Choir Manager

Choir Manager – The Choir with No Name Brighton (CWNN Brighton) – Maternity Leave (One Year contract)

One year maternity leave contract

Position: Choir Manager

Location: Brighton

Salary: £27,814 p/a pro rata

Hours: 20 hours a week

Employment: One year maternity leave contract

Closing Date: August 31^st 9am  

Interview Date: September 7th pm

About the Role

We are looking for a highly motivated and creative organiser to manage our Brighton choir involving people impacted by homelessness. You’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive team at CWNN that works with choirs across the country and will work closely with our choir director to deliver fun, inclusive, welcoming rehearsals and gigs throughout the year. The choir is run in partnership with BHT Sussex.

This is an exciting and varied role, providing maternity leave cover and working with our choir members and volunteers to support the safe and inclusive running of weekly rehearsals as well as delivering regular gigs and outreach workshops across Brighton & Hove.  You will need to be available to attend Monday night rehearsals in Hove and ideally have experience working with vulnerable adults in partnership with others. We are looking for someone with impeccable organisational skills and the ability to multitask, as well the ability to take a creative approach to delivering inclusive group activities. Experience in volunteer and project/event management is desirable as is a love of music and an understanding of the positive impact of communal singing.

 

About The Choir with No Name (CWNN)

CWNN has been running choirs and building joyful musical communities involving homeless and marginalised people since 2008, and we currently have choirs in Birmingham, Liverpool, London, Cardiff, Brighton and Coventry.  Our choirs are run on the premise that singing makes you feel good; it distracts you from all the nonsense in life and helps you to build confidence, skills and genuine, long-lasting friendships. All our choirs rehearse weekly, 47 weeks of the year, and share a meal together at the end of rehearsal.

 

About BHT Sussex

BHT Sussex is a housing association and a homeless charity. We provide services across Brighton & Hove, Eastbourne and Hastings, as well as elsewhere in Sussex. We see it as our role to both challenge the causes of homelessness, poverty and marginalisation and to deal with the consequences.

You will also receive a fantastic benefits package including:

• 5.5% stakeholder pension scheme and life assurance scheme
• Medical cash plan with Medicash
• Free and confidential employee assistance helpline for both personal and work-related concerns
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Free new starter 30-day Brighton bus pass
• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days per annum pro rata, rising 1 day for each year of service to a maximum of 32 days pro rata
• The opportunity to participate in well-being and fundraising activities throughout the year

BHT Sussex is an equal opportunities employer using a fair and open recruitment process that fully complies with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to encouraging equality, inclusion, and diversity within the workplace.

 

HOW TO APPLY

 In the interest of a non-biased approach to recruitment, all applications will be anonymised before they reach the selection panel.  We are not, at this stage, asking for information about your work experience or education, we are only seeking the answers to questions that will demonstrate the skills required to deliver the role.

Please follow these steps:

1. Open the Application Pack document, copy and paste the questions included onto a separate Word document.
2. Answer the questions, trying not to use more than 300 words per question.
3. Don’t put your name or any identifying information on the document.
4. Email the document as an attachment to info@choirwithnoname.org, by 9am on 31st August. Include your phone number in the email.
5. If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to an interview in Brighton on 7th September.

If you have access needs that make any aspect of the application process difficult, please contact us at info@choirwithnoname.org and we will make reasonable adjustments.  You can also use this email address if you have any questions about the process.

If your answers are among the ones that show the best demonstrations of the skills we’re looking for, we will be in touch to invite you to an initial interview.  If you haven’t been successful we will inform you by email.

Thank you so much for your interest in working with us at the Choir with No Name and BHT Sussex, and good luck with your application!