Hybrid Chapel and Religious Life - Collision Assistant Instrumental to Director at Highpoint

Job Title: Collision Assistant Instrumental to Director

Department: Chapel and Religious Life

Supervisor: Carol Earnhardt & Preston Davis

Starting Rate of Pay: $10.00

Length of Time: Eligible for rehire on a semester basis.

Department Description 

Mission of Hayworth Chapel and Religious Life Office 
Hayworth Chapel and the Religious Life Office (aka “The Chapel”) of High Point University seeks to grow the heart and soul of High Point University. Our ambition is that all members of the HPU community experience they are BELOVED by 

• experiencing BELONGING. 

• BECOMING who they are called to be. 

• BEHOLDING the presence of God’s grace. 

The Chapel, fostered by its Christian tradition, exists to deepen High Point University’s Christian character and practice, which also means being a place of radical hospitality to people of all traditions. In this way, HPU is Christian by tradition (and committed to that tradition) and interfaith in outlook, modeling inter-religious understanding and cooperation. 

Job Location/ Hours Required

The candidate will perform job duties in the Chapel and remotely. Hours may vary depending on the job requirements; however, the total number of hours a student employee may work per week is 20 hours. This position requires up to 20 hours per week.

Job Description

As an Assistant Instrumental Director, you will gain professional experience in administrative duties and develop your knowledge of instruments, arranging and music theory. You’ll also help the Music Director recruit other musicians, coordinate schedules, lead rehearsals and manage soundchecks in their absence. Along with the music director, your goal is to curate meaningful worship experiences for the congregation while introducing them to various sacred music genres in the Christian tradition.

Responsibilities:

• Lead instrumentalists of Collision Worship Band in rehearsal and worship
• Recruit musicians for Collision Worship Band.
• Aid Collision Music Director as needed with:
  • Work with Collision Scheduler on scheduling instrumentalists for weekly Chapel and HPU Sunday.
  • Organize and maintain a digital CRL Music Library
  • Enter songs and inputs in Planning Center
  • Create transpositions
  • Sit in on different rehearsals with different directors
  • Keep spreadsheet or song suggestions
  • Create rehearsal plans
  • Other duties as assigned by Music Director

Expectations

• Copy Chapel and Collision Music Director on all email and phone correspondence
• Communicate often with Music Director

Preferred Qualifications

Applicants must have:

• A commitment to the Chapel’s mission of building a beloved community through its core commitments: belonging, becoming, beholding.
• A commitment to excellence in Wednesday and Sunday worship services.
• A willingness to nurture and grow the HPU and HPU Chapel community spiritually
• A desire to grow their musicianship, aural skills, interpretative skills, knowledge of music theory
• Great time allocation and effective distribution (rehearsal plan and mapping)
• Administrative and excellent organizational skills

Applicants must be:

• Committed to creating an excellent worship experience each week
• Self-motivated and have a strong work ethic
• Effective interpersonal and public communication skills (written and verbal for small and large groups)
• Flexible and adaptive to change and problem solving in a high-paced environment
• Dependable
• Excellent and detailed organizational skills
• Patient, friendly, professional, and inviting leaders