Music Instructor, Technology

GPRC

Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC) is a comprehensive community institution, established in 1966 in Grande Prairie, and our stewardship region includes campuses in Fairview and Grande Prairie, as well as learning centres in Edson, Grande Cache, Hinton and Jasper. GPRC offers a wide variety of credit and non-credit career certificates and diplomas, pre-employment and apprenticeship trades, university transfer studies, and several opportunities for on-campus degree completion through collaborations with four-year universities. As an educational facility in northwestern Alberta, GPRC helps meet the cultural, recreational, athletic and conferencing needs of the region in partnership with community and regional stakeholders. GPRC is dedicated to providing learners with access to high quality and diverse lifelong learning opportunities, and to the responsible educational, fiscal and environmental stewardship of resources.

The Role

The Fine Arts Department is looking for a part-time sessional instructor to instruct Music Technology I remotely for the Fall 2021 term. Part-time sessional appointments are contingent on sufficient enrolment.

What We Offer

GPRC offers lifelong learning opportunities through professional development/wellness programs, a competitive salary and compensation package and a student centered culture that is vital to our community. Join our team, grow with us and connect your skills and abilities to our vision, mission and values.

Job Requirements

Candidates must hold a Masters in Recording Engineering, Music Technology or a related field with 5 years of experience teaching undergraduate courses in Music Technology. The candidate must have an excellent grasp of acoustics and psychoacoustics, recording arts, DAWs, sound synthesis, digital signal processing and MIDI arranging. They should also have an excellent knowledge of recording different styles of music including: rock, jazz, folk, classical and electronic music. Theoretical knowledge such as listening aesthetics, electroaccoustic ear training, deep listening or other aesthetic approaches to audio, would be an asset.

Necessary skills and attributes to be successful in this role include:

• knowledge of design and development of undergraduate recording arts courses
• knowlege of GPRC courses and current educational technologies commonly found in the classroom (e.g., videoconferencing, Moodle);
• proficiency in Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook;
• student focused;
• strong organizational skills;
• excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• ability to build strong relationships across the organization; and
• a high level of integrity, professionalism and accountability.

How to Apply

Only applications received electronically will be considered. To apply, go to http://www.gprc.ab.ca/careers and select the job posting.

We review all applications to select candidates whose qualifications and experience most closely meet our needs.

Only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted. For general inquiries, please contact HR at humanresources@gprc.ab.ca.

Thank you for applying to GPRC!