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The Browne Center for Innovative is a fee-for-service learning center affiliated with the Department of Recreation, Management, and Policy at The University of New Hampshire in the College of Health and Human Services. Facilitators in the Youth & Student Program are essential staff who work directly with clients of all ages from local communities and UNH delivering customized programing focused on among many things, building healthy community, empathy, and connection. Staff use experiential learning theories and modalities that may include virtual or in-person programs as well as but not limited to built or portable challenge courses.

Duties/Responsibilities

Program Preparation & Debrief 20%

Facilitators are responsible for reading and familiarizing themselves with all information provided them about the clients with whom they will be working on each programs as well as planning their portion of the program based on this information.

This includes but is not limited to:

Overall program goals
Information about individuals and group dynamics
Development of inclusive programming plans as needed
Program Logistics and setup of ropes course or classroom areas
Planning program flows to meet client-specific goals
Post-Program staff and facilities de-prep, debrief and feedback

Program Delivery 80%

Facilitators are responsible for delivering each program based on the above information.

This generally includes an intentionally designed and scaffolded schedule/flow that requires:

Managing large and small group activities of 6-100+ people
Facilitating icebreakers, name games, and portable challenges
Facilitating discussions around defining and building group & community cultural norms
Facilitating low and high ropes course activities intentionally chosen to support each group’s level of function and overarching program goals.
Managing intentional transfer of learning through framing and debriefing of activities to reach client/group goals.

Requirements

Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience:

Successful candidates will have a strong background in teaching and/or facilitation, with a minimum of fifty full days delivering educational programs on a ropes course or commensurate/adjacent experience.

Required Licenses & Certifications:

Applicants must have current First Aid and CPR certification or be willing to acquire same and be able to attend and pass our internal technical competency check-off or provide proof of commensurate training and experience.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Successful candidates have a strong facilitation background in working with school aged populations and/or adults in educational or non-profit settings and a solid foundation in professional challenge course work. Required skills include:

Technical competency on challenge courses (low elements & dynamic high elements)
Facilitating cooperative games and problem-solving initiatives
Ability to design an activity sequence based on client’s desired outcomes/needs.

Compensation Pay Range:

$50.00 per hour

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

The pay range for this position is listed above. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations. More information on benefits can be found here:USNH Employee Benefits | Human Resources

Location:

Durham

Salary Grade:

Adjunct Hourly Staff 00

Youth Program Facilitation

University System of New Hampshire

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