WellSprings is now hiring for a part-time role on our Staff Team: our Membership & Communications Coordinator! The person who fills this role will engage people, both inside and outside of WellSprings, with our community’s programs, culture, and mission. Read below for more information, including how to apply.
About WellSprings:
WellSprings Congregation is a progressive spiritual community of ~200 adults, teens, and children in Chester County, PA. A member of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, our mission is to be a community “charged full with the charge of the soul” – where spirituality is not understood just as something ancient or mysterious, but is relevant to our experiences, our actions, and our everyday lives. You can read more about WellSprings, and our community’s values and beliefs, here.
About the Position:
Our Membership & Communications Coordinator engages people inside and outside of WellSprings with our community’s programs, culture, and mission. This person must be creative, thoughtful, relatable, consistent, and proactive in their work. As a “front-line” staff person who communicates with members, visitors, partners, and others beyond our doors, the Membership & Communications Coordinator must represent WellSprings’ mission, values, and commitments wholeheartedly as they perform their duties.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Coordinate all aspects of WellSprings’ outreach to new and potential visitors (e.g. external publicity, new visitor welcome, visitor follow-up, etc.). Evaluate and refine our outreach strategy as needed to align with our annual congregational goals.
- Coordinate our community’s new member process. Plan and implement new member classes and events, in collaboration with our staff and volunteers.
- Ensure that all WellSprings members receive regular invitations to connect, grow, and engage more deeply with our community’s mission. Evaluate and refine WellSprings’ member integration practices on an ongoing basis.
- Create, edit, and collaborate as needed to produce engaging content (written, visual, video/audio, etc.) that keeps internal and external audiences accurately informed about happenings in the life of WellSprings, and that reflects our community’s values.
- Manage all content and distribution to WellSprings’ communication channels (e.g. website, e-mail blasts, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, podcast, and printed materials). Develop and implement sustainable schedules for regular distribution, as well as periodic “bursts” to highlight specific topics or respond to special circumstances.
- Manage our Sunday service livestream, including interacting with an online audience via chat, and working closely with our Tech Team to troubleshoot any issues in real time.
- Maintain the WellSprings website, including basic back-end maintenance, drafting and posting of news articles, and publication of an accurate, up-to-date calendar for WellSprings events.
- Train and support WellSprings members in the use of our online community platform, Realm. Maintain an environment where community standards and practices are well-supported, communicated consistently, and held to by all.
- Attend and participate in weekly staff meetings and periodic staff retreats.
Key Qualifications:
- Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to adapt and revise content according to its intended audience and method of distribution. Can write for and develop the congregation’s “voice.” Can adjust a message, without losing its essence or clarity, to reflect the appropriate emotion, tone, and style for its context.
- Strong visual communication skills, including design and layout of publications, an eye for composition in photographs and video images, and the ability to edit for and present needed information clearly on the page/screen.
- Strong aptitude for working collaboratively in a team environment, composed of both staff and volunteers.
- Strong ability to organize time, prioritize tasks, work efficiently, and communicate proactively and reliably with others regarding deadlines or delays.
- Strong skills working with Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/Powerpoint) and web-based computer applications, including aptitude for learning and working with new systems.
- Facility and familiarity with social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, etc.).
- Ability to receive and transmit sensitive information (e.g. pastoral requests, member challenges, etc.) with discretion and/or confidentiality, as appropriate.
- Proficiency in any of the following areas is a plus: graphic design, web design, video production, sound editing, photography. Familiarity with programs like Constant Contact, WordPress, Filmora, Canva, Audacity, or Realm church management software; and/or connections with community institutions in and around Chester County, PA is also considered a plus.
Reports to: Executive Minister
Hours: 20 hours per week, year-round, on a flexible schedule* to include no less than 4 hours on Sunday mornings (8:30am-12:30pm), and at least two full days off per week. *Sunday morning hours are required to be in-person at our congregation’s physical location in Chester Springs, but the remaining weekly hours can be worked remotely.
Compensation & Benefits:
- This is a part-time position with a salary of $21,840 per year ($21/hr).
- Benefits include 3 weeks of paid time off (PTO) during each fiscal year; and one week of paid Study Leave per year, to be used for major projects, long-term planning, or training and professional development.
- WellSprings contributes 10% of the employee’s annual compensation to a UUA-qualified retirement plan, after completion of one full year of service in this role.
To Apply: Submit your letter of interest and resume to Rev. Lee Paczulla, Executive Minister, at lee@wellspringsuu.org. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis beginning on Tuesday, May 7th, until the position is filled.