Responsibilities

Candidates with exceedingly high degree of motivation to work with youth are encouraged to apply. These highly competitive and demanding positions require a significant amount of stamina, positivity, teamwork, flexibility, diplomacy, initiative, as well as extensive cross-cultural experience. Responsibilities of these multifaceted positions include teaching and facilitation, as well a great deal of behind-the-scenes support work. Responsibilities and tasks include the following:

Education and Facilitation

• Teach workshops on a wide range of topics including arts and leadership;
• Facilitate small-group discussions and dialogue groups;
• Co-lead teambuilding activities;
• Co-facilitate and participate in large-group simulations and role-plays;
• Speak with confidence and clarity in front of groups of 75 or more on a daily basis;
• Prepare workshops, simulations, and discussions in short amounts of time;
• Design new program components on the fly to accommodate student interests;
• Facilitate “Leaders of the Day” groups.

Student Life

• Pay close attention to student needs, group dynamics, issues and problems;
• Monitor student health needs, and facilitate medical attention if required;
• Nurture and foster the development of positive, supportive relationships among the students;
• Live on campus, in the dorms with students, during Vermont program weeks, or at various program site locations in other locations;
• Maintain positive, harmonious, and healthy living conditions;
• Gather students into their own dorms 15 minutes before room check;
• Conduct room checks each evening;
• Ensure that all dorm and program rules are respected by all participants;
• Mediate and diffuse roommate and other participant disputes and tensions;
• Facilitate student’s timely arrival at activities;
• Travel on planes and buses with participants.

Outdoor and Physical

• Spend significant time outside – in sun, rain, mud, storms, buggy areas, woods, rivers, etc;
• Instruct and supervise sports electives;
• Accompany students on all off-campus activities and community field trips;
• Leaders may be asked to swim in rivers, paddle a canoe, and kayak on flat water.

Administrative

• Attend all program components as described in weekly staff schedules;
• Attend regular staff meetings;
• Do supply runs to the store at all hours of the day and night;
• Maintain timely and accurate petty cash accounting;
• Drive 8 or 12 passenger vans and pick-up trucks, and do airport runs;
• Take pictures with digital cameras, help manage photo storage, slideshows, etc.;
• Complete and submit a travel expense report;
• Complete and submit a program evaluation;
• Provide voice, text and photo updates to program team while traveling in host community;
• Other duties, as assigned.