Join our Senior Facilitator Team!
We’re so excited to meet our newest Senior Facilitators! Please read the position description and application process below thoroughly. To get started, you must complete steps 1 – 3 before the application deadline.
The full Senior Facilitator application process requires that you:
1) Fill out the form below to indicate your interest
2) Fill out the HOBY National volunteer form (a link will be provided to you upon submission of #1)
3) SAVE THE DATE for Thursday evening, June 6 – Sunday afternoon , June 9
4) Be confirmed as a Senior Facilitator by our Director of Volunteers **you cannot proceed with steps 5 or 6 until you receive this notification
5) Complete all required documents and pay your staff dues (TBD but is usually $125 – 150)
6) Show up for the seminar on Thursday night!
Senior Facilitator Position Description
As a Senior Facilitator, you will be assigned to a team of 8-10 student ambassadors and 1-2 Junior Facilitator(s). Senior Facilitators are responsible for guiding our student ambassadors throughout the seminar program, engaging them in conversation regarding our many leadership activities and speakers, and encouraging their teams to remain alive, alert, and enthusiastic through the weekend. Our Senior Facilitators do all of this with the help of their Junior Facilitator.
Senior Facilitators are required to arrive at the seminar venue the Thursday evening prior to seminar start and remain at the seminar through the closing ceremonies on Sunday. This includes overnight stays at the seminar venue. There is a small fee to cover the cost of lodging.
You must be age 21 or older before the Wednesday of seminar week to become a Senior Facilitator and all adult volunteers must pass a background check.