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Permaculture Designer & Guide

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The experience

We are seeking a permaculture guide/teacher to work in collaboration with the owner to facilitate new and ongoing permacluture projects, lead volunteers and manage logistics. This is a long term position for someone who is interested in being the steward of a regenerative land management vision. Working days are generally Monday - Friday, although there is flexibility with the expectation of commitment to meeting the needs of the site.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Dance classes: Take free dance classes at our place.

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner English and Beginner Spanish

Over 25 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

The person in this role will manage the land associated with three projects with varying degrees of development and priority: InanItah Fire Season, Kali Land & Amrita Springs, all located within a very short distance of one another on the Maderas Volcano of Ometepe Island, in Nicaragua. A developing eco-spirit expat and tourism area, alive with creative energies.

Although this is a one-month commitment - we are looking for someone to take on this role long-term with compensation.

Responsibilities (among others):
Steward the maintenance and development of approximately 50 acres of land
Provide permaculture orientations and education to newcomers to InanItah Fire Season & Kali Land.
Empower employees and community members to use what is available in the InanItah Fire Season & Kali Land gardens.
Work with Kitchen Lead to ensure we maximize harvests and farm fresh ingredients.

Activities & Shift

From end October '24 - February 15th '25 the Permaculture guide/teacher will be a member of the InanItah Fire Season Space Holder Team. InanItah Fire Season is a vibrant community for personal growth and development in which community members are invited to be themselves, and an education center for living in harmony with the earth. We are a place where community members practice healthy living and new ways to be in conscious relationships with nature, others, and themselves.

The InanItah Fire Season vision is to be a model for regenerative living. The Permaculture guide/teacher is the holder of this vision and its guidelines. Some examples of how we live our vision in terms of land and building management: we purchase exclusively island grown produce, we use and plant regenerative building materials, and we refraining from using cement.

Rules

REQUIREMENTS:
Strong ecological values
Strong passion for permaculture ethics of earth care, people care and resource share
Interest in Natural Living, Permaculture, Organic & Syntropic Gardening, Agroforestry Consumption Reduction, Education
Dedicated spirit & a strong work ethic
Passion for naturally grown, local foods
Leadership and team building skills
Leadership, with the capacity to uphold boundaries and hold others accountable
Language: Capacity to manage communication in Eng & Spanish
Ability to drive a manual transm 4-wheel drive truck
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:
(must have previous experience in some, but not all mentioned below)
Outdoor and off-the-grid living
Project management
Natural building: timber, adobe, bamboo
Conventional building
Permaculture systems design and implementation
Solar voltaic systems
Water Systems & Irrigation
Volunteer coordination & Employee management