Temporary Music Director

Sabbatical Music Director Job Description

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta

Mid-March thru Mid-September 2022

Position Title: Sabbatical Music Director

Position Type: 15-20 Hours a week (six month contract)

Compensation: $16,000-$20,000

Reports to: Senior Minister

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta is in search of a temporary music director while their regular director of music is on sabbatical.

UUCA has one of the most eclectic and excellent music programs in Atlanta. We have a long tradition of presenting music from many different genres, cultures, and periods that reflect the diversity of Unitarian Universalist beliefs. 

In various capacities, the Sabbatical Music Director will:

• Demonstrate excellence as a choral conductor, music educator, and rehearsal artist.
• Demonstrate excellence as a co-creator of high-impact worship experiences.
• Inspire hearty congregational singing during congregational worship services.
• Communicate warmth and hospitality in the worship setting.
• Bring a broad range of musical styles into our worship services.
• Coordinate with fellow staff, congregants, and outside musicians. 
• Contribute to the congregation's overall ministry by creating positive change in people’s lives.
• Help create and maintain a healthy staff team culture.
• Maintain healthy and appropriate boundaries with congregants.
• Adhere to the music budget when hiring musicians, purchasing music and supplies. 

Specific duties of Sabbatical Music Director

• UUCA’s Sabbatical Music Director must plan all special music and hymns to fit the themes of the services.
• Schedule volunteers and hire musicians as needed.
• Lead hymns and be a hospitality presence at Sunday morning services.
• Attend a weekly meeting where our worship team plans future services. 
• Plan and conduct choir rehearsals on Wednesday evenings, from 7:00 – 8:30 pm and 30 to 60 minutes before the Sunday services in which the choir sings. The UUCA Adult Choir currently sings approximately every other Sunday during the church year (September-May). Our other continuing musical groups rehearse on their own and are called upon for services and other special events. (Because of Covid precautions, the choir schedule 
• As UUCA will be moving into a new building during this period there will likely be extra Wednesday rehearsals in the summer to prepare the choir. 
• Meet periodically with Senior Minister, Sabbatical Music Committee, and Multimedia Team to ensure everything runs smoothly.

About Us:

UUCA values an environment free of discrimination, respects differences, and allows employees to bring their whole selves to work.

Inspired by our diverse faith community, we affirm these values: Wonder and Awe, Love and Compassion, and Courageous Engagement.

At UUCA, we are transforming lives through courageous action and soulful connection.

UUCA is a vibrant, innovative hub of engagement for Atlanta and beyond, where together we:

• Articulate our Unitarian Universalist faith tradition and identity, teach it to our children, share it with others, and live it courageously in the world.
• Ground ourselves in creative, innovative worship and spiritual practice to nourish and heal our souls.
• Advance justice, wholeness, and equity for people, our Earth, and all life on it.
• Advance the goals of our Anti-Racism, Anti-Oppression, Multiculturalism resolution.
• Create a connected community that ministers to one another’s physical, spiritual, and relational needs.
• Grow leaders rooted in and committed to our Unitarian Universalist values.
• Cultivate and embrace an increasingly diverse community of faith that will transform and enrich our congregation.
• Connect with resilience across differences, honoring our Covenant of Healthy Relationships in all the work we do.

Located in the North Druid Hills neighborhood, UUCA is one of the largest Unitarian Universalist congregations in the United States, with roots in Atlanta going back more than 120 years. UUCA’s 600 members and contributing friends hail from all corners of the Atlanta area and represent many diverse backgrounds.

To Apply:

Email a resume and cover letter to: Donald Milton III, Director of Music, UUCA uucamusic@gmail[dot]com

Deadline: January 28, 2022