Job Opportunity:

Director of Buddha Amitabha Pure Land

This is an amazing and precious opportunity for a student of Lama Zopa Rinpoche to offer service as

director of Buddha Amitabha Pure Land: a retreat center in Washington, USA. The retreat center has not

yet begun, so the director will have the responsibility for creating the plan, infrastructure and building of

a retreat center pure land.

Buddha Amitabha Pure Land is in Washington State, USA and currently has 2 retreat cabins on it. Now

we need to develop this retreat land into a conducive place for Sangha and students to do retreat and

live in retirement.

Background

Buddha Amitabha Pure Land is 460 acres of undeveloped land, needing a strategic plan for the

installation of roads, water and electricity, and then retreat cabins and retirement cabins to be planned

and built.

Currently there are a few people in retreat on the land, so this also needs to be taken into consideration

during development. Lama Zopa Rinpoche has a private residence on 20 acres on this property, but this

is separate from the retreat land development.

Key Responsibilities and Job Description

The director will be responsible for creating the long term plan, overall infrastructure and actual

implementation of a place for long-term individual retreats and also retirement.

Once the initial period of construction is completed, the director will be responsible for developing a

support system for retreaters.

The director will need to be on site to supervise and manage the building of this community.

In doing all this, the director will work closely with Ven Roger Kunsang and appointed staff.

All plans for developing the land will be managed in this way, to ensure the long term aims of the retreat

land are taken into consideration.

Qualifications

Essential:

- USA citizen or legal resident

- Devoted to/have sincere respect for Lama Zopa Rinpoche and be familiar with FPMT, with sincere

respect for the work and values of the FPMT organization

- Proven experience in successfully managing and supervising building projects and dealing with all

related aspects (land planning/ county communications etc.)

- Reliable, self-motivated, enthusiastic and able to work as part of a team

- Be familiar with retreat, either from having done individual retreat or having worked in a retreat

center

- Basic maintenance skills

- A kind heart, patience and flexibility

- Proven experience of being able to create and work within a budget

- Living within 5 lay vows (as you would be living near or with monastics)

Desirable:

- Financial management experience

- Fundraising experience

- Computer literacy desirable, in particular with Word and Excel

- Have personal trailer or ok to live in a similar situation on the land until cabins are built

COMPENSATION & REWARDS

All food, accommodation, use of a shared car, state health insurance (once eligible) and salary – to be

discussed with applicant.

HOW TO APPLY

Please write with a curriculum vitae/resume and personal references to Ven Roger Kunsang, CEO, FPMT

International Office: roger@fpmt.org

Applications should be received by November 15 2010.