Coordinating Assistant to Adult Discipleship

Have you often felt like you wanted your work to have meaning? Every day, Resurrection staff members are doing work that matters with people who care. Resurrection’s purpose since its conception in 1990 is to “build a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people are becoming deeply committed Christians.” Join our team and see how your contributions move the needle in transforming the World. 

Resurrection has an opening for a Coordinating Assistant to Adult Discipleship in our Ministries & Programs division! The position is part-time, non-exempt and is located at the Leawood campus at 13720 Roe Ave. Please see below for a full job description. 

Job Summary  

The Coordinating Assistant provides administrative support for the Leawood Adult Discipleship team and helps manage daily operations for Leawood. This position is also a member of the church-wide Administrative Professional team, which provides for the development of administrative professionals across the organization with focus on skills, cross-training, use of technological tools and cross-divisional collaboration.

Essential Responsibilities and Expectations: 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Position-Specific 

• Professionally represent the supported staff team, including serving as an initial point of contact with inquiring congregants, answering questions and routing phone calls. 
• Working with the Leawood team when completing RXP requests and providing support as needed.
• Provide administrative support for projects and events such as making bulk room reservations, creating sign-up links, using Canva to create materials if needed. Assisting with set up when requested by the Lead Director.     
• Managing the food for evening programming.  Including ordering, staying within budget, and offering variety. 
• Working with volunteers to offer hospitality to our guests and congregants.  
• Provide administrative support, when directed, to assist other parts of the Division and Church.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Churchwide 

• Follow Jesus and engage in the “five essential practices” of the Christian life: worship, study, serve, give, and share.
• Support the church’s purpose of “building a Christian community where non-religious and nominally religious people become deeply committed Christians.”
• Exemplify the church’s values and support its theological direction as a United Methodist Church.

Competencies

• Activating - proactively takes on new challenges and opportunities with energy and urgency. 
• Collaborating – shares knowledge, builds partnerships and promotes a culture of thinking from the users’ perspective while working across divisions to meet shared goals and objectives. 
• Communicating – develops and delivers clear communications (verbal and written) that meet the unique needs of different audiences. 
• Focusing on Details – pays attention to important details, avoiding errors and fine- tuning the results for maximum impact. 
• Following Processes – gets work done as effectively and efficiently as possible by following optimal processes.  
• Navigating the Organization – maneuvers through organizational hurdles by understanding the church’s divisions and departments and their functions.  

Qualifications 

• Proficient in database management and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Canva, Concur, SendGrid, Rock and Website updates.