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Residency Program

The Village House

The Village House is designed to give people an opportunity to live, work, and serve here for a season at The Simple Way. We are currently focusing on people with a post-grad degree or similar life experience as we are trying to establish some stability and consistency within a neighbourhood used to a very high turnover of people. 

For those of you just finishing up with school or in the process of gaining that life experience, one avenue we would strongly encourage you to pursue is that of Mission Year [www.missionyear.com] which provides a lot of similar experience, but is more geared towards a younger crowd of participants. The Simple Way has a long tradition of working alongside Mission Year and we appreciate this ongoing relationship. 

We see diversity as a gift, so special consideration is given to applicants who will enrich the experience because of who they are.  Please know that there is no cookie-cutter applicant we are looking for - we love to see applications from folks who are senior citizens, single or married, catholic or protestant, all shades of skin, from all over the world and even from right here in Kensington.
 
Though there may be some elements of spiritual formation and discipleship that happen during your time, Residents (Village People) are folks who have had a fair amount of experience. You might be someone who is finishing up their MBA, been running your own business or even have worked for a Fortune500 company and wondering what’s next. You may have raised your children and now they’re all grown up or just be in a space of asking if there is more to life than this. This may be for you.

We are specifically looking for folks that have experience and interest/passion in the following areas:

Business/Administrative (Immediate opening)
Finance (Accounting) (Immediate opening)
Information technology/Web Development (Immediate opening)
Permaculture/Horticultural

[the average length of time for these appointments is between 15 and 19 months with the shortest we will consider being 12 months and the longest 24 months]

So, if you are interested, shoot us some info about yourself (preferably your resume), a photo of yourself, and one page or less on why you would like to live and work at The Simple Way Village House.  It may feel a little official, but this will help us share your information as a community.  Then, we will follow up with you personally in the near future.

Submit your resume, photo, and your goal/hope for living and working at The Simple Way Village House by email to villagehouse@thesimpleway.org