“Imagine what it would be like to go to work each morning in an organization that saw your passions as your greatest engines, your curiosities as your fuel, and your idealism as the pistons of your labors and your soul.“

- Howard Bloom (American Author)

We are looking for folks with a broad base of expertise and experience.  People who think big and bring vibrant energy, curiosity and passion. Folks who seek to teach, to learn and to inspire themselves and those around them.   Teachers should be comfortable in both traditional and nontraditional learning environments.  And at the end of the day, we are not looking for employees, but partners.

Besides the job descriptions listed below, if you have passions and expertise in other areas, we would like you to explore them as well.  Our vision is to support both our students and teachers in their holistic development.

Full Time Positions

Natural Building Master

Keys skill sets:

• Ecological Site Design
• Oversee building stump to sticker
• Timber Framing
• Carpentry
• Proficiency with cob, waddle and daub, adobe, site milled wood, straw bale, rammed earth, natural stone, bamboo, recycled materials, natural plasters and finishes
• Permaculture

Bonuses:

• Experience with solar, wind, biodiesel, geothermal, methane digesters and other biomass conversions
• Energy auditing and efficiency measures
• International travel/work experience

Permaculture Ninja

This staff member’s focus will be on site analysis, visioning, idea generation, whole systems food design and implementation.  You will collaborate and co-create with other members of the staff and the students in a pursuit to create and maintain an integrated living system.

• Water optimization
• Waste management
• Aquaculture
• Soil conservation, regeneration and fertility
• Green manures and composting systems
• Propagation techniques
• Organic and integrated pest management
• Familiarity with seasonal planting calendar in hardiness zone 7
• Animal Husbandry
• Diet diversity and nutrition
• Food forests and orchards
• Integration of living and growing zones
• Creation and optimization of edge zones
• Medicinal herbs
• Food preservation
• And of course, mycoforestry

Bonuses:

• Knowledge of and experience with farm to school programs, farmer’s markets and CSAs
• Experience with solar, wind, biodiesel, methane digesters and other biomass conversions, geothermal
• International travel/work experience

Operations Director

This person will work closely with the school’s founder in running the day-to-day operations while generating creative and innovative development ideas.  Some of the core responsibilities are the overseeing and scheduling of everyday activities, working as a liaison between board members as well as local, national and international partners, marketing, bookkeeping, fundraising and the procurement of students and visiting teachers/guest speakers.

Essentially, when you are working internally, you are facilitating everyday process and when you’re working outside the school, you are the school’s acting ambassador.

Experience in the fields of organizational behavior, creative visioning, psychology, sociology, travel and finance are a plus.

Part Time Positions:

Community Development Facilitator:

We are looking for an active community member who lives within the Asheville, NC area that is well connected and dedicated to the conscientious development of the local area.  The right candidate will have the ability to partner with local community leaders and organizations as a liaison with the school as we collaborate to build mutual respect and shared vision.   Ideal candidate will have experience in community organizing, holding council, participatory inquiry, idea generation, creativity and patience.

Interns & Volunteers

The school is developing and our needs evolve by the day.  It is important to us that we match our needs with your skill sets and interest levels.  Visit our Get Involved! page to check out ideas and if you think you might want to join the team, contact us.  We’ll set up a time to chat.

We welcome people of all colors, sizes, ages, bank accounts, genders and astrological signs and ask that you do too.

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