Climate Education Facilitator

Temporary, Full-time · Remote Canada

About the Role

Application Deadline - November 11, 2024, midnight PT

*Please note that applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and the form may close early depending on the volume of applications. We encourage applicants to apply as early as possible.

Location: Remote, Canada
Ideal Start Date: January 13, 2025
End Date: April 30, 2025 (possibility of extension)

The Climate Education Facilitator is an implementation and facilitation role. You will be responsible for coordinating and facilitating approximately 20 workshops in partnership with university groups across Canada. The aim of this project is to increase university students' literacy on the Sustainable Development Goals, climate action and climate policy in Canada. Before your role begins in January, the YCL team will be designing the two workshops and developing the required partnerships. Your role will be to finesse design based on partner’s interests, maintain partner relationships, and facilitate the workshops for students (18-30). You will be successful in this role if you are an experienced facilitator and have a passion for climate education!

Disclaimer: Don’t let that imposter syndrome stop you! Feeling like an imposter? Intimidated? Checking some boxes but missing others? Don’t worry! We understand that youth need training, coaching, and support to succeed—and you don’t have to do this work alone! You’ll be a part of a fantastic team that will be there every step of the way.

Your Duties

Coordinate & Implement Workshops

Maintain relationships with university groups across Canada
Finalize design of the two workshops with the support of the YCL team and university partners
Schedule and facilitate approximately 20 workshops, some evenings and weekend facilitation may be required depending on partners availability

Communications and Administration

Support content creation for an integrated social media campaign on the SDGs, climate action and climate polity in Canada, such as Climate Dictionary posts
Analyze participant and partner feedback to support Impact Tracking
Maintain organizational archives based on standardized procedures

Organizational Growth

Contribute to the strategic vision of the organization through participating in strategic visioning meetings, such as on the Theory of Change and strategic goals;
Support fundraising efforts, including grant writing, as requested; and
Represent Youth Climate Lab for events, conferences or research, as requested.

Eligibility

Youth (18-30 years old, inclusive at the start of employment, this is a requirement of the funder)
Be based in so-called Canada for the term of employment
Have access to a personal computer and cell phone, and reliable internet
Be a Canadian Citizen, permanent resident, or person on whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
- International students are not eligible. Recent immigrants are eligible if they are Canadian Citizens or permanent residents.
Be legally entitled to work according to provincial/territorial legislation and regulations

If applying as a student, this position is eligible as a 4-month co-op position. We highly encourage students to apply.

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

A post-secondary degree or lived experience related to a field such as: education, climate change, community development and/or geography
Demonstrated understanding of climate change, with specific expertise on the SDGs, youth-led climate action, and climate policy in Canada
Proficient at coordinating and facilitating virtual events for groups of 20-100, particularly youth (18-30)
Demonstrated commitment to advancing justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI), and decolonization

Assets

Experience working across time zones (Canada-wide)
Bilingual - proficient in written and verbal French and English
Experience working in non-profit and/or grassroots organizations, particularly youth-led initiatives
Experience using Monday.com, Google Workspace, Slack, Zoom, Miro

Compensation and Perks

Hourly Wage: $24.00 - $26.00 CAD (depending on experience)
Hours: 30 hours / week
Flexibility: Flexible work schedule and unlimited personal days
Vacation: 4% vacation, paid out each pay period
Health & Wellness: Monthly wellness activities with the team, 3 paid sick days

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

YCL is an equal-opportunity employer. YCL and its executives are committed to equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, and to encouraging a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, developing, and promoting volunteers and employees without discrimination or harassment. We believe that having staff who have different lived experiences and who are from different social locations is vital in demonstrating a commitment to equitable representation. Equal opportunity and inclusion are essential to Youth Climate Lab's mission and values.

Youth Climate Lab does not discriminate in any area of recruitment, employment, or volunteer work including compensation, benefits, hiring, and promotions and terminations. We believe and are committed to treating all volunteers and employees with respect and employment actions should be based on job-related factors. Employment actions must not be based on race, colour, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, genetics, age, disability status, protected veteran or service member status, citizenship status when otherwise legally able to work, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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About us

Youth Climate Lab is a youth-for-youth lab founded in May 2017 to support and strengthen a generation of leaders in shaking up the status quo of climate inaction. It has since worked with 30+ partners to design, pilot, and scale innovative experiments projects that have reached thousands of young people combating climate change in more than 77 countries.

Mission

Design, pilot, and scale innovative experiments that tackle problems faced by young people around the globe in their fight against climate change.

Vision

Young people – no matter who they are or where they are from – are supported in building the just, climate-resilient futures they deserve.

Approach

At YCL, we are dedicated to radical collaboration—RAD collab for short. We work with diverse and unexpected co-creators that spark transformational youth-led ideas and projects following these six principles:

Youth-first: Our collaborations prioritize the needs and efforts of youth as they build just, climate-resilient futures.
Creative: We seek partners who are excited about experimenting with new approaches, and who recognize that complex, ambiguous problems require unusual intersections.
Inclusive: By acknowledging and working through systemic biases, YCL seeks to think beyond ourselves. We thoughtfully welcome people from all walks of life into often hard-to-navigate climate spaces.
Disruptive: We work with partners who are willing to make the radical change necessary to secure a just and climate-resilient futures.
Catalytic: Our partnerships amplify strong, existing initiatives and spark new and unique programs – ensuring that we use our resources as effectively as possible without doubling efforts in the climate space.
Equitable: We recognize our privilege and seek to leverage our positionality to support and amplify the voices and solutions of youth, particularly youth of marginalized genders, on the frontlines of climate change.

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Thank you for your interest in Youth Climate Lab!

Please fill out the following application. If you experience any difficulties uploading your files, please send an email to recruitment@youthclimatelab.org.