Parish Coordinator of Catechesis

The Parish Coordinator of Catechesis is under the direct supervision of the Pastor and in accordance with established policies and procedures, is responsible for religious education, utilizing in-depth knowledge of diocesan operations, procedures, and personnel. This is a 15-hour per week position with hours adjusted with the Pastor’s approval according to Catechism activities and office schedule. Some evening and weekend work is required.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION

Certification in theology or other related educational experience preferred or experience in religious education or working with youth or three to five years’ experience in Catholic catechist/teaching and administrative work.

EXPERIENCE

Must have three to five years’ experience of Catholic catechist/teaching and one year of administrative experience. Must have good leadership skills, an active faith life, ability to work collaboratively with others, experience in areas of responsibility in ministry and have previous experience in developing and administering programs to meet assessed needs.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Must be proficient verbally and in writing in both, Spanish and English. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations relating to the position. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here 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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and climb stairs. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to (10) pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to (25) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

OTHER:

Must be a fully initiated active Catholic in good standing. Demonstrated ability to set priorities and organize work effectively and efficiently, ability to compose correspondence, minutes, and/or reports. Ability to represent the parish well to others. Is dependable and responsible in carrying out duties and responsibilities and meeting deadlines. Ability to work with and coordinate activities with staff and volunteers.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

GENERAL DUTIES

• In coordination with Pastor, responsible for developing and creating the catechetical needs for the parish.
• Responsible for preparing, and maintaining an annual budget in accordance with diocesan/parish policies
• Responsible for overseeing recordkeeping of catechetical programs for (specific group) and certifications
• Meets regularly with parish council and Pastor to plan and coordinate parish programs
• Must have an understanding of and ability to use collaborative management skills
• Ongoing continuing education in the area of catechesis through diocesan and other workshops
• Recruits and provides formation for catechists including recommendations of certification
• From lists of approved text offered by Office of Evangelization and Catechesis responsible for selecting materials for the program
• Manages the Protecting God’s child program and all documentation to comply with Diocesan policy.

Assumes and/or performs additional related duties as requested and assigned by the pastor.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has the responsibility of overseeing volunteers as needed in the programs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, typical of an office with computers and printers.