Jobs, Volunteering & Communities
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Green Tara Trust seeks full time fundraiser

By lokabandhu on Sun, 27 Jan, 2013 - 23:01

Green Tara Trust seeks full time fundraiser

By lokabandhu on Sun, 27 Jan, 2013 - 23:01Green Tara Trust seeks full time fundraiser

‘Supporting rural Nepalese communities towards finding their own health solutions’

Founded in 2003 by Karunamati, a longstanding member of the Triratna Buddhist Order, the Green Tara Trust primarily works in Nepal to improve health through low cost, sustainable behaviour change methods. It has field programmes in health promotion for maternal and child health, water and sanitation, and empowerment of women, poor and marginalised groups.

We are looking for a person...
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

India Dhamma Trust seeks Fundraising Coordinator

By lokabandhu on Tue, 22 Jan, 2013 - 21:58

India Dhamma Trust seeks Fundraising Coordinator

By lokabandhu on Tue, 22 Jan, 2013 - 21:58Triratna’s India Dhamma Trust is looking to employ a Fundraising Coordinator to assist in their mission of “Deepening Dhamma Practice in India”.

In India there are still millions of Buddhist men and women who are desperate to find genuine and effective Dhamma teachers and practice communities. Since 1978 hundreds of Indian men and women have been ordained and are meeting that need. The India Dhamma Trust fundraises in the West for the ordination training process and is increasingly enabling...
Triratna News
Triratna News

New Jobs and Volunteering opportunities across Triratna

By lokabandhu on Wed, 16 Jan, 2013 - 13:30

New Jobs and Volunteering opportunities across Triratna

By lokabandhu on Wed, 16 Jan, 2013 - 13:30There’s a stream of new opportunities coming up on Triratna’s ‘Jobs and Volunteering’ page on thebuddhistcentre.com. There’s a rare opportunity to join the team and community at the thriving Taraloka women’s retreat centre; the busy UK Cambridge Buddhist Centre is looking for a property manager; while Triratna’s London-based Karuna Trust have announced the first six months of Karuna’s 2013 fundraising schedule with opportunities for both men or women to learn fundraising...
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Calling all women! Interested in living and working at Taraloka?

By lokabandhu on Wed, 16 Jan, 2013 - 12:27

Calling all women! Interested in living and working at Taraloka?

By lokabandhu on Wed, 16 Jan, 2013 - 12:27An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the thriving Taraloka community! It’s based at Taraloka, Triratna’s womens’ retreat centre in Shropshire, UK. We are looking for a Mitra who has asked for ordination or Order Member to work as part of the Taraloka Operations Team; you will participate in the team’s shared practical work as well as managing your own work area, either bookings and administration or catering. You would need to be able to work full...
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Cambridge Buddhist Centre seeks Property Manager

By lokabandhu on Sat, 12 Jan, 2013 - 22:23

Cambridge Buddhist Centre seeks Property Manager

By lokabandhu on Sat, 12 Jan, 2013 - 22:23JOB OPPORTUNITY: Property Manager and Health & Safety Officer* at Triratna’s Cambridge Buddhist Centre.

The Cambridge Buddhist Centre is looking for someone to oversee their building, which includes the 198-year-old, grade 2* Festival Theatre. Their ideal person would be an Order Member or Mitra who would enjoy being part of a busy Centre team and Sangha. Some practical skills would be very useful and working with others co-ordinating skilled and unskilled volunteers would be...
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Manchester Buddhist Centre Opportunity Shop seeks two managers

By lokabandhu on Wed, 31 Oct, 2012 - 09:13

Manchester Buddhist Centre Opportunity Shop seeks two managers

By lokabandhu on Wed, 31 Oct, 2012 - 09:13Manchester Buddhist Centre Opportunity Shop
The Manchester Opportunity Shop is a Buddhist Team Based Right Livelihood (TBRL) business, supported by the Manchester Buddhist Centre. We are looking for two experienced and creative individuals to work with the Opportunity Shop Board of Trustees to finalise the business plan for this new TBRL business.

Once the plan is completed, the two individuals will work with the trustees to find a premises within Manchester, get the business ready for trading...
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Seeking an Independent Financial Advisor

By lokabandhu on Wed, 12 Sep, 2012 - 12:45

Seeking an Independent Financial Advisor

By lokabandhu on Wed, 12 Sep, 2012 - 12:45Satyadasa, a qualified solicitor, recently ordained and the creator of Greengate Wills, a recently-launched will-writing service for the Sangha, is looking to expand. He writes -

“As you may know I have been writing wills for six months now. Business is going well. I am learning about the kinds of products which will writers can offer to clients. However, most will writers “buddy up” with an IFA (Independent Financial Advisor) at some point and I would...
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Outreach Co-ordinator sought for Birmingham Buddhist Centre

By lokabandhu on Tue, 11 Sep, 2012 - 10:21

Outreach Co-ordinator sought for Birmingham Buddhist Centre

By lokabandhu on Tue, 11 Sep, 2012 - 10:21Just got this from Samacitta; she says -

“We are looking for an Order Member to join the Centre Team to promote and lead a new phase of the Centre’s outreach work.

This is a supported position for an initial one-year period, ideally from January 2013. Future years will be subject to a review and continued funding.

The job is about building a team of Order Members and Mitras to set up and run a variety of...
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Two vacancies at Virya Technologies

By lokabandhu on Sun, 19 Aug, 2012 - 23:17

Two vacancies at Virya Technologies

By lokabandhu on Sun, 19 Aug, 2012 - 23:17 Virya Technologies is a small and growing Right Livelihood business associated with Triratna and based in Ipswich UK, with vacancies coming up for two fulltime apprentices: a Joomla! Web designer/developer and a Marketing and PR Apprentice.

They say - “We are an ethical company who specialises in Open Source technology and currently have an opening for a web designer/developer apprentice who will specialise in...
Triratna News
Triratna News

Builders needed in Spain

By lokabandhu on Wed, 16 May, 2012 - 05:37

Builders needed in Spain

By lokabandhu on Wed, 16 May, 2012 - 05:37Alex writes from Triratna’s EcoDharma Retreat Centre in the Catalan mountains, seeking volunteers up for some serious building work over the summer. She says - “The EcoDharma Centre will soon begin a three month building project to renovate an old peasant farm house as a retreat facility. We’re putting together a team of four with building experience to head up the project. We’ll provide board and lodging, plus a €3000.00 per person lump sum for experienced members of...

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