Care Coordinator

Highland Park Presbyterian Church • Dallas, TX

17d

About The Position

The Care Department seeks to advance and support the vision through love, relationships and encouragement. The department staff facilitate people’s spiritual formation by directly providing pastoral care and by equipping the ministers of the church (pastors, elders, & deacons) to do the same. The Care Coordinator supports the Care Department and the vision for Highland Park Presbyterian Church primarily through administrative, logistical and program support for the care team.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelors’ Degree from an accredited collegiate/university institution, preferred
• Experience: Prior work (whether paid or in a significant volunteer role) in a church or relevant professional / non-profit setting is preferred. Life experiences with grief, fear, anxiety, confusion, joy, & most of all, hope, are also relevant.
• Knowledge and Skills: Strong communication skills, proficient in MS Office, general computer skills, understands the complexities of grief, strong people skills (empathetic & a good listener)
• Abilities: Physical Abilities – desk and computer work. Oversee the staging of our memorial venues and reception facilities; light event set-up (flowers, preparation of meeting & course materials, occasional shopping trips, etc.)
• Gifts: Administrative Leadership, Mercy, Compassion, Discernment
• Loves Jesus, the people of HP Pres, the city of Dallas and the world
• Affirms and supports ECO (our denomination) Essential Tenets
• Acts as an advocate of the culture and vision of HP Pres
• Commits to and exhibits our Team Culture Values: Deeply abiding in Jesus We > Me Defiant joy in the trenches of ministry

Responsibilities

• Care Ministry Maintain Hub data for our members and guests regarding deaths, births, marriage, prayer requests, and relevant life event details
• General administrative support for Care Dept. pastors with Hub scheduling, food services, purchasing, invoices/billing, communication (Hub, email, & phone)
• Care Ministry event coordination (communications, logistical planning, & event set-up, greeting & hosting, volunteer recruitment & organizing, etc.). [Note: these events sometimes take place on evenings & weekends; supervisor may adjust weekday hours to compensate when/as appropriate in accordance with the guidelines outline in the Personnel Manual.]
• Funerals/Inurnments Scheduling necessary staff, Deacon Service Team volunteers, and contract workers (extra musicians/soloists /choir, valet parking, catering) required for funerals & inurnments.
• Assist pastors and director of congregational care as they work with families to plan & conduct funerals/inurnments by providing administrative support & coordinating logistics.
• Onsite “event management” funerals, inurnments, & receptions by coordinating logistics and managing staff, volunteers, & guests
• Facilitate columbarium sales & associated logistics.
• Columbarium Administration related to Columbarium including communication with covenant partners, application approval and tracking, uploading documents and software management

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time