Accompanist, Music (Part Time) Job at Laramie County Community College in Cheyen

Overview:

The mission of Laramie County Community College is to transform our students' lives through the power of inspired learning. Our over-arching goal is that our accomplishments as a community college will distinguish LCCC from others in the nation, in turn benefiting our communities and bringing pride to the Great State of Wyoming. Our core values include Passion, Authenticity, and the Desire to Make a Difference.

Job Summary: Core responsibilities of this position include:

The Music Accompanist position serves as an Education Support Staff for the music department with primary responsibilities serving as an accompanist to the choirs, student performances, and private lesson instruction. This position is part time and non-benefitted.

Laramie County Community College is dedicated to student success and aspires to develop a world-class community college. Faculty and support staff work in alignment with the Colleges mission, vision, and values to continuously improve as professional educators and experts in their field and are supported by the Faculty Academy within the Center for Teaching & Learning.

LCCC in its strategic plan has identified important Core Values and Aspirational Values, which are inherent in the cultural fabric of the College. The person fulfilling this role is expected to bear these qualities and advocate for them. http://lccc.wy.edu/StrategicPlan/index.aspx#goal1

Other tasks may be assigned based on contemporary institutional need.

Start Date: Position is open until filled.

Compensation: $24.94/hr.

Responsibilities:

Essential Functions: this position is Non-Exempt, i.e., is eligible for compensatory or overtime pay provisions of the FLSA. This listing of essential duties is not all-inclusive, but representative, other duties may be assigned).

• Regularly attend scheduled rehearsals or lesson time to perform accompaniment duties.
• Attend all scheduled performances in appropriate attire.
• Perform at a high caliber that is reflective of the high LCCC music standard.
• Clearly communicate in a timely manner with faculty, students and other support staff regarding collaboration on schedules, events, and department needs.
• Foster a supportive learning environment that encourages student success.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to read and interpret instructions in oral, written, or diagrammatical form (e.g., a flow chart of a process). Ability to read, interpret and consider possible applications of business literature and legal documents.
• Excellent customer service skills; ability to communicate clearly with a variety of people, in one-to-one and small group settings either face-to-face, by telephone, or by other electronic means ability to communicate in an informative manner, effectively listen, and be able to handle escalating situations with concern and confidence.
• Ability to deal effectively and professionally with people; proven capabilities in establishing appropriate professional rapport, with courtesy and tact, to accurately determine others needs, collect necessary information, and follow-through when requested.
• Knowledge of basic office equipment including (but not limited to) personal computer and associated peripherals, fax machine, multi-line telephone, voice recorders, and other electronic devices.
• Ability to accurately evaluate own performance and skill deficits and identifies skills and abilities to target training and development activities related to current and future job responsibilities. Sets short and long term goals in tandem with supervisor as part of regular professional development and performance evaluation.
• Willingness and ability to travel off-site for performances.
• Ability to travel when necessary.

Physical/Mental Demands:

• To successfully perform the essential functions of this position, an employee must be able to maintain appropriate composure and necessary confidentiality with regard to both past and current employee, student, and donor data; documents; issues; etc., and respect privacy needs of employees, students, donors.
• The ability to comply with highly inflexible deadlines is required to successfully perform the essential functions of this position; there will be multiple occurrences of sudden, urgent task completion required.
• While performing the essential functions of this position a variable work schedule may be required including long work days, evenings, and weekends as needed.
• There may be occurrences of interacting with employees and/or students, past employees and/or students, members of the general public, and others who express opinions, may exhibit strong emotions, which will require the employee to interact professionally, diplomatically, and appropriately in such situations.
• While performing the essential duties of this position, an employee would frequently be required to move around the assigned work areas as well as within hallways, meeting rooms, and other parts of the campus facilities.
• There may be multiple/daily instances of prolonged sitting, standing, and personal computer use, which would include keyboard and/or mouse usage as well as viewing a computer monitor.
• An employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds to perform essential position functions.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• The overall work environment requires the mental ability to shift focal point quickly due to interruptions; an employee must be able to mentally track multiple projects and tasking as well.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate; however, there may be unexpected instances of somewhat loud sounds.

NOTE: This position description is a general description; it is not intended as an employment contract, nor is it intended to describe all duties someone in this position may perform. All employees of the College are expected to perform other tasks as assigned by their respective supervisor/manager regardless of job title or routine job duties.

Qualifications:

Education and Experience Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Demonstrated piano proficiency with excellent sight reading skills.
• Experience in performing with groups in a wide variety of musical selections.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced music skills with 3-5 years of accompaniment experience.
• Experience performing in multiple musical genres and working with music students.
• Ability to lead vocal warm ups and rehearse a choir sectional preferred.

If you are selected for the position, your appointment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. LCCC reserves the right to end this employment agreement should the results of your background investigation not be successful.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Laramie County Community College is an equal opportunity and affirmative action educational institution and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, genetic information, political affiliation, disability, veteran status or sexual orientation in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its educational programs or activities.