Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY: Pooled Recruitment: By applying to this pool, applicants are not applying for a specific position. By applying, qualified applicants will be considered for Clothless/Nude Art Model appointments that may become available at Southern Oregon University on an as-needed, part-time, and limited-duration basis. The appointment varies in classification, salary, and length.
Applications will be kept on file and qualified applicants contacted by the hiring department for an interview. Applicants may withdraw their application from the pool at any time. This pool may be refreshed annually and interested applicants must reapply for continued consideration.
For inquiries and additional information, please contact Human Resource Services via email at hrs@sou.edu or call 541-552-8553.
Job Family Group: Administrative and Professional
Division/Department: School of Arts & Communication/Creative Arts
Compensation Range (if applicable): $15.45 per hour
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Appointment Basis: Temporary/Limited Duration
Time Type: Part-time
Benefits Eligible: No
This position must possess and maintain a current, valid Driver License: No
This position is designated as a critical, security-sensitive or safety-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a Criminal Background Check: Yes
Lead Work/Supervisory Responsibilities: No
Remote Work Type: On-campus
Visa Sponsorship: This employer will not sponsor applicants for visas.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANT: POSITION DESCRIPTION: Special Instructions to Applicants: - Each applicant is required to provide (as attachments to the online application) the following supplemental documents: (1) a letter providing some detail of the applicant's qualifications and interest in the position; and (2) current resume/CV
- For inquiries and additional information, please contact Human Resource Services via email at hrs@sou.edu or by phone at (541)552-8553.
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Position Summary: This position will be responsible for posing, nude or clothed, for Art and drawing classes. The primary purpose of the Art Model is to provide art students with the opportunity to practice, learn, and improve their perceptive skills and quality of artistic expression inspired by the human body.
Models must be comfortable posing nude in front of a class and be able to take direction from the instructor. Poses can vary in times from quick 10-second poses up to entire class periods.
Minimum Requirements: To be considered for this position you must be at least 18 years of age.
Preferred Requirements: Previous modeling experience at an art institution or university/college
Essential Functions: Duties - The following examples of typical work activities are meant to illustrate the general range of work functions and are not meant to be all-inclusive or restrictive:
(100%) Duties include:
- Poses nude or draped for art courses.
- Researches and performs class fine arts poses.
- Conducts independent research of poses that provide useful information for drawing and painting purposes.
- Receives instruction from professors on specific poses to take for each assignment.
- Maintains specific positions for periods of time required for proper instruction.
- Arrives to the classroom with enough time to prepare for duties.
- Keeps personal appearances presentable and professional.
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities: - Excellent communication skills; ability to effectively communicate information in a clear and understandable manner.
- Ability to work with a high level of productivity and accuracy/attention to detail.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Ability to initiate, establish, and foster communication and teamwork by maintaining a positive, cooperative, productive work atmosphere in and outside the University with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships within a diverse population and with those from various cultural backgrounds.
- Ability to adapt to and work effectively in a heavily bureaucratic environment which requires regular interaction with a number of levels within the organization.
- Working knowledge, or ability to quickly learn, university infrastructure, policies and procedures.
Physical Demand: - Evidence of flexibility to move from one pose to another quickly and sustain energetic poses for one to five minutes.
- Evidence of ability to hold extended poses for twenty-five minutes in length without moving.
- While performing the duties of this position, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, reach, bend, kneel, stoop, twist, crouch, climb, balance, see, talk, hear, and manipulate objects. The position requires some mobility including the ability to move materials, 5 lbs. or less daily and 5-25 lbs. occasionally. This position requires both verbal and written communication abilities.
Special Conditions - Must be willing to travel and attend training programs off-site for occasional professional development.
- Must be able to work additional hours and adjust working hours to meet special jobs. May be called back periodically to perform work as needed on an emergency basis.
- Must be able to successfully pass a pre-employment background check.
- Under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), this position classification is defined as non-exempt and are subject to overtime provisions.
- The person holding this position is considered a "mandated reporter" under the Oregon Revised Statutes and is required to comply with the requirements set forth by the Oregon Department of Human Services.
SOU is an equal access AA/EOE committed to achieving a diverse and inclusive workforce In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Southern Oregon University will provide, if requested, reasonable accommodation to applicants in need of accommodation in order to provide access to the application, interviewing, and selection process. You are not required to note the presence of a disability on this application. If, however, you require a reasonable accommodation in the application and/or interview process due to disability, requests must be made in a timely manner to Human Resources.
Diversity Statement: Southern Oregon University is a welcoming community committed to inclusive excellence and the celebration of diversity. Without diversity, our educational process is diminished. Working together in support of our commitment to diversity, we strengthen and enrich our role as learners, educators and members of a tightly connected global community. We encourage those who share in our commitment to diversity, to join our community and we expect all our employees to demonstrate an ability and desire to create an inclusive campus community.
SOU Land Acknowledgement We want to take this moment to acknowledge that Southern Oregon University is located within the ancestral homelands of the Shasta, Takelma, and Latgawa peoples who lived here since time immemorial. These Tribes were displaced during rapid Euro-American colonization, the Gold Rush, and armed conflict between 1851 and 1856. In the 1850s, discovery of gold and settlement brought thousands of Euro-Americans to their lands, leading to warfare, epidemics, starvation, and villages being burned. In 1853 the first of several treaties were signed, confederating these Tribes and others together - who would then be referred to as the Rogue River Tribe. These treaties ceded most of their homelands to the United States, and in return they were guaranteed a permanent homeland reserved for them. At the end of the Rogue River Wars in 1856, these Tribes and many other Tribes from western Oregon were removed to the Siletz Reservation and the Grand Ronde Reservation. Today, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon ( and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians ( are living descendants of the Takelma, Shasta, and Latgawa peoples of this area. We [you may say I or the name of a program/department] encourage YOU to learn about the land you reside on, and to join us in advocating for the inherent sovereignty of Indigenous people.
Notice to Prospective Employees Section 485 of the Higher Education Act, and The Federal Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990 (now referred to as the "Clery Act"), require that prospective employees be notified of the availability of SOU's Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. The report provides the annual statistics and campus policies for the reporting of and responding to campus crimes and fires; access to campus facilities; conduct code and campus policies on the use, possession, and sale of drugs/alcohol; and educational/information programs to inform the campus community about campus security procedures and crime prevention.
An electronic copy of the Annual Security Report (ASR)can be accessed at the following link:
. A physical copy of the ASR is available at no charge upon request. To request a copy please visit the Campus Public Safety Office at 382 Wightman Street, Ashland OR 97520. For more information call 541-552-6258, or email
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