Facilitate Elsewhere
Thank you for expressing your interest in being a Climate for Change facilitator!
Currently, we are only operating in Melbourne and Brisbane. However, by signing up below, you are expressing your interest in becoming a Climate for Change volunteer facilitator when we expand to your state and we will be in contact with you with upcoming opportunities.
To ensure that you are in the loop with all upcoming facilitation opportunities, please sign up using the form below, ensuring that you list your state and postcode.
Sign up below and when we expant to your state, we will be in contact! You will then need to complete your training and sign our volunteer agreement. You will then be ready to facilitate!
No! We teach you everything you need to know. The most important characteristics for the role are good people skills, good listening skills and an engaging personality.
Becoming a Climate for Change facilitator does require an ongoing time commitment, as regular Conversations are key to the growth we need to make the BIG change that is needed in Australia. But we do have facilitators with very busy lives, working or studying up to 50 hours per week and/or combining work with parenting, who still manage to be successful facilitators. Our busier facilitators say they choose to facilitate because they see the impact of each Conversation and they love what they do.
Certainly. Many of our facilitators work full time and find it is not a problem, as most hosts prefer to host outside of standard business hours, too.
Of course! We find that most our facilitators love what they do so much that they never want to stop! You are welcome to stay as long as you wish.
Climate for Change facilitators need to be at least 18 years of age.
In our current training model for Melbourne and Brisbane facilitators, we provide online training to kick-start your journey and run the following face-to-face training sessions:
The total face-to-face training time is 9 - 11 hours. The total online training time is approximately 3 hours and is self-directed.
From the moment you start your training, you will become part of the Climate for Change community. One of the things we’re most proud of is the camaraderie among our facilitators, staff and volunteers, who are passionate about creating the climate for change that we need and supporting each other in doing so, too.
To make the most of your experience we ask all of our facilitators to:
We strongly encourage you to find your first hosts within your own network. Our experience has shown this is the fastest and most effective way to get started and hit your stride as a facilitator. But don’t worry; we’ll provide helpful tips on how to do this during your Book a Conversation Training.
If you have any further questions, contact our program manager, Zey Basarin, at zey@climateforchange.org.au. For general questions, head to our general FAQ page.