What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Youth & Pastoral Advocate position at ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF RICHMOND?
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