Work Opportunities at Dzogchen Beara

Dzogchen Beara offers opportunities for paid employment, work exchange volunteering and the chance for Rigpa students to join our team of resident Practising Sangha volunteers.

For information on paid employment, Practising Sangha and work-exchange volunteer positions please see below.

Employment Opportunities

Practising Sangha Roles

With the opening of the temple at Dzogchen Beara on the horizon, there is a need to expand and develop our practice team. With this in mind, we are seeking to recruit passionate Practice Team Assistants who wish to develop their knowledge and understanding of Vajrayana practice.

This is an evolving role with an opportunity for development in one or more aspects of Vajrayana practice including shrine ritual, practice co-ordination, and/or umdze activities and musical instruments.

If you are a Rigpa student interested in joining the team responsible for holding the spiritual practice at the heart of our community please contact programme@dzogchenbeara.org

Benefits include accommodation in your own retreat room, full catering and a monthly allowance.

Job details here

Download application form here.

Designated Volunteer Roles

Resident Spiritual Care Volunteer

The Spiritual Care Centre at Dzogchen Beara offers a safe and supportive environment where spiritual care support is offered to those living with illness, recovering from treatment, or experiencing bereavement, health and social care professionals, home carers and family members. The Centre also hosts a programme of accredited professional training and retreats.

This role provides an opportunity to work in a Spiritual Care setting in a place of unspoiled natural beauty with opportunities to attend retreats and workshops.

Residential Volunteers have a key role in our small team, ensuring that the Spiritual Care Centre is a welcoming space for all guests whether they come on their own for a Support Break or are attending as part of a larger group for training or a retreat or workshop.

The position comes with an en-suite room in an apartment within the Spiritual Care Centre, vegetrarian meals and a monthly allowance. The apartment is shared with the second residential volunteer.

You will find a detailed job description here.

Please send a completed application form (download here) and Curriculum Vitae to:
scc-hospitality@dzogchenbeara.org

Designated Volunteer Roles are for people who have specific skills needed at that time. Applicants are offered a minimum of a three-month contract period, with a 6-week probationary period. A typical working day is six hours a day, five days a week, flexible.

The roles come with a private room, vegetarian meals and the opportunity to attend retreats and events as your hours allow.

Volunteers are encouraged to join daily Guided Meditation Practices and to participate in any support sessions that are provided for volunteers. Volunteers can also attend retreats and events, dependent on work commitments and length of stay.

If you would like us to contact you should a role suitable for your skills and experience arise please send an expression of interest, with a completed application form (download here) and Curriculum Vitae to centredirector@dzogchenbeara.org

Work-Retreat Programme

We now offer the opportunity for Rigpa Ngondro/Sadhana students to come and be on retreat at Dzogchen Beara, for no charge, in exchange for five hours work a day, five days a week.

Positions on the Work-Retreat Programme are available for periods of one month up to three months.

You can apply at any time: Places are limited to two and are allocated according to the support needs of the Dzogchen Beara team.

Work-Retreat Programme participants are supported in entering into retreat with boundaries and share responsibility for maintaining the retreat area.

You will have a single room in a reserved retreat area with glorious views out over the Atlantic Ocean. Rigpa students have been doing retreat in these rooms for over 20 years, and fruition of their practice is tangible – you can feel the blessings in the peaceful and settled atmosphere.

There is silence in the retreat area until 1pm, and again from 8pm onwards.

You are encouraged to join the local sangha for daily group practices in the morning and evening.

Benefits
You will have access to an extensive library of books and teachings and instructor support as well as full catering and a laundry service, so when you are not working you can practice undistractedly.

Further information and applications to retreats@dzogchenbeara.org

Work-Exchange Volunteer Roles

The Dzogchen Beara Work-Exchange programme offers a unique opportunity for volunteers to live and work in a spiritual environment. Work-Exchange volunteers are able (and encouraged) to join daily meditation practice sessions and, when work commitments allow, attend weekend retreats for free.

For information on opportunities in this programme please contact us at workexchange@dzogchenbeara.org.