About the Role
The Facilitator-Guide is the connective thread of Soul Seated Journey’s Care Team, a role that simultaneously holds the large group container and individual member relationships. You are equally skilled as a group facilitator who builds sacred, emotionally safe spaces for cohorts of emerging adults, and as a personal guide who walks alongside individual members through the most vulnerable passages of their journey. Reporting to the Training Lead and co-managed by the Practice Supervisor, you move fluidly across all of our program phases, bringing a consistent, trusted presence from a member’s very first encounter with SSJ through their life beyond the program.
You are also SSJ’s familiar face and caring heart in the wider community. The Discover Experiences you lead are not recruitment events; they are SSJ’s permanent community presence, genuinely valuable on their own terms and always open. Over time, you will also deliver these experiences at partner organizations, bringing SSJ’s approach into existing communities rather than waiting for people to find us.
How This Roles Supports the Organization
What You'll Do
Community Presence & Discover Experience Facilitation (25%)
You are often our first face in a person’s experience of Soul Seated Journey, a warm, skilled practitioner who ensures every person who steps into a Discover Experience walks away with something real, regardless of whether they return.
Deliver ongoing SSJ Discover Experiences for emerging adults in the San Jose / Bay Area community; ensure each session is complete and valuable on its own terms
Build Discover community over time: recognize repeat attendees by name, create space for peer connection, and hold the essential 1:1 personal connection moment with each participant
Expand SSJ’s community presence over time by delivering Discover Experiences at partner organizations, meeting people in existing communities rather than waiting for them to find us
Threshold Stewardship & Prepare (15%)
You convert fragile enrollment into grounded readiness — reducing the documented dropout risk between enrollment and Day 1 through relational presence.
Lead the personal welcome and 1:1 check-in for each newly enrolled member, addressing remaining concerns and beginning the relational foundation
Help members arrive at Day 1 with intention and courage, grounded in a genuine relationship with you
Identify and respond to risk signals between enrollment and program start with attentive, warm outreach
Group Facilitation & Immerse (35%)
You hold the group container for the full 8-week immersion, building community, delivering core teachings, and guiding the cohort through both the opening trust arc and the transformative “messy middle.”
Serve as the primary host and consistent group presence across all immersion sessions, creating and sustaining a sacred, emotionally safe container for learning and communal exploration
Deliver core teachings in partnership with your co-Facilitator-Guide and guest instructors; lead rituals, establish group norms, and hold the cohort through trust-building and resistance
Concurrently maintain your 1:1 Guide relationship with assigned members: check-ins focused on integration, meaning-making, and the inner work of the journey
Leverage the dual role, group facilitation and individual guidance reinforce each other, and both are more effective because you hold them simultaneously
Integration Support & Activation (15%)
As members return to daily life, your role shifts from leading to supporting, helping them translate the program into lasting change rather than a closed chapter.
Reduce session frequency and shift focus: from “what did you experience in the program?” to “how is the translation into your life actually going?”
Surface accountability and application without driving; be available and present without taking over the member’s agency
Community Leadership & Contribution (5%)
As members step into peer advocacy and community leadership roles, you provide light-touch guidance that shapes what comes next for SSJ.
Support members who are beginning to give back to the SSJ community as peer advocates and emerging leaders
Contribute your on-the-ground perspective as a co-author of how this phase of the program evolves
Team Collaboration & Co-Creation (5%)
You work in close coordination with the full Care Team and contribute your field perspective to the iterative improvement of program quality.
Coordinate with your co-Facilitator-Guide, Integrative Guides, Practice Supervisor, Community Manager, and Program Development leads
Participate in pre-session briefings, weekly debriefs, and practice supervision
Actively contribute to the testing and refinement of program materials, job aids, and digital tools based on direct member experience
What You Bring
Experience & Capabilities
Group Facilitation: Proven ability to build and sustain emotionally safe containers for groups of varying sizes, backgrounds, and readiness levels across multi-week program arcs
Cultural Attunement: Demonstrated experience in culturally responsive, healing-centered practice with underserved communities in community-based or spiritual settings
Individual Guidance: Documented experience in 1:1 supportive relationship structures — including integration-focused check-ins, meaning-making conversations, and accompaniment through life transitions
Program Collaboration: History of working within team-based delivery models, including co-facilitation, structured peer supervision, and collaborative curriculum refinement
What We're Looking For
The following qualifications describe what we expect in a successful candidate. These are skills and experiences — not personality traits.
Must-Have
Minimum 10 years of professional facilitation experience in wellness, healing arts, spiritual development, or a closely related field
Demonstrated lived experience within and in service of underserved communities, particularly youth and emerging adults
Proven experience facilitating in trauma-informed frameworks across both group and individual settings
Demonstrated range across multiple modalities — facilitation, coaching, spiritual accompaniment, expressive arts, or similar — with genuine depth, not a generalist breadth
Strong written and verbal communication: the ability to hold warmth, depth, and clarity simultaneously across all touchpoints
Nice to Have
Experience working specifically with Gen Z or emerging adult (ages 18–29) populations in structured program contexts
Existing relationships with Bay Area community organizations, wellness spaces, or spiritual communities
Familiarity with digital community platforms (Circle, Slack, or similar) for participant communication and engagement
Background in expressive arts, somatic modalities, or other body-centered practices
What Success Looks Like
A great hire will have built, delivered, and sustained the following within the first program cycle:
Every person who attends a Discover Experience leaves with something genuinely useful; over time, repeat attendance grows and partner-site delivery is underway
Members who enroll follow through to Day 1 at high rates, citing your Prepare-phase connection as the reason they arrived with intention rather than anxiety or ambivalence
You help reduce significant disengagement, because the trust container you built in the opening weeks holds when resistance emerges
Members in Integration describe the program as a new way of living and name you as the consistent presence that made the translation into daily life possible
Program materials, facilitation protocols, and job aids are visibly stronger because of your direct field contributions, and your co-Facilitator-Guide relationship models the collaborative care standard for the team
Why Join Our Journey
Role Arrangements
Employment Type: Contract — Retainer-Based Engagement
Location: Hybrid — San Francisco (in-person attendance required for events)
Compensation: $6480-7800 monthly retainer
How to Apply
Please include the following in your application:
Narrative of Formation and Intent: A reflection (no length limit) on the highlights of your journey in liberation work, spiritual integration, and service. Tell us what draws you to this work and to Soul Seated specifically.
Statement of Cultural Practice: A brief description (1–2 pages) of your experience working with underserved communities and how cultural humility shows up in your day-to-day practice.
Three Professional References: Ideally from three distinct settings (e.g., community-based, clinical or coaching, and spiritual or contemplative).
Proof of Licensure or Past Record (Optional): Current licensing details or dates of past licensure, if applicable.
Our Commitment to Equity
Soul Seated Journey is committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, and others who are often underrepresented in the wellness sector. We believe that diversity of experience and perspective makes our work stronger and more just.
About Soul Seated
Soul Seated Journey is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting emerging adults ages 18–29 as they navigate this pivotal stage of life. We create experiences that help people better understand themselves, build meaningful connections, and move through the world with greater compassion, clarity, and steadiness. Grounded in both science and wisdom traditions, our approach brings together community, guided learning, and real-life practice. We are committed to expanding access to spaces of belonging and growth - particularly for young adults who have had less access to the kinds of support, community, and guidance that make this stage of life more navigable.