Senior Facilitator

Columba 1400 Staffin Ltd; Inverness; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Columba 1400 Staffin Ltd in Staffin near the Isle of Skye is seeking a Senior Facilitator to lead residential leadership experiences for young people and key adults. You will help participants reflect on who they are, what matters to them, and the contribution they want to make in schools, families and communities.

You will be a highly experienced facilitator who brings energy, presence and curiosity to every session, communicating with warmth and building strong relationships with partners.

Qualifications

• Experience as a facilitator delivering leadership or youth programmes.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to create warm, brave spaces and meaningful conversations.

Responsibilities

• Lead transformational, values-based leadership sessions for young people and adults.
• Coordinate preparation, residential delivery and follow-up activities.
• Collaborate with a warm, supportive team to welcome participants and partners.

Job description

Do you want to be part of something lifechanging?At Columba 1400, we enable young people, especially those from tough realities, and the key adults in their lives to lead lives of purpose, meaning and contribution. We believe everyone already holds greatness within them, and your role would be to help them discover it.If you are someone who comes alive when bringing groups together, facilitating meaningful conversations and creating warm, brave spaces where young people and adults feel seen, listened to, valued, and able to explore who they are and who they might yet become, then you may be exactly who we are looking for.

Making a difference in and from Skye

Our Senior Facilitator is based at our purpose-built Community and International Leadership Centre in Staffin on the Isle of Skye, where you will be part of the hands-on delivery of residential leadership experiences with young people and adults.You will help young people and key adults step back from everyday pressures, reflect on who they are, what matters to them, and the contribution they want to make in their lives, schools, families and communities.Our Community and International Leadership Centre is also a community asset: a place where local people, partners and visitors come together through learning, connection, belonging and leadership.

What makes this role special?

You will contribute to changing lives, schools and communities by facilitating transformational, values-based leadership experiences for young people and the key adults in their lives, including preparation, residential delivery and follow-up.Your ideas, insight and creativity will help us continually enhance the Columban experience - from the way people are welcomed and supported, to how we listen, learn and strengthen our approach.You will be part of a warm and supportive team, united by purpose and committed to each other’s growth. You will also play an important part in helping participants, partners and colleagues feel safe, welcomed and able to take part fully.

About you

You will be a highly experienced facilitator who brings energy, presence and curiosity into every session. You communicate with warmth and clarity and enjoy building positive relationships with partners so each experience is well prepared and meaningful.

Notes:

A full driving licence and own car are essential. This role requires PVG scheme membership and a commitment to safeguarding young people and adults.