STAFFING

How To Staff.

This is your chance both to give back and to continue your own journey of personal growth. You can apply to staff on any NWTA world wide. Many South African men have staffed more than ten times, and some more than 30. For some men, staffing an NWTA is an experience as powerful as their own initiation.

There are two roles available for staffing:
Man of Service (MOS): This role requires you to have completed your own weekend but does not require completion of PIT.
Standard Staffing: This role requires you to have completed both your own training and PIT.

Typically, applications for staff or MOS are announced via email about 2-3 months before the weekend. Be sure to subscribe to the mailing list to receive initial notifications and apply on time.

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  • This is your chance both to give back and to continue your own journey of personal growth. You can apply to staff on any NWTA worldwide.  Many men have staffed more than ten times, and some more than fifty. For some men, staffing an NWTA is an experience as powerful as their own initiation.

    There are two roles you can take in staffing:

    • Man of Service – this is about pure service, cooking and caring for the initiates and staff. The men of service are the heart of the warrior weekend and it can be a hugely fulfilling role.  You get to work in a mindful and conscious way with your brothers, and MOS do work very hard.  The difference is in the way we use our MKP learning to handle team building, clear charges, hold ourselves accountable and so on.  You don’t have to have done the PIT cycle to be eligible for MOS.

    • Staff member – you must have completed a PIT cycle to be eligible to staff.  When it is your first time on staff, don’t worry: you won’t be given hectic tasks you can’t handle.  The design of the weekend is amazing in the way all men get to contribute in line with their experience.  It is a deeply humbling experience to staff on a weekend.

    • The call for applications to staff or MOS typically goes out by email around 3-4 months before the weekend. Please watch out for the next one and get your application in on time.

  • For many of us, sitting in a circle of men is the bedrock of our MKP experience, where we sit and speak our truth and are deeply heard by our brothers. Some of your South African brothers are now in their tenth year of regular I-group participation and it can be both healing and fun.

    After your PIT Cycle, or Intensive, you can continue as an independent group or look for an existing I-group to join. For those who don’t manage the full-on regular PIT and I group programme, there are opportunities for sitting in circle with men on a less structured basis from time to time.

    Contact the I-group Coordinators for more details of I-groups in your area.

  • Many men have found the Primary I-Group Training to be of immense value.

    PIT Facilitation offers the chance to work with a small team (usually 4 to 6), helping men to reach the point of establishing their own I-group.  This is a wonderful learning experience and a way of refining the learnings from your own PIT.  Each PIT facilitation offers the chance to learn something new, and frequently offers you insights into things that are blocking your own life.

  • The mankind project offers a number of additional training courses and workshops. Some of these training courses are requirements before taking on certain roles within the community. Training will be advertised on the broadcast mailing list, so keep your eyes peeled – particularly around an NWTA.

    The trainings most frequently presented are:

    • ST1 – Basic staff development training, details about the structure of the weekend from a staffing perspective.  ST1 is a requirement for all men to complete before they staff their 5th NWTA.

    • MDAT – Multi-Cultural and Diversity Training.

    • LT1 – Leadership training 1.

    • LT2 – Leadership training 2.

    • [ IGLT – I-Group Leadership training – in the pipeline. ]

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