Group Leader

Community is central to our well-being.

Community fills each day with potential, and helps us maintain our mental and physical health.

Community shouldn’t go away when you retire.

Us

We’re WiderCircle, and we help form communities for older adults who want to stay active. We enrich life by unleashing the power of personal connections.

We keep seniors independent and active, now, and for a long time to come. Working in partnership with Medicare and family physicians, we're creating groups of active seniors in your community that walk, laugh and support each other.

We’ll find the participants, a space to meet, provide training and rough outlines of our program. You’ll take these and lead groups of 12 to 15 older adults through weekly sessions for 12 weeks at a time. These sessions will always include sharing our passions, connecting and having fun. Some examples of this include scavenger hunts, potlucks, ice breaking games and opportunities for discussion.

You’ll provide valuable feedback to the organization on what’s working and what is not so that we can continue to better understand, refine and grow the program to best serve the community.

To support you, we’ll provide training through resources and our lead coach to teach you cutting-edge practices in healthy living, mindfulness and group dynamics.

You’ll love this opportunity because it’s your chance to be a part of something exciting and new without the risk and worry that come with starting a new business.

You

You’ve already had a great career and/or wonderful time raising a family, and now you’re ready for the next step. You want to use your gift for connecting with people and facilitating activities and group conversations in a meaningful way. Maybe you picked up these skills by working as a teacher or a nurse. Maybe you’ve been involved in organizing and leading community groups and are looking for something new.

Either way, you’ll love this opportunity because you love working with active seniors. The best group facilitators are:

The Details

This part-time paid volunteer role will be working in your community at community centers and parks. You’ll be leading at least two to three, 90-minute sessions a week. Considering preparation and follow up you can expect 5 to 9 hours a week. Each session you’ll earn between $25 to $50, depending on experience and group size.

What We’re Looking For

The most important things to be successful in this role are being perceptive, great connectors and organized. On top of that, this experience could help:

• Experience facilitating or leading groups through meetings, workshops, or community events
• Experience planning events and coordinating details for family activities, volunteer activities or in a job, etc.
• Experience learning and using email or other online applications