Associate Youth and Pastoral Advocate

Job Description

St. Michael, Richmond seeks a qualified individual to work as part of a team in both Youth Ministry and Pastoral Services.

Basic Description of Responsibilities Throughout the Year - Youth Ministry:
• Assist with planning, organization, communication, and execution of high school youth nights (Life Teen), special events, Confirmation prep, and other special projects and initiatives within youth ministry
• Share in the responsibilities of youth ministry office management and communications with parents, teens, parish, staff, phone/e-mail/social media
• Assisting with Life Nights as needed in the areas of preparation, theme, set up, execution, and clean up. This position will also be exposed to working with teens in a small group setting at Life Nights
• Assist with marketing and promoting of youth ministry events with fresh ideas and clean designs
• Serve as primary liaison for young adult ministry and activities
• Assist with the ongoing fundraising efforts and come up with innovative ways to continue to connect our youth ministry movement with our donors and supporters

Basic Description of Responsibilities Throughout the Year - Pastoral Services:
• Support Coordinator of Pastoral Services in general needs in areas of Pastoral Care, Human Concerns, and Parish Life in planning, communication, organization, as well as execution of specific meetings, events, etc.
• Weekly ministry communication needs for Flocknote, Spoken Announcements, and Bulletin and the communication/organization involved in those preparations
• Provides direct and prompt support to ministry coordinator requests and needs
• Main point of contact and support when Coordinator of Pastoral Services and Pastoral Associate are in meetings or offsite, etc., for incoming needs, especially those of coordinators, calendaring, Pastoral Care, events, etc.
• Support in wedding, funeral, and other Pastoral Care needs such as schedules, funeral records and reception signups, etc.
• Pastoral Services digital content and media updates and needs for Pastoral Care, Human Concerns, and Parish Life
• Serves as point of contact and supports special projects and quarterly/annual events for the parish and Knights of Columbus
• Key support in brainstorming and execution of department and ministry overlap and networking for various events and regular ministry happenings

An exceptional candidate will possess a solid prayer life and relationship with the Lord. He/she should have some idea of the life, habits, and culture of Gen Z and possess a burning desire to lead young people close to Christ and His Church, as well as toward active involvement in their parish community, while also fostering a larger parish culture which supports and embraces young people. Compassion and empathy should be evident, as the candidate could be involved in pastoral care situations, with funeral planning, wedding details, ministry needs, etc. The candidate should have fantastic organizational skills, be a pro-active/self-starter "idea" person, who enjoys collaborating with their team, while identifying and anticipating upcoming needs, exemplifies strong computer skills (Word, Excel, Canva, Publisher, Outlook, Windows), and the ability to communicate effectively with other staff, parents, teens, ministry coordinators, and others who contact the Youth Ministry Team and Pastoral Team.

This is a 35 hour/week non-exempt position, eligible for full benefits according to Diocese of Richmond guidelines. Position reports to Parish Youth Advocate and Coordinator of Pastoral Services.

Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume by e-mail to Mike Horvath: mhorvath@saint-mikes.org

About the Employer

St. Michael is a Catholic parish in the West End of Richmond, Virginia. With 2,800 registered families, we are a mid-sized, active, faith community. In addition to the dozens of ministries at St. Michael, we support a Life Teen movement with approximately 120 teens in grades 9-12. Our mission statement summary is "to be the presence of Christ." For more information about our parish, visit www.saint-mikes.org