Ceramics Studio Lead & Instructor

City-of-Concor; Concord (NC); On-site; USD 25,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Concord is seeking an enthusiastic Ceramic & Pottery Program Instructor to lead classes for all ages and abilities. You will teach wheel-throwing, hand-building, and glazing, and adapt activities for varied skill levels while ensuring safety and engaging participants.

You will support inventory, studio operations, customer registrations, marketing, and special events, collaborating with Parks & Recreation staff to grow programming and community participation.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of activity planning principles and practices.
• CPR/First aid practices and techniques.
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations.
• Ceramic equipment operations.
• Ceramic programming.
• Philosophy and objectives of public recreation, personal health and hygiene.
• Prioritize work assignments.
• Customer Service principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead and instruct participants in wheel-throwing, hand building, and glazing techniques, clearly communicating clay preparation steps, firing formats, and safety workflows.
• Assist the tracking and inventory of ceramics supplies and manage kiln room resources responsibly to minimize waste.
• Assist with Pottery programming to create new opportunities, organizations, modifying current workshops and future growth based on community feedback.
• Deliver exceptional customer care by answering clay related technical questions, managing studio transactions and assisting participants with registrations.
• Create and distribute engaging marketing materials. This may include flyers and social media updates to help bring awareness of the facility and its offerings.
• Instructs class participants. Communicates with participants concerning class lengths, training formats, and adapted modifications. Adapts programs to accommodate a variety of age predictable health concerns.
• Classroom preparation. Maintains the studio area by performing housekeeping duties. Responsible for classroom or facility set up as needed. Reports any damages to classroom or facility to supervisor.
• Emergency response. Responds quickly and effectively to emergency situations.
• Special event facilitator. Plans and executes trips using the Parks & Recreation vehicles. Serves as a City liaison at special recreation programs at non-City facilities. Assists with Parks & Recreation programs, festivals and events on an as-needed basis.
• Follows rules, policies and procedures established by the City of Concord and the Parks & Recreation Department.

Skills

Customer service

CPR/First aid

Activity planning

Public recreation objectives

Prioritize work

Tools

Ceramic equipment operations

Job description

City of Concord is seeking an enthusiastic Ceramic & Pottery Program Instructor to lead classes for all ages and abilities. You will teach wheel-throwing, hand-building, and glazing, and adapt activities for varied skill levels while ensuring safety and engaging participants.

You will support inventory, studio operations, customer registrations, marketing, and special events, collaborating with Parks & Recreation staff to grow programming and community participation.