Careers: An Opportunity for Right Livelihood

Open Positions:

Director of Online Programmes (Plum Village France)

Remote; based in Europe

Application Deadline: 30 March 2025

Plum Village Monastery in France is looking for an experienced Online Programmes Director to guide development and implementation of a suite of online courses and offerings, building on the success of our flagship long-form course: Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet (ZASP). This is a new role that is unconventional and exciting, blending digital innovation with the timeless Dharma teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh. Your work and your practice will directly transform lives and support a more compassionate, peaceful, and mindful society. This position is remote but applicants must reside within Europe and be able to visit Plum Village France in person 3-6 or more times per year.

ABOUT THIS PAGE

New positions within and supported by the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation are posted to this page as they become available.

WORKING WITH US

Do you want to work in an community that transforms lives and makes a difference in the world? Do you want to use your practice of mindfulness to create a more compassionate, peaceful, and mindful society? This is a call to serve, a chance to bring meaning into the world.

CULTURE

The Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation family is a diverse team, deeply engaged in the Thich Nhat Hanh tradition and practice of mindfulness and compassion in our own lives, knowing this action will help improve the lives of others and our society. “Peace in oneself, peace in the world,” is a teaching from Thich Nhat Hanh we try to diligently practice. We are fortunate to be guided by monks and nuns on our volunteer working board, lay dharma teachers, and long-time mindfulness practitioners, making for a supportive, collaborative, inclusive, and mindful atmosphere. We see siblinghood as our most important asset and love and healing as our most valued profit.

ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND

The Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation (the “Foundation”) is the fundraising arm and a communications hub of the International Plum Village Community. The Foundation was established in 2011 by Thich Nhat Hanh, Sister Chan Khong, and other senior monastics to raise funds for the continuation of Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings. The Foundation, the three US monasteries, and Parallax Press, comprise one 501c3 charitable nonprofit in the US: the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism (PVCEB). 

Headquartered in the US, the Foundation is led by an Executive Director, has a small international team of professional lay staff, and a volunteer advisory board of monastic and lay practitioners. The Foundation raises approximately $5 million annually and has a monthly donor program, annual, major, and legacy donors. It is also responsible for communications and Dharma sharing to the community. The Foundation also works with local lay committees to support the capital campaigns of monasteries in the Plum Village tradition.