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.
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
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.
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.