Part-Time Organist & Choir Director for Liturgy

4000 Archdiocese Of Seattle Payroll Svc; Yelm (WA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 27,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life, and LTD

403(b), HSA, FSA

Paid sick leave, vacation and holidays

Job summary

St. Columban Catholic Church in Yelm, Washington is seeking an Organist/Choir Director to serve as our Parish Music and Liturgy Coordinator. The parish uses antiphonal chants and traditional hymns, with piano/pipe organ support for liturgies and celebrations.

The role is part-time and requires scheduling for weekend masses, weddings, funerals, and other liturgical events, plus recruiting and leading volunteers, rehearsing the choir, and coordinating with liturgical ministry leaders.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Catholic liturgical music and Mass order.
• Ability to create a music program rooted in Catholic tradition.
• Experience coordinating volunteer choirs and liturgical groups.

Responsibilities

• Serves as Choir Coordinator and Leader, including recruitment, training, musical selection, rehearsal, and direction.
• Plays the Pipe Organ for parish liturgies and events or at a minimum can play piano and is comfortable singing and leading the people's response.
• Provides weekly rehearsal time for the choir to prepare for upcoming liturgies and can offer flexible additional rehearsal times as needed.
• Has proficiency with computers/technology to populate and provide a monthly list of hymns/antiphons to the choir and provide recordings on the parish website for Choir to practice with.
• Serves as Liturgy Coordinator to ensure that all liturgical needs for Mass are met or covered including scheduling Mass times and providing readings.
• Collaborates with Liturgical Ministry leaders/volunteers to communicate liturgical needs and duties.
• Maintain volunteer agreements and liability waivers for volunteers under position's purview and collaborate with Safe Environment Coordinator.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Organist

Choir director

Liturgical planning

Volunteer recruitment

Technology proficiency

Tools

Pipe organ

Piano

Job description

St. Columban Catholic Church in Yelm, Washington is seeking an Organist/Choir Director to serve as our Parish Music and Liturgy Coordinator. The parish uses antiphonal chants and traditional hymns, with piano/pipe organ support for liturgies and celebrations.

The role is part-time and requires scheduling for weekend masses, weddings, funerals, and other liturgical events, plus recruiting and leading volunteers, rehearsing the choir, and coordinating with liturgical ministry leaders.