Workshop Presenter

Supplementary Title Position: Workshop Presenter

Appointed by: State Learning & Development Manager

Reports to: State Learning & Development Manager

Key Relationships:

Course participants and training teams

Region Teams

State Learning & Development Team

Term of Appointment: Three years (can be reappointed after review is conducted).

 Primary purpose of the position

Facilitate learning in a specialist subject area, enabling participants to learn and apply new skills.

 Training and Facilitating Learning
  • Communicate and engage effectively with girls and women
  • Practice high-level interpersonal skills including building positive respectful relationships, questioning, active listening and empathy
  • Present sessions and workshops
  • Facilitate learning, helping participants to discover their own learning
  • Share skills, knowledge and resources and help others learn
  • Debrief learning activities
  • Evaluate sessions
  • Manage groups and people effectively
  • Work as a member of a team.
Administering Workshops and Courses
  • Promote a culture of thanks
  • Plan and prepare learning programs, sessions and resources
  • Evaluate the course with the participants and the training team
  • Complete administrative responsibilities
  • Report as requested to the State Learning & Development Manager.
 Designing Learning
  • Assess and respond to the needs of course participants
  • Use a learner-centred approach to developing adults in Guiding
  • Plan and prepare learning programs, sessions and resources
  • Use the Girl Guide / Girl Scout Method
  • Create effective adult learning environments.
Requirements of appointment to the position
  • Be a Member of a State Girl Guide organisation.
  • Accept the Girl Guides Australia Code of Conduct.
  • Be recommended by her Manager.
  • Complete the Learning & Development Qualification for Workshop Presenter.
  • Relevant experience, qualification and/or appointment.
Capabilities and personal attributes
  • Commitment to the principles of Guiding and willingness to make or renew the Guide promise.
  • Commitment to the development of girls and women.
  • Sound planning, organisation and management skills.
  • Effective communication skills both one on one and in groups.
  • A positive role model.
  • Capacity and time to undertake the role.
  • Commitment to her own on-going development.
Ongoing requirements
  • Commitment to the Promise and Law.
  • Compliance with the Girl Guides Australia Code of Conduct.
  • Commitment to ongoing self-development and learning.
  • Commitment to wearing of the Guide uniform.
  • Meet the ongoing requirements of her current appointment (if relevant) as set out in the relevant Position Description.
  • Commitment to the role of Workshop Presenter and membership of the State Learning & Development team.
  • Delivery of a minimum number of hours training per year (as set by the SLDM and her Committee), and recorded in her personal Training Log.
Appointment review
  • ‘New to Role’ Review completed with State Learning & Development Manager six months following appointment.
  • Annual evaluation of sessions presented
  • Review of Training Log and hours of training facilitated
  • Participation in Annual Role Review with the State Learning & Development Manager or her nominee as required.

Last Modified: 21/07/22 at 11:27 AM