Director of Music, St Benet Fink Tottenham

• Play the organ to a high standard to accompany congregational worship (3-4 Sundays a month)
and choral services (1-2 Sundays a month), and for specified Festivals.
• Attend a termly planning meeting, and select appropriate music for choral services in advance of
each term, in collaboration with the Vicar.
• Rehearse the choir prior to choral services, and accompany/conduct them during worship.
• Be responsible for the effective and timely booking of singers, working within the constraints of
the budget, and making use of those singers who already regularly sing here.
• Seek to maintain and foster good relationships with existing singers and other musicians, and to
develop them with new singers.
• Develop further contacts to widen the pool of singers that can be drawn upon.
• Liaise regularly with the Vicar regarding seasonal liturgical requirements.
• Work with the Vicar to develop the vision and role of music in the life and mission of the church.
• Help the congregation in worship through the choice and delivery of music.
• Advise the Parochial Church Council regarding the appropriate care and maintenance of the
church’s organ.

Essential:

• An excellent and accomplished organist.
• Able to inspire congregational worship and singing.
• Skilled in directing and accompanying a choir of professional singers.
• A good understanding of liturgy, and the role of music within it.
• An ability to work within the Anglo-Catholic liturgical tradition.
• Able to plan organ and choral music appropriate for the liturgical season.
• Able to work effectively with existing professional singers, and collaborate with conductors/
organists where occasionally required.
• Able to book appropriate singers in an effective and timely manner, and to source new and
additional singers where appropriate or required.
• A sensitive, committed, flexible and inspirational leader, and a good communicator.
• Works collaboratively, and is able to co-operate with the Vicar and other officers and members
of the church.
• An understanding of the role of music within the mission of the church.
• Can bring fresh ideas for enhancing the development of the musical life of the parish, including
for those Sundays when the music provision is congregational.
• To be able to play an extensive repertoire of organ voluntaries to a high standard.
• Understanding of, and commitment to, the principles of Safeguarding (and willing to undergo Safeguarding training and to work within the Safeguarding guidance provided by the House of Bishops.

Desirable:

• Has an interest in promoting St Benet’s as a venue for concerts, recitals, other musical events and recordings.
• An interest in/aptitude for involvement in a project for restoring the organ, which is currently at an early stage of fundraising.

It is not essential that the Director of Music is a communicant Anglican or practising Christian, but the successful candidate must be sympathetic to working in support of the mission and ministry of the Church, and respectful of the Anglican Catholic tradition.