Application for facilitator position at UWC Building a Sustainable Future

27 June - 21 July 2025 (dates approximate - will be finalised soon but might be a few days before or after)

‘Building ‘a Sustainable Future is coming back for the 9th year at UWC RBC in Freiburg, Germany!

Vision
The UWC short course Building a Sustainable Future will touch on issues within economic, environmental, and social sustainability – and their several intersections – to give young participants a chance to rethink sustainability in its complexity, and its challenges. These themes will be explored in a non-formal learning setting, including self-led projects, interactive workshops, debates, reflections, guest speakers, etc. Participants will be enabled to engage in discussions on sustainability critically and inform, envision the world in terms of a sustainable future, and contribute to this vision.

Details
Facilitators will develop and conceptualise the programme of the course, and contribute to the organisational and logistical preparation of the course, taking on such responsibilities as developing and leading workshops, providing publicity support, developing a course evaluation and impact measurement etc. During the course,  facilitators are also there to ensure the best experience for participants by meeting with participants daily and organising community events. 

Dates: 27 June-21 July 2025 (approximate, might be a few days before or after)
Location: UWC RBC, Freiburg, Germany! 
Applications: Facilitator applicants follow this LINK to apply (Deadline 1st of November 2024, but we are recruiting on a rolling basis) - Participants will have a separate application process from 2025.
Eligibility: Applicants should be above the age of 18 at the time of the course.
Course language: English
Expenses for travel covered and a 400 Euro volunteer stipend provided. 

Workload:
Facilitators commit to be part of the whole 20 days of the short course, plus 2 days of preparation and 1 day of evaluation/ wrap-up. Additionally, you would also need to dedicate a fair amount of time in preparation of the course (e.g. designing workshops) and need to be available for frequent (i.e. weekly/fortnightly) Zoom calls with the team. We will be using Notion for project management, so experience with that is helpful. Approximately 2 hours per week, until it ramps up for a few weeks before the course to 5 hours per week.

Tasks & Skills: 
- Working in diverse teams & with youth
 - Teaching & facilitation
 - Enforcing rules & policies
 - Conflict Resolution

We do not expect you to have in-depth experience in each of these areas, but these should be aspects you are willing to work on. 

We look forward to seeing your applications!