Work with us
We take on about one person a year, and they live on the ridge. Here is what that is actually like, and the three posts open now.
Working here
It is a house before it is a job
Everybody who works at Calm lives on the ridge or in Aburi village, eats at the same table as the guests and takes part in at least one sitting a day. That suits some people enormously and some people not at all, and it is much better to know which you are before you apply.
Six-day fortnight
Meals included
Accommodation on site
Two weeks' training a year
Open now
Three posts
We hire about one person a year, so these are real rather than a standing advertisement. When they are filled this page will say so.
Movement teacher
Full time · from ₵4,600/month · live-in
To take the six o'clock class four mornings a week and one restorative session a day. We are looking for at least eight years of teaching and somebody who is comfortable with a room of nine rather than a room of forty.
Second in the kitchen
Full time · from ₵3,800/month · live-in
Working under Yaw on three meals a day for up to twelve people. Ghanaian home cooking rather than hotel catering, and a genuine interest in what the garden is doing that week.
Grounds and garden
Four days a week · from ₵2,900/month
Eleven acres, the herb beds that supply the kitchen and the tea, and the path down to the stream. Somebody local who already knows what grows on this ridge and when.
Applying
Three steps, no forms
Write us a paragraph
Not a covering letter. Tell us what you do now and why a house of nine on a hill sounds like the right next thing. Send it to work@calm.com.
Come and spend a day
Everybody we are serious about is invited up for a full day — the six o'clock sitting, breakfast at the table, and a long walk with whoever you would be working beside.
Then stay a week
Paid, as a guest and as a colleague at once. Three people have decided during that week that this was not for them, and all three were right.
Come and be still.
Nine rooms, six dates a year, and a gatehouse ninety minutes out of Accra. Write to us and we will tell you honestly which week is yours.