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Is God calling you to renew his Church by strengthening marriage and the family?

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Communio is the nation’s only nonprofit ministry that equips local churches with proven strategies and outreach services to strengthen marriages and relationships within their memberships. Communio then helps churches use this new ministry as a form of outreach and evangelism to grow the church and transform their community.

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Title: Church Strategist (Evangelical)
Reports to: VP of Church Strategies
Location: Virtual Office

JOB SUMMARY: The future of the world and of the Church passes through the family. Communio is dedicated to equipping churches to solve our nation’s faith and family crisis and make disciples of Jesus by strengthening marriages and relationships. The Church Strategist is responsible for helping churches design and implement Communio’s proven ministry model, a Data-Informed, Full-Circle Relationship Ministry®, by providing consultative support and outreach services. This includes helping churches build a comprehensive ministry strategy that provides vision, skills, and community for people at each stage of romantic life – single, engaged, and married – and then using that new ministry as a form of outreach and evangelism to grow the church and transform marriage and relationship health of their members and the surrounding community.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Manage a portfolio of 20 churches and provide ministry training, consultation, and outreach services to build out a Full-Circle Relationship Ministry®. This includes:
    • Equipping churches to launch Relationship Health Assessments (mobile survey) of attendees Sunday Services to understand the relationship health of the church.
    • Consulting with church to set their own Mission Outcomes (goals) and Mission Activities (a strategy) to solve for needs uncovered in the data.
    • Consulting with churches on operationalizing their own Ministry Engagement Ladder® – an ongoing sequence of community-oriented Outreach Events (2-3 per year), Ongoing Engagements (6-8 per year), and Growth Journeys (2-3 tracks per year).
    • Providing Communio’s outreach services to help the church run effective outreach campaigns into their surrounding community with invitations to Outreach Events (the first rung of the engagement ladder).
  • Provide ongoing training and coaching around Communio’s growth strategies, principles, and methodology so the church can best plan, track, and execute their events to achieve their stated Mission Outcomes and Activities. That includes:
    • Manage line of clear communication (consultative emails, calls, etc) with dedicated church staffer to ensure the church has clear action items and an understanding of progress towards their goals.
    • Have strong knowledge of Communio’s Learning Management System (LMS), resources, and tools to provide effective ongoing coaching and mentorship.  

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

  • Bachelor’s degree in community relations, communications, ministry, or related field; and/or 2 years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience in community relations, church ministry, organizational networking, or related environments.
  • 5-7 years’ leadership experience working in church life (staff member, ministry leader, etc.) and/or ministry, preferably in the areas of event planning and coordinating, marketing and communication, and/or evangelism and outreach.
  • Demonstrated ability and confidence to coach and motivate pastors and church staff to action, offer feedback and guidance, and clear next steps.  
  • Highly organized with ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions and recommendations for churches to act on as they implement Communio’s model.
  • Participate in relevant events and convenings marriage and family life ministers to understand current trends marriage ministry and seek opportunities for collaboration and identify potential clients.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to speak publicly in meetings and trainings.
  • Proficiency in Windows and Office applications required (Mac and OS applications too).
  • Ability to conduct ongoing correspondence through various modes of communication with growing and ever-changing networks.
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions on cultural marriage, family, and relationship issues.
  • Ability to work ecumenically with all denominations and Christian-based organizations.
  • Initiative to be flexible, learn quickly, and grow rapidly in midst of dynamic, growing movement.
  • Willing and able to travel

Title: Church Strategist (Catholic)
Reports to: VP of Church Strategies
Location: Virtual Office

JOB SUMMARY: John Paul II tells us the future of the world and of the Church passes through the family (Familiaris Consortio, 75). Communio is dedicated to equipping churches to solve our nation’s faith and family crisis and make disciples of Jesus by strengthening marriages and relationships. The Church Strategist is responsible for helping parishes design and implement Communio’s proven ministry model, a Data-Informed, Full-Circle Relationship Ministry®, by providing consultative support and outreach services. This includes helping parishes build a comprehensive ministry strategy that provides vision, skills, and community for people at each stage of romantic life – single, engaged, and married – and then using that new ministry as a form of outreach and evangelization to grow the parish and transform marriage and relationship health of their members and the surrounding community.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Manage a portfolio of 20 parishes and provide ministry training, consultation, and outreach services to build out a Full-Circle Relationship Ministry®. This includes:
    • Equipping parishes to launch Relationship Health Assessments (mobile survey) of attendees at Vigil and Sunday Masses to understand the relationship health of the parish.
    • Consulting with parishes to set their own Mission Outcomes (goals) and Mission Activities (a strategy) to solve for needs uncovered in the data.
    • Consulting with parishes on operationalizing their own Ministry Engagement Ladder® – an ongoing sequence of community-oriented Outreach Events (2-3 per year), Ongoing Engagements (6-8 per year), and Growth Journeys (2-3 tracks per year).
    • Providing Communio’s outreach services to help the parish run effective outreach campaigns into their surrounding community with invitations to Outreach Events (the first rung of the engagement ladder).
  • Provide ongoing training and coaching around Communio’s growth strategies, principles, and methodology so the parish can best plan, track, and execute their events to achieve their stated Mission Outcomes and Activities. That includes:
    • Manage line of clear communication (consultative emails, calls, etc) with dedicated parish staffer to ensure the church has clear action items and an understanding of progress towards their goals.
    • Have strong knowledge of Communio’s Learning Management System (LMS), resources, and tools to provide effective ongoing coaching and mentorship.  

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

  • Bachelor’s degree in community relations, communications, pastoral ministries, or related field; and/or 2 years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience in community relations, church ministry, organizational networking, or related environments.
  • 5-7 years’ leadership experience working in parish life (staff member, council participant, etc.) and/or ministry, preferably in the areas of event planning and coordinating, marketing and communication, and/or evangelizaion and outreach.
  • Demonstrated ability and confidence to coach and motivate pastors and parish staff to action, offer feedback and guidance, and clear next steps.  
  • Highly organized with ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions and recommendations for parishes to act on as they implement Communio’s model.
  • Participate in relevant events and convenings of pastoral and diocesan leaders of marriage and family life, including but not limited to the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers (NACFLM), to understand current trends marriage ministry and seek opportunities for collaboration and identify potential clients.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to speak publicly in meetings and trainings.
  • Proficiency in Windows and Office applications required (Mac and OS applications too).
  • Ability to conduct ongoing correspondence through various modes of communication with growing and ever-changing networks.
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions on cultural marriage, family, and relationship issues.
  • Ability to work ecumenically with all denominations and Christian-based organizations.
  • Initiative to be flexible, learn quickly, and grow rapidly in midst of dynamic, growing movement.
  • Willing and able to travel

Title: Church Engagement Officer for Catholic Partnerships
Reports to: National Director of Church Engagement
Location: Virtual Office

Are you a proactive Catholic ready to enter uncharted territory to build the Church? Are you driven and enthusiastic? If you crave a work environment that gives you the freedom and independence to scale something culturally transformative, then please follow the link below to be part of the team.

JOB SUMMARY: Our Church Engagement Officer for Catholic partnerships will create and build trusted relationships with the nation’s most innovative Catholic diocese and parishes. The right candidate will vision cast with priests and parish leadership empowering them to change the culture and lead souls to Jesus through a 21st century strategy built around healthy, Christ-centered relationships. You will be rewarded for motivating churches to deploy the most advanced tools, resources, and strategies to renew America by saving marriage and the family.

At Communio, our passion is evangelize through healthy relationships and marriages. We work with the most innovative churches in the nation knowing these churches have the capacity to transform the world through Jesus Christ. Our vision is to reach a tipping point where data-informed marriage and relationship ministry in churches spreads across the nation solving America’s faith and family crisis. We empower churches with the ability to reach people they would not otherwise reach by providing data insights, microtargeting, turn-key marketing, and outreach services. We combine these tools with the most proven ministry strategies to foster great relationships and help people grow spiritually. As a nonprofit apostolate, we do this all with a spirit of service and generosity investing in our church partners.

We’ll provide you with the resources to capture the imagination and attention of priests and bishops and transform our culture. Communio is an organization where we believe value created should be value rewarded. We provide generous benefits and a base compensation with bonus for performance. High performing candidates will find opportunities for increasing their earning potential. We’re looking for driven leaders focused on winning. Apply now!

POSITION OVERVIEW:

• Highlights: Collaborate with our National Director of Catholic Church Engagement to onboard new parish and diocesean partnerships
• Job Type: Sales role, coalition builder
• Work Hours: Full Time
• Total Annual Compensation: Base $40,000-$58,000 plus commission
• Benefits: Health Insurance, Dental, Vision, Annual HSA Contributions, Vacation
• Location: Virtual Office, willing and able to travel
• Belief/Faith Requirements: Catholic

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• 2+ years of professional experience
• Prior ministry experience preferred, not required, with a solid background and track record of church growth
• Prior sales experience valued, not required

Title: Church Engagement Officer for Evangelical and Protestant Partnerships
Reports to: Director of Church Engagement

Location: Virtual Office

Are you a proactive Christian leader ready to enter uncharted territory to build the Kingdom? Are you driven and enthusiastic? If you crave a work environment that gives you the freedom and independence to scale something culturally transformative, then please follow the link below to be part of the team.

JOB SUMMARY: Our Church Engagement Officer for Evangelical and Protestant partnerships will create and build trusted relationships with the nation’s most innovative Evangelical and Protestant church leaders and pastors who serve the most influential churches in our largest cities. The right candidate will vision cast with churches empowering them to change the culture and lead souls to Jesus through a 21st century strategy built around healthy, Christ-centered relationships. You will be rewarded for motivating churches to deploy the most advanced tools, resources, and strategies to renew America by saving marriage and the family.

At Communio, our passion is evangelize through healthy relationships and marriages. We work with the most innovative churches in the nation knowing these churches have the capacity to transform the world through Jesus Christ. Our vision is to reach a tipping point where data-informed marriage and relationship ministry in churches spreads across the nation solving America’s faith and family crisis. We empower churches with the ability to reach people they would not otherwise reach by providing data insights, microtargeting, turn-key marketing, and outreach services. We combine these tools with the most proven ministry strategies to foster great relationships and help people grow spiritually. As a Christian ministry, we do this all with a spirit of service and generosity investing in our church partners.

We’ll provide you with the resources to capture the imagination and attention of church leaders and transform our culture. Communio is an organization where we believe value created should be value rewarded. We provide generous benefits and a base compensation with bonus for performance. High performing candidates will find opportunities for increasing their earning potential. We’re looking for driven leaders focused on winning. Apply now!

POSITION OVERVIEW:

• Highlights: Collaborate with our Directors of Church Engagement to onboard new church partnerships
• Job Type: Sales role, coalition builder
• Work Hours: Full Time
• Total Annual Compensation: Base $40,000-$58,000 plus commission
• Benefits: Health Insurance, Dental, Vision, Annual HSA Contributions, Vacation
• Location: Virtual Office, willing and able to travel
• Belief/Faith Requirements: Trinitarian Christianity and historical, biblical orthodoxy

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• 2+ years of professional experience
• Prior ministry experience preferred, not required, with a solid background and track record of church growth
• Prior sales experience valued, not required

Title: Director of Marketing & Communications
Reports to: Chief Development Officer/Chief Partnership Officer
Location: Alexandria, VA Office

Director of Marketing & Communications – needed to drown out the noise and cast a vision of change and transformation 

Our Director of Marketing & Communications will need to be someone that brings order to chaos and loves empowering people to thrive! If you are looking to make a difference in the lives of others, we need your attention to detail and drive to motivate and inspire. 

We know Communio’s model works and has a proven process for helping create successful marriages and relationship ministries. But our future needs a catalyst to help us spread the message and build on this momentum. Our Engagement and Development teams are highly motivated and passionate people that need a socially oriented leader to open additional opportunities and networks for growth and change. 

Role: Director of Marketing & Communications will set and guide the strategy for all communications, website, and public relations messages and collateral to consistently articulate Communio’s Vision and Mission. The Director of Marketing & Communications will ensure that Communio is viewed as the primary source, disseminator, and conduit of information within this diverse network and constituent base. He or she will have initial responsibility to create and implement a written and electronic communication strategy for church leaders, clients, donors, and prospective donors.  

The Director of Marketing & Communications will work closely with a Senior Leadership Team as the communications partner on a variety of strategic initiatives. 

Responsibilities 

  • Develop, implement, and evaluate the annual communications plan across the network’s discreet audiences in collaboration with the Communio team and constituents 
  • Lead the generation of online content that engages audience segments and leads to measurable action. Decide who, where, and when to disseminate 
  • Put communications vehicles in place to create momentum and awareness as well as to test the effectiveness of communications activities 
  • Manage the development, distribution, and maintenance of all print and electronic collateral including, but not limited to, newsletters, brochures, and Communio’s website 
  • Work with both the sales and marketing departments to develop successful strategies and campaigns that attract new customers and keep current clients 
  • Mentor and lead a team member responsible for Communio’s website administration and coordination 
  • Coordinate webpage maintenance to ensure that new and consistent information (article links, stories, and events) is posted regularly 
  • Track and measure the level of engagement within the network over time 
  • Coordinate and organize meetings that engage the network’s discreet audiences 
  • Manage all media contacts 

Expectations 

  • Build, cultivate, and then engage a marketing list of 80,000-100,000 pastors, church staff across different Christian ecclesial communities

Specific requirements include: 

  • Highly collaborative style; experience developing and implementing communications strategies 
  • Excellent writing/editing and verbal communication skills 
  • A strong track record as an implementer who thrives on managing a variety of key initiatives concurrently 
  • Relationship builder with the flexibility and finesse to “manage by influence” 
  • High energy, maturity, and leadership with the ability to serve as a unifying force and to position communications discussions at both the strategic and tactical levels 
  • Sincere commitment to work collaboratively with all constituent groups, including staff, board members, volunteers, donors, program participants, and other supporters 
  • Self-starter, able to work independently, and entrepreneurial; enjoys creating and implementing new initiatives

Title: Special Assistant to the President

Reports to: President and CEO
Location: Alexandria, VA Office

Do you feel great at the end of a day that moves fast with a variety of tasks?
Are you the person that offers help before people ask you for help?
Do you get excited at the thought of starting a new project or learning a new system?

If you answered “yes” to these questions, keep reading. This might be the job for you.

Our next Special Assistant to the President will be at the center of our organization keeping all the plates spinning. Our friendly and sociable staff needs a proactive, impatient and amiable team member to get things done alongside our hardworking team. We have a track record for promotion in this role. Your hard work will not go unrecognized.

Your days will start with a burst of energy, tapping into your independence to prioritize what needs to get done that day while using your intuition and ability to read others to understand what will need to be adjusted. Time for team prayer will help connect you to our mission and the team in a spiritual way. Our President’s ability to pursue business opportunities will make your days fast and full of details – from preparing potential client engagement materials to capturing critical donor details for our moves management fundraising strategy. Ending your day confirming all action items are captured and organized will ensure your success in this role.

Our passion is to equip the Church to catalyze healthy relationships. We work with innovative churches, empowering them with a Data-Informed, Full-Circle Relationship Ministry® model delivered through consultative support and outreach services. This includes helping churches build a comprehensive ministry strategy that provides vision, skills, and community for people at each stage of romantic life – single, engaged, and married – and then using that new ministry a form of outreach and evangelism to grow the church and transform marriage and relationship health of their members and the surrounding community.

We will train the right Special Assistant to meet our high standards. If you are ready to put your talents towards growing God’s Kingdom with a team that is faith-driven and results oriented, apply today!

Title: Ministry Services Associate

Reports to: Director of Ministry Services
Location: Alexandria, VA Office

Are you highly accountable and dependable? Do people set their watch by your consistency and marvel at your high-quality work? If you crave the opportunity to be a deeply knowledgeable resource for a high achieving team, then please follow the link below to be part our mission.   

Our Ministry Services Associate will be a part of our vision to flawlessly execute an ambitious growth strategy supported by data, systems, and processes. You will be well supported by management and leadership who has taken time to expertly build what you will take over to execute and improve. Your hard work and an attitude of servant-leadership will not go unrecognized.  

Part data analyst, part program manager, you’ll be part of a team delivering high quality products and services, combining data insights with marriage ministry best practices to make our partner churches the hub for relationship health in their communities. Perfectionists that are consistent and singularly focused will be deeply appreciated and rewarded.    

At Communio, our passion is to equip churches to catalyze healthy relationships.  We work with the most innovative churches in the nation knowing these churches have the capacity to transform the world through Jesus Christ.  Our vision is to reach a tipping point where data-informed marriage and relationship ministry in churches spreads across the nation solving America’s faith and family crisis. We empower churches with the ability to reach people they would not otherwise reach by providing data insights, microtargeting, turn-key marketing, and outreach services.  We combine these tools with the most proven ministry strategies to foster great relationships and help people grow spiritually. As a Christian ministry, we do this all with a spirit of service and generosity investing in our church partners. 

We will train the right Ministry Services Associate to meet our high standards and reach an expert level in administering our products. If you are ready to put your talents towards growing God’s Kingdom with a team that is faith-driven and results oriented, apply today!

Position Overview: 

  • Highlights: values-based work culture, data-informed, process oriented  
  • Job Type: Data analyst, Program management, Research and reporting
  • Work Hours: Full Time
  • Annual compensation: $40,000+  
  • Benefits: Health Insurance, Dental, Vision, Annual HSA Contributions, Four weeks vacation
  • Location: Alexandria, VA 
  • Belief/Faith Requirements: Trinitarian Christianity and historical, biblical orthodoxy

Required Experience:  

  • 0-2 years of professional experience, including internships
  • Prior ministry experience, familiarity with Church operations preferred, not required
  • Prior data and research experience valued, not required
  • Experience with Salesforce a plus

Title: Ministry Services Associate, CRM

Reports to: Director of Ministry Services
Location: Alexandria, VA Office

Are you highly accountable? Do you tend to be reserved and introspective? Do you thrive in an environment that provides routine & stability? Are you single focused and dedicated to the tasks assigned to you? Do you take pride in your precision and tend to be a perfectionist? Do you prefer to manage tasks rather than people? If this sounds like you, please follow the link below to be considered for employment.

JOB SUMMARY: The Ministry Services Associate, CRM will support the Director of Ministry Services in ensuring Salesforce needs are met across all departments. This includes provide the departments with requested reports, ensuring the information is accurate, creating new processes, and adjusting layouts. This person is expected to be a quick thinker who is eager to learn. He or she will work with the Director of Ministry Services to optimize Salesforce so that each member of team can reduce the amount of time spent entering data while increasing the information that we have available. The Ministry Services Associate, CRM will be instrumental in creating automations and processes within Salesforce to make this optimization a reality.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES (include but not limited to):

  • Create reports for all departments (Development, Operations, Engagement, Programs)
  • Correct and enter data into Salesforce
  • Create fields as needed
  • Adjust layouts for the different departments
  • Create dashboards to better understand the reports and trends
  • Regularly meet with members of each department to understand their Salesforce needs and anticipate how to alleviate their pain points
  • Learn how to use Zapier to automate information from other sources into Salesforce

OUTCOMES:

  • In-house expert on Salesforce and main point of contact for staff data service and troubleshooting
  • Reach Expeditioner rank in Trailhead (Salesforce’s Learning Management System) by end of 2023 (at least 50 badges)
  • All data in Salesforce is accurate and trusted by leadership and staff
  • All department heads have dashboards and reports to track performance and KPIs
  • Simplified data input process and automations that improves staff user experience and reduces data-entry time

POSITION OVERVIEW: 

  • Highlights: values-based work culture, data-informed, process oriented  
  • Work Hours: Full Time
  • Annual compensation: $40,000+  
  • Benefits: Health Insurance, Dental, Vision, Annual HSA Contributions, Unlimited PTO
  • Location: Alexandria, VA 
  • Belief/Faith Requirements: Trinitarian Christianity and historical, biblical orthodoxy

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:  

  • 0-2 years of professional experience, including internships
  • Principled understanding of Communio’s mission
  • Strong organizational skills are a must
  • Strategic, methodical approach to work
  • Ability to meet hard deadlines, as well as prioritize and multitask work
  • Prior data and research experience valued, not required
  • Experience with Salesforce a plus
  • Coachable

Communio is a 501(c)3 religious organization that is ecumenical, trinitarian, and committed to historical orthodoxy.

3/9/2023

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