Serve at Mount Madonna Center
Serve ~ Live ~ Learn
We offer unique employment pathways for those with the heart and skills needed to support the operations of a lively retreat center, temple, and intentional yoga community. We invite our staff to live their principles and dedicate their service to the sustainability of the mission, vision, and values of Mount Madonna Center.
Explore your own self-development while supporting a movement of holistic education and spiritual discipline.
Decades of volunteerism laid the foundation for Mount Madonna, and an embodied practice of karma yoga, or “the yoga of action," remains the ethos for all service at the Center. Our community and staff see work as an experiential opportunity to transform ourselves and our lives, as a devotional act on a path to freedom. We know there are other seekers out there who are looking for more than just a job, and want a livelihood that arises from rich community connections and meaningful service.
Our organization is in a time of dynamic change, as we engage diverse talent through a new staffing model, transfer deep wisdom through a generational transition of leadership, and relaunch to host guests after an extended closure.
Open Positions
Director of Operations
The Director of Operations will serve as the lead for all of the Center’s operations, ensuring operational functionality and sustainability. The ideal candidate has excellent communication skills, is self-directed and organized, loves to problem-solve, coordinate, and create sustainable systems and strong working relationships.
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Operations Coordinator
We have an immediate opening for an Operations Coordinator. The Operations team is a dynamic part of the Center’s administration, acting as a central hub for the coordination of staff resources, business operations, community organizing, and event coordination.
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Vegetarian Line Cook
We are seeking someone who can plan and cook healthy food while working as part of a team and directing other prep staff to produce quality meals.
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Landscaping Lead
The Landscaping Team cares for the natural assets around the main public spaces of the Center. Working with the available staff resources, the Lead guides and directs to maintain well-tended landscapes that are functional and visually appealing.
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Resource Management (Recycling & Trash) Co-Lead
We are seeking an enthusiastic and organized individual to join our Operations Team as a Resource Management Co-Lead. This role involves overseeing waste management, recycling initiatives, and maintaining cleanliness across our facilities.
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Dining Room Lead
The Dining Room Lead oversees the day to day service of two to three meals/day, seven days/week in the Community Building.
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Massage Therapist (Onland Resident & Commuter Opportunities Available)
Opportunity for a skilled certified massage therapist to join our wellness center, a division of Mount Madonna. We welcome local practitioners, (applications form those in Aptos, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Gilroy, Morgan Hill, and the surrounding areas are preferred), and for those looking to reside at Mount Madonna.'
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Housekeeping Staff
This role is responsible for cleaning and servicing our main communal gathering space, which includes the Dining Hall, main offices, bathrooms, and resident spaces. This position is only available to existing residents and staff.
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Gatehouse Assistant
As the Gate Assistant at Mount Madonna Center, your primary responsibility is to ensure a warm welcome for residents, staff, and guests. You achieve this by carefully overseeing processes, activities, and the maintenance of physical Gate spaces.
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MMI Admissions-Outreach Coordinator
This position promotes outreach and awareness of Mount Madonna Institute and advances student recruitment, facilitating program admissions.
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Rotational Volunteer
MMC is now looking for a few rotational volunteers to join us for our upcoming cohort sessions: (April 2nd - July 7th, 2024), (July 9th - October 6th, 2024), and (October 8th, 2024- January 5th, 2025).
We have openings in the kitchen, dish room, landscaping, gate, and maintenance (especially plumbers and general contractors). There is a 3 month commitment for this opportunity. If you are interested, please complete this interest form.
"Community living has instilled and facilitated a new, profound essence in me. I feel grateful for the experiences I got through work, music, rituals, discussion, and the land." ~Sarah C.
Onland Life
Residential Positions Now Available
Mount Madonna Center's operations are supported by an intentional community that was founded in 1978, and that context of community living makes for rich and unique job opportunities. Working and practicing alongside your friends and neighbors is a challenge that offers many rewards!
Currently, about 70 residents, as well as an extended community of volunteers and employees, support the activities of the Center's mission. All residents contribute to sustaining the community and land with weekly volunteer hours, in the spirit of collective service. Beyond the positions listed above, there are opportunities to engage and learn more about the community through time spent in classes, meal-serving, tending the garden, and other volunteer service hours.