Deputy Director

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Company: Karmê Chöling
Location: Barnet, VT 05821

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Deputy Director Job Description

Aspiration

To envision and build enlightened organizational structures and practices

General Summary of Function:

As a member of the senior leadership team, the Deputy Director behaves with a

commitment to:

  • Meditation practice
  • Appreciation
  • Devotion to service
Holds the day to day operations of Karme Choling:

  • Supports collaboration, coordination, creativity and communication across
departments

  • Supports the aspiration for manifesting Shambhala culture in the workplace
  • Fosters a sane, caring and well-trained community
  • Cares for, leverages and grows resources in a fiscally responsible way
  • Cultivates and maintains healthy collaboration with the broader Shambhala

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Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Cultivates a network of organizational support
  • Meets regularly with the Director regarding view, strategy, and implementation of
day to day operations

  • Clarifies with department heads and staff daily expectations and guidelines for
working at Karme Choling.

  • Supports long- and short-term department initiatives
  • Establishes and strengthens systems, structures, and processes.
  • Meets with department heads individually and as a group.
  • Supports, mentors and draws out the wisdom of Department Heads and KCL
staff

  • Maintains oversight of individual department budgets
Support Communication:

  • Works with department directors to strengthen and establish regular
communication.

  • Upholding the aspiration for coordination, collaboration, creativity and
communication across departments.

  • Assisting an environment of open, honest communication within
departments and among department heads.

  • Listens to the wisdom of the community.
  • Helps identify and address communication needs and gaps across departments

with the broader Shambhala world, the general public, visitors, new arrivals, staff

and volunteers.

Further roles and responsibilities:

  • Maintains a personal regular meditation practice
  • Regularly participates in community practice
  • Develops community wide policies in collaboration with leadership team and
personnel.

  • Assists in facilitating Department Head Circles.
  • Oversees projects at the request of the Director.
  • Works with Personnel and oversees hiring needs for departments
  • Attends vow ceremonies and other community celebrations in the absence of the
Director:

  • introduces program directors and attend fundraisers and donor events
  • Holds the head of the government pillar