Catholic Context Manager

Alpha USA

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

Alpha USA exists to equip and serve the Church in its mission to help people discover and develop a relationship with Jesus. Every staff member at Alpha plays a critical role in advancing this mission, contributing to a culture of prayer, hospitality, evangelism, and innovation. The purpose of this role is to serve as the primary relationship manager for partner dioceses, ensuring effective rollout and support of Alpha programs into parishes and schools. This includes providing ongoing support for diocesan staffers, developing strategies for long-term engagement, and innovating Alpha plans to integrate into diocesan structures. The role also involves envisioning and supporting parish ministry leaders, creating pathways for various communities, promoting digital events, and ensuring contextualization for Alpha's trainings in Catholic settings. Additionally, the manager will facilitate webinars, coordinate in-person events, maintain communication with Catholic ministry leaders, utilize Salesforce for data, gather compelling stories, and contribute to the strategic vision of Alpha Catholic, including assisting with donor engagement and fundraising.

Requirements

Practicing Catholic who supports the mission and teachings of the Catholic Church
Bachelor's degree in theology, ministry, or related field
2–5 years of parish ministry experience
Some Travel

Nice To Haves

Experience collaborating with diocesan leadership
Experience implementing Alpha in a parish or diocesan setting
Bilingual in English and Spanish strongly preferred, with experience ministering to Latino community.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary relationship manager for partner diocese, ensuring effective rollout and support of Alpha programs into parishes and schools.
Provide ongoing support for identified diocesan staffers, equipping them through Alpha training to coach and mentor parish leaders.
Develop strategies for long-term diocesan engagement, evaluation, and adaptation to strengthen partnerships over time.
Innovate diocesan Alpha plans to integrate Alpha into diocesan structures and pathways, including training diocesan staff in the Alpha Suite (Alpha Film Series, Alpha Youth, and The Marriage Course).
Envision and support parish ministry leaders to use Alpha as the starting line for missionary discipleship pathways.
Help create pathways for: OCIA, sacramental prep, youth ministry, Catholic schools, Multicultural communities, universities, prisons, workplaces, young adults, fallen-away Catholics, and seminaries.
Promote and facilitate digital parish envision events and webinars.
Ensure contextualization for Alpha’s Explore, 101, Grow trainings for Catholic settings (with training team).
Facilitate regular Catholic digital and online webinars, trainings, and mentoring opportunities (with Catholic coaches) for ministry leaders, especially for partners.
Coordinate Catholic-specific Alpha in person events (e.g., Made for Mission) to help envision and train diocesan and parish leaders.
Collaborate with dioceses and parishes to host regional in person Alpha workshops and trainings.
Ensure Catholic presenters and storytellers for TAC and NTLs with events and training teams.
Maintain calendar and consistent communication with Catholic ministry leaders through monthly updates, newsletters, and upcoming events (online & in person).
Create ongoing communication & practical support for Diocesan partner leaders and parish staff implementing Alpha.
Utilized Salesforce for Catholic team data needs.
Identify, gather, and share compelling Catholic Alpha stories to inspire leaders and showcase impact.
Contribute to the strategic vision of Alpha Catholic by evaluating opportunities for growth and recommending innovative approaches for Catholic outreach.
Assist the National Director with donor engagement, fundraising initiatives, and advisory board development.