Program Director for the Choir School

Principal Function:

The Program Director of the Choir School is responsible for the health and growth of the choir school, including recruitment and the establishment of well-functioning management, communications, and continual evaluation and improvement systems. The Program Director of the Choir School interacts with the wider community, in coordination with the Canon and Director of Music, to be the first point of contact with the Choir School, and to foster relationships and encourage collaborations with outside organizations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Duties may include, but are not limited to: 

Strategy/Vision

• Curates a strategic plan and vision for the Choir School in collaboration with the Canon and Director of Music and the Dean and Rector.
• Maintains and continues to develop the vision of the choir school in collaboration with the Director of Music.

Recruitment

• Creates a strategic plan for recruitment with the Canon and Director of Music, and executes that plan.
• Serves as the first point of contact for recruitment, cultivating relationships with outside groups.
• Recruits for summer camp.

Program Coordination

• Assists the Canon and Director of Music in coordinating the programming for the Choir School.

Building Community Among Choristers

• Fosters community among choristers and their families by maintaining communication, and by building relationships through events and programming.

Communications

• Coordinates with the Canon and Director of Music and the Director of Communications to create a successful advertising and/or recruitment campaign and collateral, and evaluates the success of that campaign.

Management

• Creates systems to evaluate the overall success of programming on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis to include: the impact of the program, and the depth of engagement; and prepares evaluations to include statistics, metrics, and narratives about the health and growth of the program to present to the vestry or other interested parties.
• Develops chorister and volunteer statistics, metrics and narratives for grant requests and reports.
• Leads the weekly Choir School meeting and attends the regular staff meetings as assigned ensuring progress in team goals and coordination in all areas.
• Assists the Canon and Director of Music and other staff in developing fundraising materials, and donor prospects.
• Assists with other Choir School administrative tasks, as needed.

Personal Development

• Attends relevant continuing education activities and joins appropriate professional organizations, as necessary.
• Stays up-to-date with training in Safeguarding God’s Children and Safeguarding God’s People. Reports any suspected child abuse or neglect, as required by the Diocese, Church, and state regulations.

Additional Duties

• Performs other related tasks as assigned by the Canon and Director of Music, or his designee.

Supervisory Responsibilities:  This job does not have any supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty according to the requirements of Christ Church Cathedral. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

Education and/or Experience: A Bachelor’s Degree (B.A./B.S.) in business, education, or other related field is desired; and three plus years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience is required. Previous experience in an administrative position is required. Previous experience working in a strategic planning and/or development role is desired.

Other Skills and Abilities: Computer software skills required include: Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Mail and Adobe. Ability to operate a printer, copy machine, scanner and other office equipment is desired.  Incumbent must have the ability to adapt and conform to shifting priorities and demands and execute accordingly. In addition, this position requires a general understanding of the Episcopal liturgical procedures and music management, while paying close attention to detail.  A valid driver’s license is required.  The ability to communicate effectively in Spanish is required.