startup ecoāshrām - volunteer/sevak

what is startup ecoāshrām

More than a place - a way of life
nestled in the lush coastal lands of Sindhudurg, ecoāshrām is an intentional community where natural living meets impact entrepreneurship. We are farmers and founders, artists and administrators, healers and builders - woven together by a shared belief that the way we live is inseparable from the world we create.
This is not a resort or a retreat. It is a real community, with real responsibilities and real rewards.

"We help leverage entrepreneurship as a force for good - not by preaching it, but by living it together, every single day."

our eight pillars

What we do - natural living · Holistic Well-being · Art & Creativity · Social Enterprise
How we do it - Equality & Togetherness · Honest Work · Humility & Learning · Mettā

who is this for

Long-term member - You're looking for a life more aligned with nature, people, and purpose. Come build something meaningful and call this place home.
Volunteer - You have a few months and a lot of energy. Come with a skill - farming, coding, cooking, carpentry, yoga, music - and leave having grown in ways you didn't expect.

about build3

startup ecoāshrām is built and run by build3 - a mission-driven startup studio that builds impact-oriented ventures to better the mind, body, and the earth. We work as institutional co-founders alongside entrepreneurs, not as advisors or investors on the sidelines, but as active co-builders through the power of community.
Think of build3 as the engine behind ecoāshrām - the reason this space exists is to prove, every day, that entrepreneurship and conscious living are not opposites. They are, in fact, the same thing.

your mission, should you choose to accept 
(accountabilities)

• Setup an offline entrepreneurial community (focused on impact) from scratch and create a sense of belongingness for startup founders, mentors, vendors, investors, team members and future builders

• Build a community engagement program (entrepreneurship and sustainability), with a potential to scale - translate rituals/events/community building activities for the physical space into systems and processes 

• Design and implement theme specific events and activities for community 

• Design, implement and improve physical space related systems and processes

• Setup and manage infrastructure to enable community (new spaces, tech systems, maintenance teams and schedules, signage, communications)

• Setup and implement space audits and community feedback mechanisms to resolve issues, improve quality of current products and ideate future products

what makes a strong fit for this role

• We're going to need a whole boat load of skills if we're going to pull this off, from home builders, to farmers, to renewable energy folks, to health and wellness practitioners of all kinds, musicians and artists of a wide wide assortments of styles and practices, to entrepreneurs, to community builders, to administrators... 

• Ability to 
  -Develop and maintain a partnership and communicate effectively, both in writing and verbally with members of the community, peers and vendors.
  -Design think and structure product development end-to-end.
  -Customer and service orientation is a driver EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
  -Run and plan events, manage professional communities of 50+ people.
  -Utilize technology softwares like gsuite, canva, excel/ppt etc 

• Personality traits include being organized, motivated, social, energetic, empathetic, humble, self-managers/starters, and patient to run community engagements effectively.

• Prior experience of building AND managing a community is great - we'd love to meet you!

• Overall alignment to build3 values is a must, do have a look at our not-so-long list :) 

• Proficiency in English, knowledge of Hindi is a good to have, of course Marathi will be incredibly valuable ; the role is based out of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. 

what sets us apart

• Be around energetic, and mission oriented people

• A lot of freedom and responsibility

• Experience working with well heeled entrepreneurs and enthusiastic community members

• Work on a variety of projects

• Here are our values! 

Before you take the next step, please take a little time to read through these four documents. They'll give you a real sense of who we are, how we live, and what to expect.

1. the startup ecoāshrām vision

2. startup ecoāshrām pitch deck

3. our origin story (from glasshouses to greenhouses)

4. a day in the life of (…an ecoāshrām resident)

5. permaculture principles
    

Once you've read through them, we'd love for you to apply. Our team is waiting eagerly for you!