OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY
In the effort to renew and coordinate a parish communication strategy in support of renewal, the prime task to be achieved is to tailor the general message about renewal into a compelling personal invitation for each person to enter the renewal. This task is what will make this effort vital, since such a tailoring process needs differentiation between parishes and within the various communities that form a single parish. It will also help pastors to better understand the diversity and complexity of their "audience" and discern the best ways to help each person hear the call of renewal on a personal level and respond.
It is a critically important and exciting challenge.
The Parish Communications Liaison is responsible for accompanying parish communication leaders in creating a narrative, casting a vision, and reaching the masses with tactics concretely anchored in the diocesan mission of renewal, the One. This role is where the rubber meets the road and travels the extra mile to ensure competencies of the renewal saturate each of the pilot parishes’s populations. This role will work directly with pastors and parish leaders to cultivate custom methods of communication that are distinct to the needs of each invidiual parish.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
● Implement the diocesan mission of the One, as the architecture for parish renewal.
● Assess and be able to articulate the needs of each parish community.
● Distill the macro-level communication plan into a micro-level plan that is tailored to the cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic needs of each parish.
● Provide trainings to communication leaders that come from a variety of backgrounds and skillsets.
● Create templates and best practices for other communities to use as parishes rotate through cohorts of renewal.
● Use A.I. as a tool as “we proclaim a hope rooted in the One who came down from heaven to “create a new story here below.” (Magnifica Humanitas, 240)
● Digitally reach members of each parish community who are not engaging on parochial or regional digital properties.
● Create innovative methods of communication to bolster traditional outreach.
● Use latest research to help parish leaders be most effective with digital communications.
● Purvey tools from curial offices to parishes to support faith formation, sacramental frequency, and community engagement.
● Assist each parish in creating brand standards.
● Build and foster relationships with parish leaders from around the diocese.
● Focus on providing Unreasonable Hospitality by optimizing user experience and user interface with digital and in-person encounters.
● Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelors Degree in Communication, Public Relations, Digital Media, or related field.
- Must have project management experience and ability to manage brand standards.
● Excellent communication skills and ability to speak ecclesially, theologically, liturgically, and fluency in the voice of a pastor.
- Actively growing in one’s faith and able to be a witness of Christ through a life of authenticity and integrity as a Roman Catholic in good standing
- Proven expertise on trends, methods, teachings, and research in youth, families, ministry,
communication, and education; interest in continually developing professional knowledge.
- A strong work ethic and desire to exceed client expectations.
- Practicing Catholic in good standing with the Church.
- Solid problem solving and time management skills.
- Enjoys being an active member of a team in a joyful work environment.
- Strong presentation skills. Prior experience as a workshop presenter or instructor preferred.
- Alphabet and Meta profienciency.
- Canva and Microsoft Office/Suite proficient (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and experience utilizing project management software.
- Ability to work in an Apple environment and with video software preferred
- Able to work independently with little supervision and multitask efficiently and effectively, completing work in a timely, accurate and thorough manner
- Great interpersonal skills, with solid decision-making and leadership capabilities and ability to work as a team
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) with superiors, colleagues and
individuals inside and outside the organization
Pay: Up to $75,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 403(b)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- On-site gym
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
