📌 Job Title: Head of Coaching & Training
🏢 Department: Coaches & Trainers
🧭 Location: Remote (The Netherlands)
🕒 Employment Type: Volunteer, 4-8 hours per week
👤 Reports to: Rob
Advocates Who Thrive is a mission-driven nonprofit foundation committed to championing dignity, growth, and inclusion for marginalized voices around the world. We believe that advocacy begins within — by building thriving, inclusive communities, and equipping change-makers with the tools and support they need to lead courageously.
Through training, coaching, and capacity-building, we partner with grassroots and global allies to amplify the voices of those often unheard, working towards a future where thriving is a human right, not a privilege.
At AWT, we are more than an organization — we are a values-driven movement, powered by purpose, collaboration, and radical empathy.
We are seeking a passionate and experienced Head of Coaching & Training to join our team. In this role, you will build and lead AWT’s coaching and training function, overseeing both the people and the approach behind our learning and development activities. Currently, our team consists of one active coach, so this is a "builder" role.
At AWT, leadership means enabling others to thrive: you will create a supportive environment where coaches feel empowered to grow, take ownership, and deliver meaningful impact. You will be responsible for building a strong coaching community, defining how we work, and ensuring consistent and high-quality delivery across programmes.
- Lead and grow the team: manage our current coach while leading the onboarding and support of a diverse pool of new coaches and trainers to restore capacity and ensure reliable delivery across AWT programmes.
- Resolve project bottlenecks: Source and onboard coaches, including short-term contractors, to ensure the Lead to Succeed project stays on track.
- Define, refine, and implement AWT’s coaching and training approach, including methodologies, principles, and ethical standards. And translate this approach into clear guidelines and practical tools for coaches and trainers.
- Ensure strong alignment between coaches/trainers and projects, based on skills, experience, and delivery needs.
- Safeguard the quality, consistency, and integrity of coaching and training sessions across all projects.
- Build an internal community of coaches that facilitates mutual trust, learning, exchange, collaboration and dependency among the coaches and trainers.
- Collaborate with the Programmes Department to ensure that learning journeys are impactful, realistic, and aligned with available capacity.
- Experience in coaching, training, or learning & development
- Ability to build a team from the ground up and motivate others in a remote setting.
- Clear and compassionate communication skills, with the ability to set expectations, give constructive feedback, and listen actively to team members.
- Strong sense of responsibility and ownership, comfortable leading a team and ensuring steady and consistent content output.
- Ability to translate ideas into structured approaches and practical guidelines
- Passion for social impact and supporting young changemakers
- Organised and reliable in a remote working environment
- Experience leading or mentoring coaches, trainers, or facilitators
- Multilingual fluency / intercultural fluency
- Lived experience related to the communities we serve
- A supportive and values-aligned team environment
- Flexibility and autonomy
- A platform to contribute to meaningful, global impact
As a token of our appreciation for your dedication, we offer the following:
- Travel Compensation: Reimbursement for travel expenses related to events or activities conducted on behalf of AWT.
- Learning & Development: Priority access to internal coaching, training, and development opportunities — plus possible access to partner programs.
- Monthly Community Meetings: Join us for mission-focused discussions and delicious vegan snacks & drinks with fellow team members.
- Written Reference: Receive a personalized letter of recommendation to support your future professional or educational pursuits.
We believe in transparency and respect for every candidate’s time. Here’s what you can expect:
- CV Screening – We review your background for mission and skills alignment.
- One Virtual Interview (with HR & Hiring Manager) – A friendly and focused conversation about your motivation, experience, and alignment with our work.
- Feedback – After the process completion, we will send you an email with feedback within 7 business days. We value every application and ensure a respectful and timely process.