Musical Co-ordinator and Organist Vacancy - St David’s Memorial Park Parish Church, Kirkintilloch

Musical Co-ordinator and Organist

Kirkintilloch: St David’s Memorial Park Parish Church

We wish to appoint a Musical Coordinator and Organist to nurture, sustain and develop our musical tradition at St David’s Memorial Park Parish Church (SDMP). Worship at SDMP draws on a variety of traditions and styles. Musical worship is led by a choir which provides an introit and/or anthem each week, and our Praise Band, which also leads, providing worship songs and contemporary praise as part of the overall diet of worship and praise at SDMP.

Regular Sunday morning worship is at 10:30 am, with occasional special, and additional services at key times in the Church’s calendar, especially at Easter and Christmas.

There are occasional weddings, and more frequently funerals throughout the course of the church year.

Our two manual and pedal pipe organ (1889 Anneessens) has 35 speaking stops and is regularly maintained. We also have a Clavinova in the sanctuary and upright pianos in the Church Halls.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

The postholder should:

• be a church musician and who has a committed, living Christian faith with an active church connection, whose life and witness demonstrates a ‘heart for worship.’

• be able to lead flexibly and to develop worship and musical gifts and talents within SDMP.

• demonstrate the necessary musical and technical ability, or willingness to develop these skills, to play our organ.

• be a church musician and team player with a vison and flexibility to work with the choir, the Praise Band, the Minister and engage with the wider life of our congregation.

• be able to lead and develop our active SATB choir.

• be a musically talented, flexible, open, and engaging person with a commitment to actively developing worship at SDMP.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The postholder will carry out the following duties:

• Play the organ or Clavinova or piano at the weekly Sunday service and at such other services as required by the Kirk Session.

• Be responsible for the recruitment, training, smooth running and satisfactory organisation of the choir, conducting weekly rehearsals from September to June each year or at such frequency of times of the year as may be agreed by the Kirk Session.

• Be responsible, in liaison with the Minister for broadening the use of music within worship. For example, the involvement of instrumentalists, and by developing the sung repertoire of the congregation. Support and develop musical activities outwith the worship context.

• Play (subject to standing work commitments) at wedding and funeral services and for all other services not specified above, when the postholder will be paid the proper fee by those who have engaged them.

The organ shall normally be reserved for the personal use of and the giving of lessons by the post holder, as agreed by the Kirk Session.

At the current time the normal place of work is St David’s Memorial Park Church.

Salary will be paid according to the Scottish Federation of Organists recommended salary scale C payable in arrears per calendar month. The salary is negotiable, depending on the role and time commitment, and will be reviewed by the Kirk Session to reflect responsibilities, in line with the SFO recommended scale.

The post holder shall work sufficient hours properly to complete the duties incumbent on the post.

The holiday year is from 1 January to 31 . Holiday entitlement is four weeks plus two weeks in lieu of statutory holidays, the period during which holidays may be taken being in prior agreement with the Minister. Any other special leave or leave of absence shall only be with the agreement of the Minister and the post holder shall provide and renumerate a competent deputy.

FURTHER INFORMATION

NB Due to Present Presbytery of Glasgow Mission Plan process, it is recommended that any interested parties should contact David Forsyth, Session Clerk at the email address below: forsyth12@btinternet.com

Applications and a CV for the above post should also be sent to David Forsyth.

A budget exists for the purchase of new music.

The appointment will be made subject to our practice of a health check and the PVG scheme.