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Part time – Equivalent to roughly 10 hours per week, averaged over the year

Set in an area of outstanding natural beauty in the West Sussex High Weald, Worth Abbey is an English Benedictine monastery, a sanctuary where the Gospel of Christ is lived and shared in fraternity, prayer and service. Founded in 1933, and an independent monastery from 1957, Worth Abbey is a spiritual, pastoral, and cultural centre for the locality and more widely. At its heart is a community of Catholic monks following the Rule of St. Benedict. The Abbey Church is the central feature of Abbey campus which also houses Worth School, a Catholic Independent day and boarding school, the Abbey Retreat Centre, the Worth Abbey RC Parish, and some 500 acres of quiet gardens, forest, and farmland which are home to a campsite, a livery stable and a working farm.

Our Director of Music will manage and develop the provision of Music at Sunday morning Mass at Worth Abbey (including at major feasts), in particular taking responsibility for the recruitment and development of a choir and liaising with the Abbey organist. You will also manage the rota of cantors singing at Saturday evening mass and holiday periods.

You will have;

Formal qualifications in Music.

Experience of choral direction and of recruiting and developing a choir.

Experience of running music within a liturgical context

Secure understanding of music theory, to be able to lead a choir.

Ideally, you will have a formal qualification in Choral Direction (e.g. Dip ABRSM, RCO Dip CHD, MMus Choral Direction), experience in using Music Technology software (in particular notation software such as Sibelius) and hardware and experience of working within the Roman Catholic Liturgy.

We offer an enhanced benefits scheme including a generous pension contribution, employee assistance programme and meal provision. In addition, Employees have access to our facilities and benefit from free parking, on site gym, social events and discounted school fees.

Applicants are required to apply via the Quick Apply button.

Alternatively, an application form is available from the HR department.

E: [email protected]

T: 01342 710277

For more information regarding Worth Abbey please visit: www.worthabbey.net

Closing date for applications: 30 April 2022*

*We reserve the right to invite candidates for interview prior to the closing date and to close vacancies early if we have sufficient suitable applications. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children, and therefore the successful candidate must be able to understand and adhere to Vulnerable Adult, Child Protection and Safeguarding legislation.

References and Disclosure and Barring Service checks will be conducted on the successful candidate.

We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.

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Name:WORTH SCHOOL

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