Diocesan Positions
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Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana Employment Opportunities/Position Openings in the Chancery or Catholic Pastoral Center Last updated: 1/17/2023
If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact Jeanne Lausten, Chancery Office, (765) 269-4604 or jlausten@dol-in.org. The postings below are all positions available in the diocese and listed in order of posting, the newest first.
Manager of Family Life
Catholic Pastoral Center
Lafayette, IN
The Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana is looking for a dynamic leader to help transform the diocese through its families. Studies indicate that there is a direct correlation between the strength and quality of family life and the health of the Church. We are seeking a qualified individual to bring about the new evangelization through the families in our diocese. We need a leader who is passionate about families and the Catholic faith and can equip our parishes as they minister to families. Specifically, we are looking for someone who desires to form and maintain marriages as a community of life and love, prepare parents to be leaders in the domestic Church and heal wounded families impacted by the cultural realities.
If you have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in theology, church studies, family life, social work or related area and have experience in developing family life programs, we would love to talk with you about a great opportunity to serve God.
Please visit our website to learn more about the position and apply: https://dol-in.org/employment-opportunities
Administrative Assistant (part-time)
Office of Catholic Schools
Lafayette, IN
We are currently seeking candidates for a part-time position of Administrative Assistant for Catholic Schools. This person will be responsible for the various administrative duties for the Pastoral Office for Catholic Schools.
Essential Duties:- Open, sort, date and stamp all school department mail. Take all calls for Schools, note messages and process requests.
- Assist schools on state legal standards.
- Prepare meeting materials and send reminder correspondence.
- Prepare correspondence.
- Design flyers, handouts, and name tags for meetings, conferences, and retreats.
- Design and update annual school directory and yearly forms.
- Enter data and complete and maintain Schools lists.
- Maintain committee lists and project information.
- Track information as requested.
- Provide support for curriculum development, updating curriculum, report cards, and parent brochures.
- Arrange catering and schedule meeting sites for Schools Department meetings.
- Pick up supplies for local meetings.
- Cover phones and reception desk as needed.
- Maintain updates of the Diocesan Web site for the Education Department.
Education/Experience:- Minimum of 3 year’s experience as an administrative assistant
- Excellent organizational, verbal and written communication skills
- Extensive computer knowledge
- Willingness to acquire knowledge of Catholic practices and vocabulary
- Possess Respect & ability to uphold Catholic School Teachings
- Able to honor & maintain confidentiality
- Able to pass and maintain Diocesan child safety protocols
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their resume to jlausten@dol-in.org
Youth Ministry Specialist
Catholic Pastoral Center
Lafayette, IN
We are currently seeking candidates for the part-time position of Youth Ministry Specialist located at our Catholic Pastoral Center in Lafayette, IN. This is a 20-hour diocesan position which will oversee diocesan efforts in forming youth and youth minsters.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Advocate for the importance of youth ministry and assist pastorates in the formation of a robust, evangelizing youth formation process.
- Maintain communication with and facilitate spiritual formation of youth ministers through small group and one-on-one meetings.
- Plan and lead professional development opportunities for youth ministers (e.g., Campference, Youth Ministry Summit, etc.).
- Lead the planning teams for annual youth events for middle- and high-schoolers (e.g., NCYC, Encounter, etc.), and serve as an advocate / advisor to other major pastorate-hosted youth events (e.g., Destination Jesus).
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree in theology or a related field
- 5 years of experience in youth ministry setting or comparable experience
- Strong written, oral, and digital communication skills
- A working knowledge of Roman Catholic terminology and practices
- Ability to work effectively with all levels of employees and volunteers
- Respect & ability to uphold the teachings of the Catholic Church
- Ability to honor and maintain confidentiality
- Successful completion of diocesan child safety protocols
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Able to work on a flexible schedule including nights, evenings, and weekends as required.- Depending on employee’s location, consideration may be given for working from home.
- Able to drive across the 24 counties of the diocese as needed.
Interested candidates should submit their resume to jlausten@dol-in.org
Accounting Specialist
Chancery
Lafayette, INWe are currently seeking candidates for the newly created position of IAccounting Specialist. This person will administer the Sage Intacct system for the Diocese, including new release management, training users, vendor management, problem resolution and supporting all parishes, schools and the chancery. Acts as the accounting specialist for the chancery and at times for a parish/school. Maintains accounting controls and procedures and performs accounting functions for the chancery.
Essential Duties:
· Serve as an advocate for common accounting and search for ways to exploit common accounting to make the chancery, parishes, and schools of the diocese more efficient while discovering new innovative ways to transform how business is done.
· Ensure most elements of the common accounting is used in a standard and common way.
· Administer the Sage Intacct system and be the diocesan expert on the system.
· Train new accounting personnel either in a group or one-on-one setting.
· Create and maintain training material such as videos, screen shots, etc.
· Provide telephone and other appropriate support to any parish, school, or the retreat center that has an accounting, finance-related or accounting software or procedure question.
· Maintain the accounting software user licenses to reflect the most recent and updated list of Directors of Operations, bookkeepers, and employees.
· Maintain accounting software including chart of accounts, departments, funds, and smart rules.
· Establish and maintain pastorate level account standards
· Verify that all locations have reconciled their bank balances for each month end.
· Perform monthly/quarterly evaluations of parish, school, and retreat center general ledger to ensure proper accounting policies are being executed.
· Establish and perform routine audits for all parishes, schools, and retreat center. Working in conjunction with the Controller, create audit workpapers and processes including a schedule of audits by entity.
· Evaluate the financial statements of the parishes, schools and retreat center and identify potential issues or problems. Report such instances to the appropriate chancery staff.
· Complete the summarization of the annual reports for the Staff Accountant.
· Update accounting manual and Sage Intacct Standard Operating Procedures as needed and communicate changes to the parishes, schools, and retreat center.
· Provide chancery staff with standard and/or special request general ledger and/or spreadsheet reports, for the purposes of managerial evaluation and decision-making.
Be the temporary bookkeeper as needed for any parish, school, or retreat center.
Education/Experience:
· College degree, certificates or applicable financial training and basic IT skills preferred
· Four to six years of finance or accounting experience preferred.
· Experience with a comprehensive SAAS accounting system required and Sage Intacct experience preferred
· Experience in a parish setting or working within ministry preferred
· Experience in a high volume, fast-paced and dynamic environment; able to manage multiple projects/tasks and deadlines with ease.
· Strong organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their resume to jlausten@dol-in.org
Freelance Writers
The Catholic Moment is currently looking for freelance writers who could contribute stories for our faith-filled, themed, biweekly newspaper. Those who have previous experience writing third-person, feature stories are encouraged to send a writing sample to moment@dol-in.org. Please also include your home pastorate and involvement with your parish/background with the Faith. At this time we are not looking for first-person reflections.
The Catholic Moment
Lafayette, IN