Coordinator of Parish Life

Department: Evangelization  

Supervisors: Director of Evangelization & Family Ministry and Pastor

Purpose and Scope:

The Coordinator of Parish Life serves as a key leader in promoting evangelization and building a vibrant, connected parish community. This role provides strategic support to parish ministries, leads parish-wide events, supports external outreach, and manages volunteer engagement. The ideal candidate is a passionate disciple of Jesus Christ with excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions:

Coordination of Ministries

· Supports ministry leaders to grow in effectiveness, particularly in the area of evangelization, while helping to reduce administrative or logistical burdens

· Coordinates efforts to manage the administration of ministries, religious organizations and movements in the parish (succession plans, by-laws, etc.) 

· Provides an annual spiritual retreat for ministry leaders 

· Coordinates quarterly ministry leadership gatherings to include leadership and other training

· Main point of contact for ministry leaders, especially those without assigned staff liaisons 

· Builds and fosters relationships with ministry leaders and ministries

Coordination of Volunteers

· Collaborates with ministry leaders to ensure volunteer requirements including:

o Maintaining a parish-wide volunteer handbook

o Keeping an up-to-date volunteer database

o Clarifying roles and responsibilities for volunteers

o Supporting recruitment, onboarding, and training

o Ensuring compliance with Safe Environment, food handling, and driving requirements

· Works with SET Coordinator and Evangelization staff to ensure children and youth programs are up to date with Safe Environment courses

· Collaborates with the Coordinator of Communication and Parishioner Engagement to maintain the parish database, website, and ministry list

Parish Life Events 

· With an emphasis on evangelization and community-building, oversees parish events including, but not limited to: 

o Parish Picnic

o Volunteer Appreciation Dinner

o All Saints Trunk-or-Treat

o Parish Expo

o Night of Nativities

o Speaker events

o Parish Game Nights / Movie Nights

· Coordinates internal staff events and celebrations, including birthdays, team-building days, and retreats

· Collaborates with the Director of Evangelization to develop and implement events for families, seniors, and other targeted groups.

External Evangelization and Community Outreach 

· Develops, implements, and oversees ministry for street evangelization 

· Builds and supports ministry teams to lead key outreach and service efforts, including, but not limited to:

o Parish Center Kitchen Ministry

o Blood drives

o Easter Basket drive

o Community Easter Parade

o Christmas Shoppe

o Parish-wide service projects

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Exercises independent and competent judgment in making decisions relating to job responsibilities
• Possesses strong organizational and administrative skills
• Attention to detail and the ability to multi-task
• Proficiency in MS Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Maintain standards of confidentiality
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team

Minimum Qualifications:

• Active member of a Roman Catholic parish/faith community in good standing with the Church

· Demonstrates a strong personal faith through regular participation in the sacraments and a commitment to spiritual growth

· Willing and able to support the mission of the Church, the Pastor, and the Diocese of Phoenix

· Possesses strong knowledge of Catholic teaching and practice

· Education: Minimum requirement of a bachelor’s degree in a field related to Catholic Theology/Catechesis/Formation/Ministry

· Experience: Minimum four years’ experience in increasingly responsible ministry positions.

• Weekly work schedule (approx. 40 hours) consists of mostly weekdays, however some weekends and evenings will be required
• Maintains strong relationships with pastor, parish staff, catechists, ministries, and the parish community

Work Environment:

· This job operates in a professional office environment. 

· This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands:

· This is largely a sedentary role; however, some overnight travel may be necessary. Additionally, some filing is required, and this would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand, as necessary.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change.