Administrative Assistant - Family Ministries

Allegheny Center Alliance Church

  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 3 days ago

    Highlights

    Position: Administrative Assistant – Family Ministries Position Status: Nonexempt Hourly Park Time- 20 hours per week Supervisor: Pastor of Family Ministry Position Schedule: weekdays; special events and weekends as needed Responsibilities GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE Maintain and update records, enrollments, and volunteer clearances in Church Management System-Planning Center Online (PCO). Energy - Consistently maintaining high levels of activity or productivity; sustaining long working hours when necessary; operating with vigor, effectiveness, and determination over extended periods of time.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Websitehttps://www.acac.net/employment

    Description

    Position:
    Administrative Assistant – Family Ministries
    Position Status:
    Nonexempt
    Hourly
    Park Time- 20 hours per week
    Supervisor:
    Pastor of Family Ministry
    Position Schedule:
    weekdays; special events and weekends as needed
     
     
     
     
     
    Responsibilities
    GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE
    • Maintain and update records, enrollments, and volunteer clearances in Church Management System-Planning Center Online (PCO).
    • Serve as Gatekeeper for Kids and Students to eSpace facility scheduling system - eSpace.
    • Participate in the Calendar Keepers committee monthly.
    • Oversee all vehicle reservations for Kids and Students
    • Copy class rosters for Kids Midweek and Weekend Services weekly
    • Help with Kids and Students Promotions in PCO annually.
    • Process and approve credit card charges in Bill Pay. Approve for Kids. Update personal ACAC card charges for clearances.
    • Process new families to get information to them about Kids (FTV workflow) and Students ministries – all programs
    • Monitor and send ongoing communication with families such as Students monthly newsletter for families.
    • Process, maintain and update clearances for the church. This includes volunteers, missions,  and also employment clearances for staff. (Use the various clearance workflows.)
    • Additional duties as assigned by Supervisor.
     
     
          CHILD DEDICATIONS
    • Using the child dedications workflow in PCO, create forms and oversee registration process for child dedications.
    • Communicate registration details to the Creative Arts department and ;to the Executive Assistant to Lead Pastor.  i.e., begin registration 6 weeks prior to dedication dates and close registration 2 weeks prior to dedication date.
    • Communicate with head elder(s) coordinating interviews as each family registers – providing contact information and PCO attendee status for clarification and/or confirmation.
    • Compile list of parent(s) and child(ren)’s names with phonetic pronunciations for all approved families and provide to Creative Arts Department and Executive Pastors.
    • Confirm details for dedication services with Creative Arts department; i.e., photographer, schedule, etc.
    • Communicate details for dedication services to those dedicating children.
    • Create a certificate for each child who was dedicated.
    • Send photo(s) taken of each child’s dedication.
     
     
    FINANCIAL
    • Maintain records of payments for all programming and events.
      • Provide invoices for parents and congregants when requested.
      • Follow up regularly with parents to ensure complete and timely payments.
    • Maintain documentation to process check requests, honorariums, or cash advances.
    • Submit any bills and receipts to the Accounting department weekly.
    • Track finances for Students summer missions trips in ACS and also for fundraisers.
     
    COMMUNICATION
    • Answer and address or direct incoming phone calls in a polite and personable way.
    • Assist in creating, reviewing, and editing outgoing communication.
    • Act as lead communicator/liaison with the Quizzing and Battalion ministries.
     
    TEAM BUILDING
    • Participate in Staff Chapel, Staff Meetings, Staff Trainings, and other events as requested.
     
     
    Competencies
     
    • StrategicPlanning - Anticipate organizational needs and develop strategies for meeting them.
    • Energy - Consistently maintaining high levels of activity or productivity; sustaining long working hours when necessary; operating with vigor, effectiveness, and determination over extended periods of time.
    • Information Monitoring - Setting up ongoing procedures to collect and review information needed to manage an organization or ongoing activities within it.
    • Managing Work (includes Time Management) - Effectively managing one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
    • Quality Orientation - Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.
    • Team Development – Using appropriate methods and interpersonal styles to develop, motivate, and guide a team toward the successful completion of a program/project
    • Work Standards - Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.
     
     
     
    Required Qualifications
     
    • Have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
    • Model spiritual leadership and lifestyle consistent with the beliefs of ACAC.
    • Attend ACAC services and promote the vision of the church.
    • Complete the membership process of ACAC within 12 months of start date.
    • Exemplify the Culture Keystones of ACAC.
    • Ability to maintain confidentiality. 
    • Personal financial integrity.
     
    Preferred Qualifications
     
    • Basic efficiency in O365 Suite.
    • Basic knowledge of Planning Center Online.
     
    Time Requirements
     
    • Weekdays full-time hours; Special Events and weekends as requested.
     
    Physical Requirements
     
    • The position functions in a normal office environment that requires the ability to successfully interface with standard office equipment such as computers, printers, copiers, fax, telephones.
    • Sitting, standing, walking, and occasionally climbing stairs are typical activities in this role.
    • The ability to lift to 15 lbs. is required in this position.
    • Talking (expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word) and hearing (perceiving the nature of sounds) are required.
    • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
     

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