Director of the Office of Family, Youth and Young Adult Ministry
- Employer
- Archdiocese of Baltimore
- Location
- Baltimore, MD, US
- Salary
- Competitive
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Job Details
The Director of the Office of Family, Youth, and Young Adult Ministry is the agent of the Archbishop, responsible for serving parishioners across the Archdiocese in their personal and spiritual development across life stages by accompanying ministries such as the Baltimore Association of Catechetical Ministers (BACM) and the Association of Professional Youth Ministers (APYM) and cultivating innovative ministry projects. The Director participates in the collaborative leadership of the Institute for Evangelization and performs those duties as requested by the Executive Director.
Essential Functions:
- Promotes vocations to marriage, priesthood, and religious life.
- Coordinates the annual planning process and annual reports and manages the implementation of goals and objectives.
- Prepares annual operating budget for the office.
- Supervises and conducts annual performance appraisals for the Office of Family, Youth, and Young Adult Ministry staff.
- Assists pastors, principals, coordinators of youth ministry, and high school and college campus ministers in developing and implementing a vision of ministry to the young church.
- Assists parishes in strengthening marriage preparation and enrichment programs.
- Consults with parishes implementing outreach to young families and ministry with young adults.
- Oversees work of the Msgr. O'Dwyer Retreat House and the College and University Campus Ministries and serves ex officio on the Msgr. O'Dwyer Retreat House Board of Directors.
- Collaborates on common areas of responsibility and maintains good communication within the Institute for Evangelization as well as collaborative relationships with the Department of Catholic Schools, Vocations, Child Protection, offices related to ethnic ministries, and others.
Job Requirements:
Minimum Education and Experience:
- Advanced Degree in Religious Education, Theology, or Pastoral Ministry
- Minimum 5 years of ministry - experience as a member of diocesan staff preferred
- Demonstrated skills in program design and implementation.
- Practicing Roman Catholic.
- Knowledge of major magisterial and catechetical documents
- Knowledge of structure and operation of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
- Demonstrated excellent communication skills - oral, written, and digital.
- Proficient with MS Office products.
- Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
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Company
Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore provide a Christ-centered education that is academically excellent and empowers students to reach their full potential – spiritually, intellectually, physically, socially, and morally. Catholic Schools offer a balanced curriculum, integrating music and arts, world language, and Catholic faith while challenging students in the areas of science, math, and technology. Catholic schools emphasize critical thinking and encourage students to collaborate, communicate, and problem-solve.
Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic Schools enroll over 16,000 students each year and is the 11th largest school system in Maryland. There are currently 34 Catholic elementary and middle schools, 6 Catholic high schools, and 1 Catholic early learning center located throughout the archdiocese's nine jurisdictions which include: Baltimore City, Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Howard, and Washington Counties.
- Website
- https://www.archbalt.org/schools/
- Telephone
- 4105475369
- Location
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320 Cathedral St.
Baltimore
MD
21201
US
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