The European Choral Association are looking for an Assistant for their new Regional Development Strategy and for data collection.
The European Choral Association is a network of organisations, choirs and individuals in the field of collective singing in Europe. Through their membership, they represent more than 2.5 million singers, vocal leaders/conductors, creators/composers, educators/teachers and managers in over 40 European countries, and reach more than 37 million people across the whole of Europe.
ECA are about to start a new project called ‘IGNiting an Inclusive and sustainable future for collective singing Throughout Europe’. Part of this project is a regional development strategy that also includes some data collection efforts in countries that were not sufficiently covered in a ECA’s previous Singing Europe Study.
Through its new regional development strategy, the network plans to grow its membership with a focus on the regions which are currently:
- Underrepresented, such as in parts of Central and Eastern Europe, by attending events in the region o meeting local people involved in collective singing activities and learning about their work, challenges and wishes.
- Presenting the European Choral Association and its activities.
- Offering information about other organisations, events, and activities in Europe.
- Creating links between the local choral world and the European Choral Association.
- Offering help in the potential creation of a choir or conductors’ association.
- Mapping the choral landscape, collecting statistics where possible.
- Finding possible potential new members to help grow the networks of the European Choral Association and the Friends of Choral Music in Europe (Friends of the European Choral Association from 2022).
ECA are creating a new 50% position to this end, aimed at professionals with good language skills and some experience with different cultures, especially in Central and Eastern Europe, to start work in late January 2022 (exact date to be defined in agreement with the successful applicant).
Remuneration is either by contract according to the German TVÖD system (50% of TVÖD level 9a1 initially, if applicant lives in Germany / would like to move to Germany – this would represent a gross brut salary of around €1859.70) or on a freelance basis with a total 3 year budget of €72,000 to cover the fee as well as travel and other expenses.
The successful candidate will work partly working from home, partly in the association’s offices in the city of Bonn, Germany (central location), or else work remotely from home with occasional physical meetings.
