St. Joseph’s Church Yorkville – Administrative Assistant/Receptionist - #1336267

St. Joseph’s Church – Yorkville
Administrative Assistant/Receptionist
April 2024

Overview/Purpose:

Act as the point of contact for information, relay requests, and general organization of St. Joseph’s Church.

Reports to:

Office Manager

Work Location:

St. Joseph’s Church-Yorkville
404 East 87th Street
New York, NY 10128

Responsibilities:

• Answer the telephone, respond to email in a timely fashion, and greet parishioners who come to the rectory and attends to their needs, all with the utmost courtesy.
• Provide sacramental records for those who request them.
• Maintain a calendar of parish activities and dates of baptisms, weddings and funerals and a weekly assignment list of Masses, baptisms, etc., and records parish activities, Mass intentions and the administration of sacraments in the Mass Book.
• Maintain records of Sunday and Holy Day Mass attendance.
• Record information about baptisms, confirmations, weddings and funerals, unless the pastor or another person (e.g., the eighth-grade teacher) is doing so.
• Record information about prospective wakes, funerals, and Memorial Masses and coordinates dates and times with the pastor. Immediately pass on requests for baptisms, first communions and weddings to the pastor.
• Inform the organist (and cantor, if necessary) of events at which he is expected to play. Inform the office manager (or the pastor in the absence of the office manager) about request for rentals.
• Arrange for eucharistic ministers and lectors on weekly basis.
• Maintain a current census of parishioners.
• Respond to other related duties as the need arises – for example, closing the church at 6:00pm, when the pastor cannot.

Qualities, Education, Experience, and Skills:

• Legible penmanship.
• Well organized.
• Works well independently.

Compensation for this position is: $21.50 per hour. The work schedule for this position is Monday – Friday, four hours per day (2pm – 6pm).
This position is considered part-time and non-exempt from overtime.

Interested candidates should email their cover letter and resume to:
[email protected]