Temporary Support Staff, Ravinia Lawndale Programs

Company Description

Ravinia is both North America’s longest-running 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 75,000 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

The Temporary Support Staff (TSS) position for the Ravinia Lawndale Programs will provide on-site logistical and administrative assistance for the Sistema Ravinia Lawndale Nucleo and the Ravinia Lawndale Family Music School.  The TSS will also provide support for events, family communication and materials/supplies inventory and organization.  Additional projects and responsibilities will be assigned as needed.  The projects, work and hours are contingent upon program needs and may shift.  The TSS will work under the supervision of the Ravinia Lawndale Program Manager.  

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Sistema Ravinia Lawndale (~20 hrs per week)
• Be on-site: assist with print requests, purchase requests, parent phone calls, setups/take downs, ensuring rooms are unlocked and have necessary supplies, instrument switches/inventory updates, take note of any concerning student behavior to report to PM/AM.
• Assist with weekly transportation needs, including bus scheduling and loading
• Set-ups, material/supply inventory on site
• Family Calls
• Schedule text reminders via Remind
• Event assistance

Ravinia Lawndale Family Music School (~5 hours per week)

• Schedule text reminders via Remind
• Student phone calls
• Roster updates
• On-site assistance as scheduled with PM on some Saturdays 
• Event assistance
   

Qualifications

Knowledge and Skills Required

• Superior interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate with people from diverse backgrounds
• Detail oriented with strong organizational abilities
• Experience working with computers and data entry (Google platform experience preferred)
• Physical labor required; ability to move chairs, instruments, and supplies between locations and floors
• Willingness to learn and support
• A car is required to drive between program and event locations

Education and Experience

• Two to three years related work experience preferred
• Experience and desire to work with children and adults from diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds 
• Access to reliable transportation to move instruments and supplies and to travel between multiple program sites and events 
   

Additional Information

Work Environment

• Work at schools (Frazier and Gregory elementaries) and park district locations (Douglass, Homan Square, Franklin)  in the Lawndale and Austin communities  
• General hours and key dates listed below, schedules may change based on program needs 
• Physical labor required; ability to move chairs, instruments, and supplies between locations and floors

Weekly Hours:

• Monday, 12:30 - 5:30pm, Gregory Elementary 
• Tuesday, 12:30 - 5:30pm, Frazier International Magnet
• Wednesday, 11:30 - 4:30pm, Gregory Elementary
• Thursday, 12:30 - 5:30pm, Gregory Elementary

Key Dates & Event Support (required)

• Wednesday, 12/4, 11:30am - 6:00pm, Winter Concert Dress Rehearsal at the Kehrein Center for the Arts
• Tuesday, 12/10, 12:30 - 7:00pm, Winter Concert at the Kehrein Center for the Arts
• Thursday, 12/12, 1:00 - 8:00pm, Winter Recital at Douglass Park 
• Friday, 12/13, 10:00am - 3:00pm, Recital Prep at Douglass Park 
• Saturday, 12/14, 9:00am - 1:30pm, Winter Recital at Douglass Park 

Additional Details:

• Compensation: $20.00 per hour, average of 25 hours per week
• Job Period:  Immedi