Receptionist at Dance Studio - Rockford, IL

Job Description

Ensemble Performing Arts is seeking a fun and professional part-time staff member to help administer our dance studio Evolve Dance Company
. This staff member will serve as the primary point of contact for our students, families, and teachers to ensure smooth functioning of our day-to-day operations.

• Typical shifts: 4:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Monday–Thursday
• Schedule begins at 2 days per week
  , with the potential to increase to 3–4 days per week next season
• Our season runs through the end of May
• While we hope to offer summer classes in the future, there is a possibility that hours may pause during the summer and resume again in August

• Answering phones and assisting families with questions
• Greeting dancers and families in a warm, professional manner
• Supervising dancers between classes
• Monitoring and recording dancer attendance
  
  Communicating student absences to teachers
• Processing payments and enrollments
• Assisting with light cleaning and front-desk organization

• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment
  
  Dependable and detail-oriented
• Experience in a dance studio or similar youth-focused environment is a plus

A 401(k) with company matching is available to all of our employees after 3 months on the job. Health benefit packages are available to all part- and full-time employees.

Evolve Dance Company started as a dream of Artistic Director, Jenny Vause, and became a reality in June of 2005. Since opening, Evolve continues to provide quality instruction to dancers in Rockford and the surrounding areas.

We are very proud of our teachers whose accomplishments include numerous choreography awards at competitions, choreography for children’s theaters, professional back-up dancing, and work with local churches and school musical.

Learn more here:

Ensemble Schools is a collaborative network of community-driven Music & Dance schools. While each school maintains its unique identity, they share resources to ensure collective success.

Our mission is to provide excellence in arts education through excellence in administration. Our values include:

• Stewardship: We are caretakers of our local businesses and communities, helping them thrive by making it easy for our teachers to cultivate an enriching learning experience for students.
• Growth: Our teachers are integral to our success, and we are committed to their professional growth. As an ever-growing partnership of music and dance schools, we seek to increase the high-quality resources provided to our schools and teachers.
• Stagehands: Our Shared Services team runs in the background to support our schools. By doing this, we champion our teachers and students to be the real stars of the show!

Interested candidates are invited to send their resume and a brief cover letter to Allison Liedman through this portal. We embrace diversity within our artistic community and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

Part-time

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