Site Coordinator, Sistema Ravinia Lake County

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

Ravinia® is both North America’s longest-running not-for-profit music festival and its most artistically diverse. Over 100 different events by a mix of classical, rock, pop, jazz, R&B, indie, and country performers make up a typical summer season on our two open-air and two indoor stages. Each year the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is featured in six weeks of concerts, many with Chief Conductor Marin Alsop. During the same summer months, the Ravinia Steans Music Institute provides young professional classical and jazz musicians with career-advancing training and concert settings.Offstage and year-round, Ravinia’s Reach Teach Play education programs engage 50,000 children and adults—in schools with little to no music curriculum, in our Chicagoland communities, and at our 36-acre park—in our mission to make music equitably accessible to all.Ravinia embraces diversity in all forms and is committed to providing an equitable and inclusive environment for all staff, musicians, guest artists, audiences, and community members. Ravinia is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We encourage individuals of all identities and abilities to apply.

Job Description

About the Program :

Sistema Ravinia is an intensive orchestral music education program that provides daily music training for students at several schools in the Lake County area. Participating students meet after school throughout the year at their nucleo (program site) and are taught in sectionals and full orchestra. Shaped by the philosophy of the noted El Sistema model, Ravinia has embraced the notion of transforming groups of children into communities of musicians who in turn transform their communities. Students receive mentorship from teachers and administrators that make them feel loved and valued as an asset to their nucleo community.

Launched in 2012 at Catalyst Circle Rock School in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood (now multiple schools in the area), Sistema Ravinia expanded to serve Lake County and other Ravinia-neighboring schools in 2015—hosting rehearsals in Bennett Gordon Hall—as well as Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood in 2020.

Duties and Responsibilities include and are not limited to :

Set-up, take-down, and coordination of student rehearsals and performances

Welcome and dismiss students to and from daily programming

Communicate program information with families through phone calls, emails and texts

Maintain database by entering updated student information and attendance

Maintain organized program spaces and files

Attend and assist with student registration, parent meetings, and special events

Assist with the ongoing inventory of instruments, music, and supplies

Assist with creation and distribution of forms and materials

Knowledge and Skills Required

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both English and Spanish

Superior interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate with parents, educators, teachers, administrators and persons from diverse backgrounds

Proven ability to use the Microsoft Office Suite and Google Docs with the ability and to learn new programs

Physical labor required; ability to move chairs, stands, instruments, and supplies between multiple floors

Works well independently to complete projects on-time

Access to reliable transportation to travel between program sites and events

Education and Experience

Related work experience

Experience and desire to work with children and families from diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Work Environment

Work Monday – Thursday afternoons throughout the school year and summer program, at Ravinia and at school locations as assigned. Average work schedule is 1 : 00 PM to 6 : 00 PM.

Flexibility to be available 8-12 evenings and weekends per year for special events, meetings and concerts.

Interaction with young students, parents, teachers and administrators where the safety of the students is paramount

There may be weeks where this position is not scheduled to work based on school schedules and program need

Ravinia embraces diversity in all forms and is committed to providing an equitable and inclusive environment for all staff, musicians, guest artists, audiences, and community members. Ravinia is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer.

As an equal-opportunity employer, Ravinia strongly believes that diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives is essential to our success, and we strive to create and sustain an equitable and inclusive environment for all our employees. Ravinia does not discriminate on the basis of any protected status under federal, state, or local law. We encourage individuals of all identities and abilities to apply.