• Seeking a Choir Program Support Officer - 2 days per week

Creativity Australia & With One Voice Choirs

Do you love connecting and nurturing community through the power of music? Are you a proactive and detail-oriented person who loves turning ideas into reality? We’d love to hear from you!

Role details

• Full Time Equivalent: 0.4 (2 days per week)
• Location: We are based in a co-working space at Level 4, 479 St Kilda Road, Melbourne. Our small team works mostly from the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, with the option to work flexibly and from home as agreed based on the team’s needs.
• Remuneration: A base salary of $54,000 plus statutory superannuation offered on a pro-rata basis of 0.4 EFT (2 days per week). As an employee of a DGR 1 status charity, you can elect to salary sacrifice a portion of your base salary in line with ATO guidelines. For the right person, there is the potential for this role to grow.

About the role

We are looking for a proactive and vibrant arts administrator to join our small and purpose-driven team 2 days a week. You will work with our General Manager, National Choir Programs Manager and Marketing and Administration Coordinator to deliver our 28 With One Voice social inclusion choirs across Australia. Being part of a small team means you get to try lots of different things. We like to work to our strengths, but we all jump in to get tasks done and projects across the line.

This role is varied across our operations and programs, with opportunities to grow and learn.

Role responsibilities will include:

• Responding to new member queries and assisting with follow up of new member leads
• Helping us grow our membership across all our programs
• Processing and managing membership payments
• Reporting on and monitoring program delivery numbers and financials
• Evaluating program outcomes through participant surveys
• Assisting with grant applications and seeking funding opportunities
• Answering community members, volunteers and funder questions about what we do
• Recording and entering information into systems to ensure we have accurate records and reports
• Providing input on program delivery and feedback
• Assisting with ad-hoc events and new business development including performances, corporate workshops and other ad-hoc activities

About you

Key Selection Criteria

• Community minded – you are passionate about building community and connecting people. You understand how your own life experiences inform your approach to community work.
• Administration – you’re organised and can understand systems and processes quickly. Accuracy, and attention to detail are your strengths. You understand the value of admin done well.
• Reporting – you can consolidate information into concise reports for decision making. You’re fairly comfortable with numbers, or keen to learn.
• Program delivery – You can see the tasks needed to get the job done, build a project plan and deliver to timelines.
• Creative energy – You love being around creative people and enjoy turning ideas into reality.

Nice-to-haves (but not essential)

• You have a passion for music and understand the power of singing to improve people’s lives.
• Proactive and willing to help – you’re not afraid to muck in and help out, no matter how small the task.
• You’ve seen our choirs in action (consider visiting your nearest With One Voice choir!).
• You love a spreadsheet – you’re pretty comfortable with MS Excel and multiple databases.
• Experience with grant applications and management.

Did you know? Many people, especially people from underrepresented communities, are likely to count themselves out if they don’t think they meet all the criteria of a job ad. If you are interested in working with us, but don’t think you meet all our criteria, we strongly encourage you to apply anyway!

Apply!

We’d love to hear from you! Questions can be directed to Enya Cai, General Manager, Creativity Australia at [email protected] using the subject line: Choir Program Support Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs or on 0493 740 497.

To apply for this role please click Apply Now to submit your application. 

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, so we encourage you to apply earlier if you can.

We would love someone to start sooner rather than later – applicants who can start immediately will be viewed favourably.

About Creativity Australia & With One Voice

Creativity Australia is building a happier, healthier, more inclusive nation through the With One Voice choir program.

We build strong and connected communities through the neuro-scientific benefits of group singing. Our choirs focus on bringing people from diverse backgrounds together. We prioritise social connection over sounding perfect. We use community singing as a way to encourage people to care for one another and solve problems locally.

Creativity Australia operates 28 With One Voice choirs in Victoria, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. Our welcoming community choirs unite hundreds of people aged 9 to 90, from all faiths and all walks of life: migrants, people with disabilities, job seekers, executives, seniors, students, refugees, asylum seekers and more.

Our programs are delivered by talented community music facilitators across Australia, and supported by generous volunteers and donors who provide their time and financial resources to keep our choirs open to the most vulnerable in our communities.

Our charity was founded in 2008 by award-winning social entrepreneur and soprano Tania de Jong AM who continues to serve as our Board Chair.

Find out more about us at creativityaustralia.org.au and withonevoice.org.au!

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