Director of Music Ministry

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Church of the Crucifixion and St. Pius V, Jacksonville, FL

Reports:
Pastor

Status:
Part Time

The Catholic Parishes of the Church of the Crucifixion and St. Pius V in Jacksonville, Florida have an opening for the position of Director of Music Ministry. This employee will be responsible for the Music Ministry for both parishes and must pass Safe Environment background screening, attend Protecting God’s Children, and be a practicing Catholic.

• Select and place music for all liturgies: weekend masses, seasonal and special celebrations, Holy Week, Advent, and Holy Days of Obligation.
• Accompany on piano all liturgies.
• Work with engaged couples in preparing wedding liturgies.
• Work with bereaved in preparing funeral liturgies.
• Recruit, train, rehearse, and direct cantors, choir members, and instrumentalists.
• Maintain current knowledge of official statements and Church documents on music and liturgy. Demonstrate a strong commitment to personal development in both music and liturgy.
• Collaborate with the pastor to achieve a vibrant liturgical life in the parishes.

• Must be a practicing Catholic living in accord with the moral norms of the Church.
• Must pass Safe Environment background checks and attend Protecting God’s Children training.

• Language
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, clients, vendors, employees, and the public.
• Mathematical
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; compute rates, ratios, and percentages; and draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw conclusions, interpret extensive technical instructions, and handle multiple abstract and concrete variables.

The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

The noise level is usually moderate. Flexibility to work evenings and weekends when necessary, and the ability to travel and drive one's own vehicle to various diocesan locations is required.