrounds and sectors, and in planning and facilitating year long programmes, building in different ways of knowing and creative approaches so as to reach a cross-section of young people, adapting to different abilities and needs.
• You will love to work deeply with young people over a long period of time, finding out what engages them, building on their interests and finding ways wherever possible for them to grow, progress and lead within Global Generation and beyond.
• You will be ready to input creative ideas into the planning stages of the workshops.
• You will be ready to take initiative, have a flexible attitude, be able to think on your feet and enjoy finding solutions when faced with challenges and change. You will readily pick up the phone, follow up on emails sent, visit other organisations and schools, and offer activities in spaces where people are at.
• You will have a love of urban gardening and/or food growing and engaging people in caring for plants and working with them creatively.
• You will bring to the team a skill/passion (this could be developed or something you are freshly experimenting with) in facilitating a creative practice such as storytelling, movement, acting, signing, ceramics, weaving, textiles or other.
• You will also have an interest in action research and/or participatory approaches to learning, acting and reflecting.
• You enjoy working collaboratively with the team in maintaining the site through shared systems and workload.
• You will be able to communicate your passion for Global Generation’s work, in a creative and engaging way, responding to where people are at, and adapt your approach based on this.
• You will be committed to working with the young people for the rest of the annual year, giving them continuity and support
• You will occasionally be available to do ad hoc workshops, assemblies, and careers fairs for recruitment purposes in addition to the day a week Facilitator role

These are some of our core values which we aim for all of our staff to share and develop to guide our work:

• Commitment to equity, diversity and sustainability in all aspects of our approach
• Passionate about working with people to engage them in ways to learn new skills, build connections and fulfil their potential
• A love of working outdoors, the natural environment and urban greening
• Appreciation of working across sectors, disciplines and worldviews

For more information, please see the job description on our website.