Remote Hosting Ministry Coordinator, Disaster Response

Presbyterian Church U.S.A

Louisville, Northern (KY, KY)

Hybrid

USD 48,000 - 68,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Defined Pension Plan

Medical

Vision

Basic Life Insurance

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Flexible Spending accounts

403(b) Retirement Savings Plan

Vacation Days

Sick Days

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is seeking an Associate I for PDA Volunteer Ministries to lead the PDA hosting ministry and coordinate with presbyteries, congregations, and partners from a remote home-office in the US. You will design immersive volunteer experiences, assist with grants, orientation, and deployment support while building strong work-team relationships.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, at least 2 years in disaster or volunteer management, and solid MS Office

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
Theological training or equivalent life experience/competency in ministries of the PCUSA.
A minimum of 2 years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in: Disaster response field experience; Volunteer management and logistics
Leadership and team buildingskills
Proficiency using the Microsoft Suite (including Outlook, Word, Teams, PowerPoint, and Excel) and other appropriate software and technology.

Responsibilities

Lead PDA’s Hosting Ministry through managing relationships and resources with mid councils, congregations, ministry partners, and volunteers.
Lead the assessment process to determine the establishment of PDA host sites as needed.
Equip and provide support for PDA host sites throughout the hosting process, including offering information on PDA grants, volunteer orientation, commissioning services, work team referrals, individual meetings, registration assistance, visitation, publicity, assistance in maintaining work partner relationships, and providing support to host sites are decommissioned.
Work with PDA host sites and the presbyteries, supporting them to develop educational immersive experiences that engage the local culture and context and raise awareness of systemic issues that necessitates volunteer engagement in disaster recovery.
Connect host sites/presbyteries to appropriate denominational resources to support the development of these experiences.
In partnership with presbyteries, host congregations, and host site coordinators, support and communicate with prospective work teams by providing preparatory information, evaluating work team feedback forms, and collecting stories/photos/videos from their volunteer service experiences.
Resource the National Response Team (NRT) Hosting Ministry Team
Empower and develop leadership of co-chairs through regular meetings and meeting facilitation opportunities. Developing more volunteers to serve as hosting deployment team leads. Work collaboratively through conflict management, host site evaluations, and increasing ministry team skillset and capacity.
Develop leaders to represent PDA volunteer ministries for NVOAD Volunteer Management committee and other collaborative opportunities.
Assist co-chairs in providing care to team members.
Equip NRT Hosting Ministry Team with updated information, continuing education, deployment debriefs, field experience opportunities, and regular engagement with host sites.