Event and Volunteer Coordinator

Job Description

Event & Volunteer Coordinator
Office of Young Adult & College Campus Ministry (YACCM)

Location: Catholic Center- Downtown Indianapolis

The Event & Volunteer Coordinator (E&VC) commits to forming lifelong missionary disciples of Jesus Christ within the Archdiocese of Indianapolis by establishing intentional relationships with young adults (18-39) and equipping them for mission. This position has ownership for the vision and execution of the major community-building events for Indy Catholic, including Theology on Tap, Intramural sports, and First Friday Adoration. In addition, the E&VC will develop leaders through continuing to build the volunteer management system. This position is highly collaborative and requires excellent teamwork skills.

Responsibilities:
• Live a life of prayer, especially through scheduled daily prayer, daily mass, and frequenting confession.
• Lead all community-building events for Indy Catholic programming, creating essential space to evangelize
young adults in the Indy metro area:
o Serve as the event lead for Theology on Tap, Intramural sports, and First Friday Adoration. This includes
small and large-scale events and engages over 1000+ young adults per year.
o Oversee and manage vendors, building relationships with local parishes, venues, and volunteers
o Manage logistical needs of events (registration/ticketing, promotion, set-up, timeline, tear-down)
o Write after-action reports, evaluating success of programming objectives and outcomes
o Help build repeatable processes, templates, and best practices for Indy Catholic to create sustainability.
• In collaboration with the YACCM team, contribute to the development of strategic plans, goals, and objectives
for Indy Catholic, ensuring alignment with the vision of YACCM
• Develop young adult leaders through management of a volunteer system:
o Share the mission and vision of Indy Catholic with volunteers, creating buy-in
o Recruit, form, and manage a volunteer team for seasonal events. This includes Theology on Tap,
Intramural bowling, Intramural volleyball, and First Friday adoration.
o Communicate regularly with the team to provide logistics, ongoing feedback, and direction for
volunteer roles.
• Drive communication and marketing for Indy Catholic to creatively share the Gospel in our parishes and the
digital space:
o Lead website development for indycatholic.org, including roadmap, design, and maintenance
o Promote role-related events via email and social media through Indy Catholic accounts.
• Represent the Archdiocese at national, regional, and local gatherings for young adult ministry.
• Communicate with other diocesan offices to fulfill YACCM's mission and priorities.
• Fulfill the duties of the office, including attendance at all team meetings, weekly one-on-one's with the
Director, and Department-wide meetings and events.
• Other duties as necessary to ensure efficient functioning of YACCM.

Skills, knowledge, and/or abilities:
• Excellent organization and planning skills
• Confidence in decision-making, able to take responsibility for an area
• Comfort in presenting to a large-group and confidence in public speaking
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to communicate with a high level of professionalism
• Ability to handle multiple projects and priorities simultaneously
• Is self motivated and diligent, consistently looks for the next-step or opportunity without prompting
• Shares credit, emphasizes the team over self, and defines success collectively rather than individually
• Is interpersonally appropriate and aware, has good judgement and intuition and understands the impact of
their words and actions
• Has a creative and relevant understanding of communicating the Gospel to the young Church
• Willingness to foster the church's mission

Education, training, and/or experience:
• Has previous professional pastoral ministry experience with young adults in a parish or campus setting
• Has training from a pastoral or evangelical organization in the Church and/or a Bachelor's degree in a related
field
• Project management experience
• Volunteer management experience preferred
• Is a practicing and faithful Catholic in good standing, with a theological and ministerial perspective consistent
with current Church documents
• Must be able to understand and to comply with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis Code of Conduct
• Must be able to successfully complete the Archdiocese of Indianapolis Child Safety Training
• Background screening required
• Valid driver's license required

Working Environment
• This is an onsite role at the Catholic Center working Monday - Thursday
• Frequent evening and weekend work based on business need
• Provides own transportation and is reimbursed for travel according to the archdiocesan norms
• Must be able to maneuver equipment and ministry supplies through ministry settings, ensuring proper set-up
for events

Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to Meagan Morrisey, Director of Young Adult &
College Campus Ministry, at mmorrisey@archindy.org.

About the Employer

The Office of Young Adult & College Campus Ministry exists to lead all young adults (18-39) in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis into relationship with Jesus Christ and to equip them to become lifelong, missionary disciples. We assist our parishes and campuses in the mission of the Church to make disciples through inspiration, training, and direct ministry support.