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Marketing and Communications Coordinator: Life-Giving Wounds Ministry

Life-Giving Wounds Mission: To help young adults and adults with divorced or separated parents understand their wounds, give voice to their pain, and find deep transformative healing through Catholic peer-led retreat ministries and support groups, online ministry and outreach, print and digital resources, promotion of effective psychological care in congruence with Catholic teaching, and other creative means.

Job Summary: Life-Giving Wounds is seeking a dynamic individual to become our Marketing and Communications Coordinator, a paid, part-time contractor role (20-25 hours/week), with possibility of growth into a full-time employee position. This position offers an exciting opportunity to spearhead promotional efforts of our rapidly-growing international apostolate. The successful candidate will be a team player who is highly-organized, self-motivated, and an excellent communicator with a passion to share the mission and message of Life-Giving Wounds across a variety of platforms, in collaboration with the Life-Giving Wounds core team and under the direction of Dr. Daniel Meola, executive director.

Responsibilities:

• Create and implement an ongoing communications and marketing strategy for Life-Giving Wounds, including social media, email marketing, SEO, tracked ads, and so forth.
• Assist with marketing and outreach for our Life-Giving Wounds chapters, including doing strategy sessions with them.
• Manage, update, and optimize the Life-Giving Wounds website, Salesforce CRM, and marketing systems.
• Report on analytics to measure success.
• Recruit and manage volunteers to assist with targeted aspects of communications and marketing.
• Assist with donor and sponsor communications.

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, preferred in marketing, communications, computer science, digital media, or the like.
• 2+ relevant years of experience.

Qualifications and Essential Skills:

• Demonstrate a passion and understanding of the mission of Life-Giving Wounds and our foundation of Catholic faith, and uphold that mission and faith in all activities and interactions.
• A combination of the following skills:
  • Proficiency in Squarespace, Mailchimp or similar email marketing software, social media platforms such as Facebook or Instagram
  • Working knowledge of Javascript, HTML5, CSS, UI/UX design
  • Some experience with APIs, custom integration development for ads, SEO principles, and Google Analytics
  • Basic Adobe Photoshop and Canva skills
  • Familiarity with Salesforce CRM is a plus, but not required
• Effective and timely interpersonal communication with team members and other LGW stakeholders (alumni, prospective attendees, etc.).
• Flexible, open to direction, and ability to be innovative and creative.
• Strong writing skills.
• Ownership mentality towards goals and exceptional attention to details.
• Proven experience in productively working remotely.

Work Requirements and Location:

• Fully remote or hybrid position.
• If local to Clinton, MD, expectation of weekly in-person meetings.
• Regardless of location, expectation of availability for consistent check-ins during east coast working hours.

Hours and Compensation:

• Part-time position: 20-25 hours per week, scheduled at contractor’s discretion with employer’s knowledge; possibility of growth into a full-time position with benefits.
• $25-35 / hour, based on experience, paid monthly after submission of time sheet.

Note: this is currently a 1099 contractor role without tax implications for the employer or benefits provided for the contractor.

Life Giving Wounds is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or authorized to work in the United States.

Pastoral Associate - St. Louis Catholic Church, Pittsford, NY (Full-Time)

Primary Function:

This individual should be a strong collaborator in working with the pastor, staff, and parishioners in implementing the pastoral vision of the parish. This is accomplished by participating in the comprehensive planning, implementation and evaluation of the parish’s goals and objectives, with particular focus on the Pastoral Associate’s areas of responsibility.

Pastoral Responsibilities:

1. Oversees Associate for Parish Life and Communication and Parishioner Relations Associate with Parish Calendar, Pastoral Visits, Communions Services, and collaboration on Parish activities.
2. Field Pastoral calls and emails related to Parish Life, canon law, and Theology questions from Parishioners, directing them to the Pastor when necessary.
3. Assist the Pastor in writing parish communications.
4. Understand the Funeral process to assist the Pastoral Associate for Liturgy and Music when necessary.

Baptisms and Weddings:

1. Schedule Baptisms, coordinate with new baptism families, update baptismal records, and other tasks associated with Baptisms.
2. Schedule Weddings, coordinate with new wedding couples, assist priests with wedding files, run wedding rehearsal and serve as the wedding coordinator for wedding days. Update Wedding records and assist with other tasks associated with Weddings and Convalidations.
3. Collaborate with the committee in providing Pre-Cana marriage preparation once a year for engaged couples

OCIA:

1. Communicate with all prospective Catholics, answering their questions and connecting them with a Priest or Deacon when needed.
2. Oversee all registrations to the OCIA class and collect all needed documentation.
3. Oversee OCIA class schedule and coordinate all OCIA rites with the clergy.

Other Duties:

1. Collaborate with the Stewardship Committee and associated events
2. Coordinate Adult Faith Formation opportunities in conjunction with other committees
3. Attend all parish ministerial staff meetings
4. Attend other parish and council meetings as requested
5. Additional responsibilities may be assigned as they arise

Other Duties May Also Include/Support

Bulletin:

1. Receive and screen articles for Bulletin.
2. Create a draft for the Weekly Parish Bulletin and send it out to staff on Fridays for review.
3. Produce the final draft of the bulletin and transmit it by 1:00 pm on Tuesdays.
4. Communicate with staff regarding all early transmission dates and create a calendar of who will write the cover article.
5. Twice a year, create a parish Newsletter highlighting all the wonderful activities of the Parish and School.

CASE:

1. Maintain the CASE database.
2. Process paperwork and background checks for all new volunteers.
3. Communicate with ministry leaders when volunteers are out of compliance and need to renew their CASE training.
4. Complete the yearly CASE report for the Diocese.

Qualifications:

1. Applicant should be certified/degree in Pastoral Studies, but preferably have a master’s degree in Theology or Pastoral Ministry. Prior experience in a parish setting preferred. Willingness to further his/her education as required.
2. Active and practicing member of a Roman Catholic Community.
3. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with persons in institutional and difficult situations.
4. Must possess organizational and management skills and ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
5. Successful completion of a background check and Sage and Sacred training.

Pay Range: $35,000 to $45,000 yearly commensurate with experience and education.

If interested, send resume and cover letter to Laurie Martin, Director of Finance & Administration, St. Louis Church, 585-586-5675 laurie.martin@dor.org.