Work With Us

Work With Us

Surf Instructor / Customer Service

Available all year, 1 month duration

Protect our planet, speak Spanish, share the stoke!

Job description: Teach surf lessons (in English),. be the head server during the evening shift (5pm-9pm). Help with sea turtle conservation: release baby sea turtles to the ocean and offer sea turtle conservation tours. Participate in art workshops at the local school (9-11am once a week).

Requirements: We are looking for someone who embraces our values and shares a positive loving spirit, both during surf lessons and while interacting with our guests and staff.

Certified Surf instructor

First aid certification

Fluent in Spanish and English

Customer service experience

Compensation: Room and board, return transfers from Managua and compensation.

To apply: please send motivations, resume, photos, scan of your certifications, level of Spanish and English, experience teaching, availability and references to loscardonesecolodge@gmail.com.

Yoga instructor / Customer service

Available all year, 1 month duration

Protect our planet, speak Spanish, share the stoke!

Job description: Teach one yoga class daily (in English), adapting to guests level and requests. Be the head server during the evening shift (5pm-9pm). Help with sea turtle conservation: release baby sea turtles to the ocean and offer sea turtle conservation tours. Participate in art workshops at the local school (9-11am once a week).

Requirements: We are looking for someone who embraces our values and shares a positive loving spirit, both during yoga classes and while interacting with our guests and staff.

Certified Yoga teacher

First aid certification

Fluent in Spanish and English

Customer service experience

Compensation: Room and board, return transfers from Managua and compensation.

To apply: please send motivations, resume, photos, scan of your certifications, level of Spanish and English, experience teaching, availability and references to loscardonesecolodge@gmail.com.

Teacher intern

Available July or August

We are looking for a teacher graduate student to develop a curriculum to structure weekly recreational and English as a Second Language activities that lodge volunteers can carry out at the school on a weekly basis.

The intern should:

-Speak advanced Spanish;

-Be a demonstrated self-starter and independent worker;

-Have prior international experience, ideally in Latin America;

-Have an interest in human development, teaching, and sustainable community development;

-Be comfortable driving a motorcycle between the Ecolodge and school (dirt road, 8km).

The Lodge is very interested in enabling the intern to obtain academic credits at his/her university, as appropriate.

Los Cardones Ecolodge will provide housing and food. The intern will be responsible for paying for the following, either directly or through fundraising prior to the internship:

-Air travel to Nicaragua

-Airport transfers

-Motorcycle rental for transit between the Lodge and school site

-Incidentals related to recreation

To apply: please send motivations, resume, photos, scan of your certifications, level of Spanish and English, experience teaching, availability and references to loscardonesecolodge@gmail.com.

Sea Turtle Conservation intern

Available May or June

We are looking for a biology graduate student to perform data entry, analysis and report of the year sea turtle monitoring program.

The intern should:

-Speak advanced Spanish;

-Be a demonstrated self-starter and independent worker;

-Have prior international experience, ideally in Latin America;

-Have experience with data analysis and pivot tables.

The Lodge is very interested in enabling the intern to obtain academic credits at his/her university, as appropriate.

Los Cardones Ecolodge will provide housing and food. The intern will be responsible for paying for the following, either directly or through fundraising prior to the internship:

-Air travel to Nicaragua

-Airport transfers

-Incidentals related to recreation

To apply: please send motivations, resume, photos, scan of your certifications, level of Spanish and English, experience with data analysis, availability and references to loscardonesecolodge@gmail.com.