Coordinator, Chapel Worship - Part-time - October 2024 to June 2025
The Coordinator of Chapel Worship is responsible to work with the Campus Pastor and Spiritual Life team to facilitate formative Christian worship at Chapel events. This is done by planning music and liturgy.
Months: 9 months, October 2024 to June 2025
Hours per week: 15 hours
- Facilitate meaningful Christian worship at chapel services by overseeing chapel music that is theologically appropriate.
- Nurture and engage the hearts, minds, and bodies of chapel worshipers in participative singing and prayer.
- Invite the Ambrose community to contribute their gifts and abilities by being involved in music teams, prayers, reading scripture, and preaching.
- Plan and equip student teams to lead worship that forms the community in faith through word and sacrament.
- Attend all Tuesday chapel services, unless otherwise arranged.
- Serve the chapel ministry in musical worship at scheduled services.
- Work closely with the Campus Pastor to plan and execute services.
- As instructed by the Campus Pastor, recruit and audition as necessary and schedule worship music teams for chapel and other events throughout the calendar year.
- Organize teams as needed (e.g., leaders, musicians, etc.).
- Coach and support other worship team leaders and their teams as needed. This may involve offering regular worship workshops and offering mentorship to team members.
- Meet regularly with the Campus Pastor and other team members and leaders (if applicable) to review and plan.
Education and Experience
- A high level of musical skills (vocal and instrumental) is required.
- Experience leading a worship music team is required.
- Experience identifying, recruiting, and developing team members for music and worship ministry is required.
Skills
- Organized with a high attention to detail.
- Able to problem-solve quickly and effectively.
- Strong decision-making and critical-thinking skills.
- Able to distill important information from multiple sources.
- Able to multitask and manage multiple priorities (e.g., projects, deadlines, etc.).
- Able to work with minimal supervision.
- Able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Able to lead a team with strong coaching and team building skills to foster, motivate, and support a community environment
- Able to maintain a high level of confidentiality when handling sensitive matters.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills.
- Able to handle sensitive issues and difficult situations in a calm, tactful, and confidential manner.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.
- Able to communicate in a friendly, helpful, and service-oriented manner.
Personal Characteristics
- Be in agreement with Ambrose’s mission and statements of faith.
- Must have a quality of spirit that will be reflected in a growing relationship with God and interpersonal relationships.
- Sensitive and able to work with a diversity of people and cultural groups.
Other
- Able to lift 30+ lbs
- Willing and able to work evenings and weekends when required
- Able to work outside normal operating hours during exams periods.
- A compensation package commensurate with education and experience is available.
- Employment is contingent upon satisfactory background criminal check and academic transcripts.
- In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada.
- Ambrose Employees agree to uphold and sign the University’s Statement of Faith upon initial appointment and govern the conduct of his or her work, in accordance therewith.
APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply, please send a letter of application and resume to hr@ambrose.edu, indicating “Coordinator, Chapel Worship” in the subject line.
Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Ambrose University is a private, accredited Christian post-secondary institute located in South West Calgary. Our Faculty of Arts and Science offers provincially accredited Bachelor of Arts degree programs majoring in Behavioural Science, Christian Studies, English Literature, General Studies, History, and Psychology as well as Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Music, and a Bachelor of Science majoring in Biology. We also offer a Bachelor of Education (After Degree). Our Faculty of Theology offers undergraduate degree programs in Children’s Ministries, Church Ministries, Intercultural Studies, Worship Arts and Youth Ministries. At the Seminary level there are a variety of graduate options including Master of Divinity, Master of Arts, Master of Christian Studies as well as Diploma and Certificate programs. Ambrose is committed to the integration of Christian faith with academic discipline, with a vision for academic excellence in the service of the church and the world. For more information visit us online at www.ambrose.edu.