Co-Facilitator (Spiritual Care)

Retreat Co-Lead (Spiritual Care) assists the Synthesis Lead and fellow facilitators, ensuring high-quality and consistent retreat protocols.

Location: Zandvoort, Netherlands

Job Type: Full-time

About Us

Synthesis offers safe, legal, medically supervised psychedelic retreats in Amsterdam. We make the psychedelic experience accessible for curious individuals who want to utilize moderate-to-high doses of truffles to catalyze creative breakthroughs, explore consciousness, find meaning, improve confidence, and search for a mystical experience.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Displays full understanding of area of expertise and shows high functional responsibility
• Works with Director and other staff to develop a vibrant and sustainable training program aimed at increasing the skills and capacity of Synthesis staff and trainees
• Assists leadership with program development, budget management, research of best practices, and resource development
• Contributes to program evaluations and operations, outcome data and makes recommendations regarding service, practices, and/or methodologies
• May offer psychedelic psychotherapy, lead psychedelic retreats, guides participants through psychedelic experiences and contributes to the wholesome integration of psychedelic experiences
• Is willing to work on a potentially full-time position on location in Zandvoort, the Netherlands – 2 retreats per month

What We Expect from You

• May be in training and/or practicing (where applicable) in spiritual-centric modalities and interventions. Preference for candidates with an endorsement from a major religious or spiritual tradition; and candidates who are affiliated with a spiritual teacher, guide or mentor, and/or a church, sangha, or temple
• Preference for candidates with licensure and/or credentials in relevant field of expertise
• A minimum of 3-5 years of relevant experience in supervision and clinical work with groups
• Working knowledge of organizational administrative processes
• Knowledge of protocols, safety, administrative, and clinical practice policies and procedures, with a strong preference for candidates who have such knowledge in the field of psychedelics
• Ability to advise department directors and staff on various issues pertaining to areas of responsibility
• Demonstrated knowledge of performance management standards and human resources related policies and procedures
• Skills in coaching
• Skills to collaborate effectively with Synthesis staff members
• Compassionate social communicator
• Must be computer literate. Excellent skills in Word, Excel and scheduling systems, and cloud-based alternatives. Ability to generate reports utilizing these systems
• Working knowledge of electronic/medical records systems
• Mindful and aware of sociopolitical and cultural sensitivities around mainstreaming psychedelics
• Extensive interdisciplinary knowledge of and working experience with psychedelics is a must
• Experience anticipating and analyzing problems, gathering information, and creating solutions
• Skill in exercising independent judgment, exercising problem urgency and taking appropriate action
• Is committed to a spiritual practice
• Demonstrated skill in maintaining confidentiality and patient privacy
• Knowledge of Netherlands compliance is a bonus
• Experience working within a start-up is a bonus

What We Provide for You:

• Training & Meeting Pay
• Hourly Compensation
• Travel Expense Reimbursement
• Holiday & Sick Pay*

How to Apply

When applying for a role at Synthesis please include:

1. Your CV 
2. A brief 2-minute video introducing yourself

• What’s your background in relation to the role? 
• Why do you want to work in the psychedelic field?
• Why are you a great fit for Synthesis?
• Anything else we should know about you.
• Record, upload online to Vidyard and send us the link (not the file).