Take a Hike empowers youth who experience vulnerability to change the trajectory of their lives with a full-time mental health and emotional well-being program embedded in an alternate education classroom. Take a Hike engages youth with intentional, continuous clinical counselling, experiential land-based learning, and community. Our public school district partners provide high quality education, and together, we empower youth with the skills and resilience they need to graduate high school, build healthy relationships, and achieve success – however they define it.
Take a Hike Foundation is seeking two Take a Hike alum to serve as a paid Alumni Facilitators with the Youth Advisory Circle (YAC) for the 2026–27 school year. The YAC brings together current Take a Hike youth to share their perspectives, influence organizational decisions, and help shape how Take a Hike supports the young people it serves.
In this role, you will co-facilitate three YAC sessions with City Hive staff, receive training and coaching throughout the year, and work toward leading sessions independently by year-end. You will also help create a transition plan to onboard a new alumni facilitator to mentor in Year 2, supporting a peer‑led model Take a Hike can sustain and grow over time. This is a meaningful career-building opportunity for someone early in their journey.
The role is contracted for one year, with the longer‑term goal of building two‑year rotating Alumni Facilitator terms. In this model, one returning facilitator would stay one each year to help lead sessions and support a new alum joining the role. Because this is the first year and a pilot cohort, the exact term and transition details will be confirmed closer to the end of the 2026–27 school year.
RESPONSIBILITIES:This role is structured as a progressive learning experience across three sessions. With support from City Hive at the start, you will build toward taking full ownership of session preparation and materials by the third and final session.
1. Session Facilitation- Co‑facilitate three YAC sessions with current Take a Hike youth during the 2026–27 school year
- Help create a welcoming, safe, and engaging environment where youth feel heard and valued
- Attend a pre‑session planning meeting before each YAC session to review goals, agenda, and facilitation approach
- Learn to prepare all meeting materials—including session slides, surveys, and feedback tools, with coaching support from City Hive in early sessions
- Take increasing ownership of materials development across the three sessions, with the goal of independently preparing all session materials by Session 3
- Connect with your City Hive coach to build confidence and skills ahead of each session
- Participate in a post‑session debrief after each YAC meeting to reflect on what went well and what strengthen
- Consolidate participant feedback and survey responses into a short summary following each session
- Share your perspective as a Take a Hike alum to help shape future sessions and the alumni facilitation model
- Toward the end of the school year, contribute to a transition plan for bringing in a new alumni facilitator for Year 2, to work with one ongoing Alumni Facilitator
- Help document what you've learned, what to prepare for, and what you wish you'd known—to support the next alumni stepping into the role
- Play a part in building something that outlasts your term: a peer‑led facilitation model that continues to grow with each new group of alumni
- You are a Take a Hike alum with lived experience in the program
- You are comfortable speaking in a group setting and have an interest in facilitation or leadership
- You are…
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