Professional Expert, Temporary Pool - Studio Music Specialist

Professional Expert, Temporary Pool - Studio Music Specialist

Salary

$60.00 Hourly

Location

Main Campus, 2277 Napa-Vallejo Hwy., Napa, CA

Job Type

Temporary, Hourly

Job Number

2026-00011

Department

Music

Opening Date

05/14/2026

• Description
• Benefits

DESCRIPTION

This is a pool of applicants for Professional Expert, temporary positions for the Studio Music Specialists (SMS) at Napa Valley College. Applications submitted to this temporary pool will be screened by the Department of Human Resources for minimum qualifications. These temporary positions are at-will employment.

Rate: $60.00/hour

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Individual coaching meetings with students on specific expertise instrument.
• Assessing individual student improvement and provide feedback to students and instructor.
• Involvement in the required final juried evaluation of the students.
• Possible involvement in the auditioning process for the students in the course.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Educational: Bachelors degree in music

• Expertise in specific instrument:

• Brass: Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Euphonium, Tuba

• Percussion: Tuned and keyboard, Piano

• Strings: Guitar, Violin, Viola, Cello, String Bass

• Voice

• Woodwinds: Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, English horn, Bassoon

• Experience in music education

• Experience as a professional performer

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Guidelines for Hiring a Short-Term Hourly Employee:

• Short-term employee is any person who is employed to perform a service for the District, upon the completion of which, the service required or similar services will not be extended or needed on a continuous basis. May be employed to perform work at a one-time event that occurs on an irregular basis. Employment shall not result in the displacement of Classified personnel (EC§88003).
• May not exceed 195 working days within the fiscal year. This is to be a cumulative figure, the sum being the combined days worked in all departments. Hiring manager must monitor and ensure employee does not work beyond 195 days regardless of hours worked in a day.
• Limited to 19 hours per week.
• At-will, no entitlement rights to any position in the District, and not benefits eligible.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

A. Applicants must complete the online application through SchoolJobs.com. All elements of the application must be submitted in order for the application to be considered complete.

B. Applicants must attach the following to complete the application process:

• Current comprehensive resume (please do not include personal links to social media accounts or blogs, or list of references on your resume)

It is important that your application reflect all of your relevant education and experience. Please note that your resume does not take the place of completing the "Work Experience" section of the application. Applications will be rejected if no work experience is listed, or if other required application fields are missing or incomplete.

It is the applicants responsibility to ensure that all required application materials are completed and properly uploaded into the system. Only complete applications will be forwarded to the selection committee for further review. An application is only considered complete if all items above are uploaded.

Please do not submit material not requested. Application materials submitted become the property of Napa Valley College and the Department of Human Resources cannot copy, return, or transfer materials to other positions.

The District will not accept materials by e-mail, fax, or mail.

SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS: If you are in need of special services or facilities due to a disability in order to apply or interview for this opening, please contact the Department of Human Resources.

Napa Valley College, an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, maintains a drug-free workplace and requires that employees abide by that policy.

For more information, contact the Department of Human Resources:

2277 Napa-Vallejo Highway

Napa, CA 94558

(707) 256-7100

jobline@napavalley.edu

For technical support, contact NEOGOV/NEOED at (855) 524-5627.

The salaried employees in the following classifications are eligible for district-sponsored health benefits:

• Administrative/Confidential Staff
• Full-Time, Temporary, Grant-Funded Faculty on an Academic Year Contract
• Probationary and Regular Classified Staff
• Salaried Professional Employees
• Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty

Contact the Department of Human Resources at (707) 256-7100 for specific information regarding these benefits.

Employer Napa Valley College

Address 2277 Napa-Vallejo Highway

Napa, California, 94558

Phone (707) 256-7100

Website http://www.napavalley.edu