The Opportunity

We are looking for dynamic, engaging and passionate representatives from Corporate Australia to volunteer as support facilitators to Beacon’s professional staff.

This unique opportunity for corporate Australia to engage at a high level as secondary facilitators will directly impact thousands of young people across the country. It also provides corporate facilitators with professional development experience while gaining a stronger understanding at the coal face of our educational system and the challenges our young people face from disadvantaged communities across Australia.

• Initial face to face induction and training.
• Ongoing training and development through the eBeacon online platform.
• Access to Beacon online resources to support you in your role.
• Annual recognition of volunteering.

Initial Training

Our training team understand that facilitating to young people is often a new and challenging experience for our corporate volunteers. We have developed a robust training package to support both initial and ongoing training, designed to ensure that volunteers feel equipped to co-faciliate with confidence.

Face to face training delivered by our internal lead facilitation team in each state will provide practical training that builds and recognises each individuals skills.

Training objectives focus on equipping volunteers with:

• A fundamental understanding of the Beacon Foundation and our work.
• An understanding of the young people that we work with and the unique challenges that they may face.
• An understanding of the communities in which we work.
• Skills required to feel confident and facilitate effectively.
• A fundamental understanding of the content.

Ongoing Development

In addition to the initial face to face training, Beacon will provide all corporate volunteers will access to:

• Ongoing support from each state based lead facilitation.
• Ongoing access to eLearning resources.
• Access to participant feedback from each program to enable ongoing personal and professional development.

The Programs

PREPARE    POLISH   PERFORM

Beacon offers a series of three one-day Work Readiness Programs, targeted to specific age groups spanning Years 7 -12.

Each program is designed to prepare and motivate students for a successful transition from education to meaningful employment, through the development of employability and social skills that employers are looking for. These professionally facilitated programs have high involvement from employers, and build basic life skills ranging from personal hygiene, through to dress codes and behaviour at an interview in the workplace.

Throughout the Prepare, Polish and Perform series of programs students hear business representatives’ unique stories of success, providing the encouragement and motivation to recognise their own potential.