What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Family Life Ministries position at Archdiocese of Newark?
Job Description
Job Description
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Position : Director of Family Life Ministries
Department : Office of Family Life Ministry
Reports To : Secretary for Parish Mission & Vitality
Classification : Exempt
General Description
To develop and implement activities and programs designed to build up the faith life of families and adults in the parish for the purpose of enriching the faith life of the whole parish. To support and promote the Catholic understanding of marriage and family life so that the family may assume its identity and mission in society and in the Church. To assess needs and develop programs; to direct to counselling and referral services; to act as a parish resource in support of families and adults. To strengthen the family, the domestic Church, in faith as well as to meet the challenges of today’s hectic and demanding world.
Specific Duties / Responsibilities
The following specific responsibilities are representative of the duties required in this position. They may be unilaterally but reasonably changed based on the working environment and departmental needs.
General
- Lead, support and supervise the staff members who coordinate and develop the pastoral programs of the Office of Family Life.
- Prepare and oversee annual departmental budget.
- Assure that all programing and work of the Office ‘thinks with the Church’.
- Collaborate and communicate with other Archdiocesan Ministries in support of family, marriage, chastity and healing the wounds of the culture.
Marriage Preparation
Marriage Enrichment
Ministries of Healing
Domestic Violence
Formation
In addition
Qualifications / Skills
Education and / or Experience (Preferred)
Physical Demands
The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This position requires extended periods of sitting, using keyboard and telephone and requiring travel when necessary to promote and support specific ministries of the office.
Monday - Friday, 8 : 45 AM - 4 : 45 PM, with a one-hour unpaid lunch break
35 hours weekly
