Job description

New England Conservatory, an independent not-for-profit institution, is recognized internationally as a leader among music schools, educating and training musicians of all ages from around the world. With music students representing more than 40 countries, NEC cultivates a diverse, dynamic community for students, providing them with performance opportunities and high-caliber training by 225 internationally esteemed artist-teachers and scholars. NEC pushes the boundaries of making and teaching music through college-level musical training in classical, jazz, and Contemporary Improvisation. It offers unique interdisciplinary programs such as Entrepreneurial Musicianship and Community Performances & Partnerships that empower students to create their own musical opportunities. As part of NEC's mission to make lifelong music education available to everyone, the Preparatory School and School of Continuing Education delivers training and performance opportunities for children, pre-college students, and adults.

NEC is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
New England Conservatory (NEC) has determined that the highest possible rate of COVID-19 vaccination offers the best assurance of safeguarding the health of all members of our community. Therefore, NEC is requiring all employees to receive the final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by September 3, 2021. All newly hired employees at NEC must receive the final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine before they begin work, unless they are approved for a medical or religious exemption. Additionally, all members of the NEC community are required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster by February 1, 2022, or within fourteen days of eligibility. For more information, please contact NEC Human Resources.
JOB SUMMARY
Working closely with the co-chair, Conservatory administration, faculty, and staff, the co-chair of NEC’s Jazz Studies department plays an integral role in advancing the department’s tradition of creativity and experimentation. The ideal candidate for this faculty/administrative position is an innovative educator, performer, administrator, composer, and/or arranger who personifies the diverse perspectives of global jazz traditions. Committed to the highest standards of musicianship and possessing a keen understanding of the professional aspirations of conservatory jazz majors, the co-chair provides career guidance, mentorship, and connections to the field, helping prepare NEC jazz students for meaningful lives in music.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Co-chair a department of approximately 90 undergraduate and graduate students, a faculty of thirty-five artist/teachers, and administrative staff.
• Teach studio lessons, coach graduate and undergraduate ensembles, and/or teach core courses in jazz theory, history, and repertoire.
• Mentor and advise students.
• With co-chair, oversee admissions auditions, actively recruit new students, and develop ongoing strategies to yield and retain students, and contribute to student success.
• Carry out essential departmental administrative work, including supervising auditions, end-of-year promotionals (performance examinations), testing of prospective and returning students, and placing students in ensembles and classes.
• Contribute to jazz season programming; attend departmental performances.
• Participate in faculty trainings and departmental meetings.
• Identify new faculty and participate in hiring process; participate in the evaluation of current faculty.
• Enhance the department’s high standards of aural training, historical and theoretical study, musicianship skills, performance and composition through the development of assessment processes.
• Contribute to a learning environment that is responsive to student, faculty, and staff needs.
• Serve on faculty committees.
• Other responsibilities as requested.

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QUALIFICATIONS*

• At least 10 years of active performing career with a high-level, international profile with a strong record of accomplishment as a performer, composer, arranger, and/or teacher of jazz and improvisation.
• Master’s degree or commensurate experience strongly preferred, ideally with experience in teaching and administration in a high-level conservatory jazz program.
• Capacity to recruit, retain, teach, and mentor a diverse student body of the highest quality.
• Knowledge of the current trends in conservatory jazz programs and the profession.
• Experience with curricular design, in collaboration with college faculty and staff, that encourages musical excellence and artistic curiosity across a diverse range of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students in a conservatory setting.
• Strong administrative ability to articulate and realize concrete measures for implementing the work of a strategic vision.
• Exceptional judgment, discretion, and integrity when working with students in an educational environment.
• Demonstrated dedication to supporting the development of musicians and promoting music’s role in society.
• Ability to represent the department effectively with external and internal constituencies.
• Commitment to NEC’s values of cultural equity and belonging.

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BENEFITS*

• Medical Plans
• Dental
• Vision
• Retirement Savings Account

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Annual Clery Report*
In accordance with the federal Clery and Campus SaVE Acts, New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) commits to providing all current and prospective students and employees with access to the annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report. This report will provide the reader with a record of statistics regarding crimes that were reported in the NEC community during the previous three years as well as College policies and procedures, in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. This report may be accessed here View the report. A paper copy can be requested by contacting NEC's Director of Public Safety at 290 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $80,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

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