Adventure Learning Programs - Facilitator

Department Overview:

ALPs is a student organization on campus that facilitates team-building as well as high and low challenge course workshops through experiential learning See our website for more information: https://recwell.wisc.edu/alps/

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ALPs is an organization within Recreation & Wellbeing (Rec Well). Learn more about Rec Well on their website: https://recwell.wisc.edu/

Anticipated Start Date:

November 2nd, 2024

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

Applicants must be able to be an active member in our organization for at least one academic year

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Not Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

5-10

Schedule:

5-10 hours a week including some weekends and evenings.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

$15.00

Number of Positions:

20

Qualifications:

• Current degree-seeking UW-Madison student
• Must be able to commit a minimum of two semester to the organization
• No resume required
• No experience required
• Capacity and willingness to take initiative

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

We are looking for people who possess a growth mindset--those who are interested in learning new skills, developing the skills they already have, and open to failure as well as success.

The list of characteristics below are nice to have as you apply for this position, but are not necessary. You will have the opportunity to develop them while you are at ALPs!
• Experience working with communities of color and folks with diverse backgrounds and abilities, to name a few, OR are motivated and committed to developing the facilitation skills to serve these communities.
• UW Madison student who is committed to improving our campus climate for historically marginalized communities.
• Willingness to work as a team and collaborate with others
• Interest in developing leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Interest in working with people and helping them
• Capacity and willingness to take initiative

Position Summary/Job Duties:

• Facilitate and lead inclusive teambuilding and community building workshops and high and low challenge course workshops.
• Share your creativity, innovation, perspective, and ideas to improve our programming to better serve the campus community.
• Facilitate reflective group discussions to promote learning.
• Manage risk throughout all activities.
• Learn technical ropes course skills (knot tying, belaying, etc.)

Physical Demands:

Ability to be outside for prolonged periods of time when facilitating on the challenge course.

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/

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