Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall communications and messaging of the parish and for timely content creation across various channels (digital and print) - cultivating a sense of belonging among parishioners and the broader community through effective storytelling and consistent brand identity.
• Directs message development and planning with the other members of the communications team, offering supervision, support, and effective short and long-term planning.
• Working closely with the Rector and other leadership staff and ministry leaders, the Director will seek to share the programming information and narrate with consistency the stories of parish life, both internally and to the wider Episcopal Church and geographic community.
• This position is responsible for the parish website, all social media usage, and production of all forms of publications, working collaboratively with direct report staff as well as partnering with worship and programming staff.
• The Director position is full time and will include occasional Sundays, special events, holidays and evening work. This is an office-based position for effective collaboration with other church staff. The Director will report to the Senior Associate Rector and will supervise other church staff.
• Leads, in partnership with the parishioner-chair, the Financial Stewardship Ministry Group and its work with the parish’s annual stewardship/giving campaign. This includes creating and implementing a comprehensive communications plan, tracking and collecting relevant data, and coordinating with other ministry areas in the implementation of an effective campaign.
• The Director will increase donations through annual giving, estate bequests and major capital gifts. The Director will lead future capital and endowment efforts as the parish grows its ministries, and the Director and the Rector will make major asks.
• Developing parishioner relationships is a key component of this work, coupled with systematic planning, study of data, and projecting for the future of the parish.
• The building of parish endowments is a significant component of future planning, and the Director’s work will raise the profile of the endowments and increase donations to the endowments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree is required
• prior communications and development experience is prioritized

Preferred

• Knowledge of the Episcopal Church is preferred, although not required.

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Dependent health insurance coverage
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Sabbatical
• Vision insurance