Parish Administrative Assistant
7 months ago
**Parish Administrative Assistant**
**Stella Maris Parish**
**Halifax, NS**
**Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth**
Stella Maris Parish is seeking for an experience and reliable Administrative Assistant who will be representation of our parish community, which strives to be a community of Christian faith, hope and love. Reporting to the Parish Operations Manager and the pastor’s assistant, this role requires friendliness, compassion and organization skills as well as empathy and discretion are important as this role is privy to confidential or personal information regarding staff and parishioners
**The main duties and responsibilities are**:
**Communication**:
- Greet and welcome visitors in a positive, courteous and helpful manner
- Respond to phone calls and keep a phone log, actioning as much as possible
- Update the parish website as required, including the online parish calendar
- Administer the Mass Intentions process, stock and prepare mass cards
- Prepare, print, post and send the weekly bulletin and mass announcements (which includes monitoring of diocesan news for content)
- Administer our MailChimp account used for large volume communications
- Provide administrative support to the Parish Leadership Team
**Administration**:
- Order and receive office supplies
- Collect and distribute mail
- Ensure functioning of office equipment (photocopier, printer, telephone)
- Develop and maintain a volunteer team to assist and provide routine administrative support
**Parish Records**:
- Maintain the parish directory using Parish Friendly software, keep the directory up-to-date as well as data entry of donations for tax receipt purposes
- Maintain the records for Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, Marriage, Funeral and Death; prepare all certificates and respond to requests for information and certificates
- Maintain and keep all sacramental record books up to date
- Compile the yearly statistics report for the Archdiocese
- Record keeping and administration for all cemeteries which includes the columbarium
- Grade 12 plus completion of an office administration or secretarial diploma or certification
- Minimum 5 years experience in a secretarial/front office role
- Active participation in a Christian faith community with experience as a volunteer in that community
- Demonstrated above average written and oral communication skills with the ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality
- Strong organizational and planning skills and the ability to prioritize and work well in a multi-task environment and as part of a team with the ability to shift smoothly between and among different initiatives
- Able to demonstrate experience working with different communication media (ie. MailChimp, phone system, office suite software programs, website editing/publishing, social media posting)
- Creative in solving problems
This is a full-time role that will require an average of 35 hours per week.
**To apply**:
**Condition of employment**:
The offer of employment is conditional upon the completion of all applicable background checks, vulnerable sector check and confirmation of references and credentials, the results of which must be satisfactory to the employer.
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