Chapel and Religious Life - Worship Leader

Job Title: Worship Leader

Department: Chapel and Religious Life

Supervisor: Preston Davis and Lakisha Elder

Starting Rate of Pay: $10.00

Length of Time: Eligible for rehire on a semester basis.

Department Description

Our Mission: the overriding ambition of Hayworth Chapel and the Religious Life Office (aka “The Chapel”) of High Point University® is to build a BELOVED community on the campus of High Point University by helping students:

• Experience and practice BELONGING.
• BECOME who they are called to be.
• BEHOLD the presence of God’s grace in all that they do.

The Chapel, fostered by its Christian tradition, exists to deepen High Point University’s Christian character and practice, which also means being a place of radical hospitality to people of all traditions. In this way, HPU is committed to it's Christian tradition and interfaith belonging, modeling inter-religious understanding and cooperation.

Job Description

As a Worship Leader, you will gain professional experience collaborating with a variety of other musicians and vocalists. Along with the ministers to the university and music director, your goal is to curate meaningful worship experiences for the congregation through your contributions.

Job Location/ Hours Required

The candidate will perform all duties assigned to the desired role. Hours may vary depending on the job requirements; however, the total number of hours a student employee may work per week is 20 hours.

Vocal Worship Leaders / Responsibilities:

• Listen to & practice leading and/or singing background harmonies for upcoming services
• Attend weekly group rehearsals as scheduled by Music Director
• Attend required soundchecks one hour before each service
• Keep track of lyric sheets & vocal music
• Communicate to Music Director if your part needs to be transposed to a different key

Instrumental Worship Leaders / Responsibilities:

• Attend weekly rehearsals as scheduled by Music Director or Assistant Music Director, and practice outside of group rehearsals when necessary
• Attend required soundchecks one hour before each service
• Keep track of chord charts and sheet music
• Communicate to Music Director if your part need to be transposed to different keys or clefs

Vocal/ Preferred Qualifications:

Applicants must have:

• Strong singing abilities
• Musical independence
• A willingness to nurture and grow HPU Chapel community
• A desire to grow their musicianship and collaborative skills

Instrumental /Preferred Qualifications:

Applicants must have:

• Their own instrument, or means of purchasing, renting or borrowing instruments for rehearsals, soundchecks and services (with the exception of percussionists)
• Musical independence
• A willingness to nurture and grow HPU Chapel community
• A desire to grow their musicianship and collaborative skills

Desired Skills:

Applicants must be:

• Committed to creating an excellent worship experience each week
• Self-motivated and have a strong work ethic
• Effective interpersonal and public communication skills
• Flexible and adaptive to change and problem solving in a high-paced environment
• Dependable
• Punctual
• Willing to communicate with the Music Director
• Excellent organizational skills
• Patient, friendly, professional, and inviting leaders