Climate Education Facilitator

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.

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.