Outreach Priest Recruitment Specialist

Outreach Priest Recruitment Specialist

Reports to: PCS Director of Business Development

Educational or Certification Requirements:
• Bachelor's Degree or commensurate experience.

Requirements:

• Has understanding and knowledge of the Catholic Church and hierarchy and has experience working with Priests. Experience recruiting priests preferred.
• Must have recruiting experience.
• Excellent writing, editing, proofreading skills, and oral communications skills; Spanish is a plus, but not required.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills; work well under pressure and able to work on multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• TEAM PLAYER!
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook) and the ability to quickly learn database systems.
• Must be comfortable designing and creating presentations, newsletters, etc.
• Should be self-motivated, proactive, and able to work with minimal supervision.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design and implement an overall Outreach Priest recruiting strategy to result in hiring Outreach Priests with a specific emphasis on fluent bilinguals with high-level potential for fundraising results. Must additionally work to grow recruitment in target geographical areas as prioritized by opportunities booked, donor engagement, and high-priority targeted markets.
• Sourcing and attracting candidates by using databases, social media, etc., conferences and networking excellence. Research opportunities for immediate and long-term recruitment best practices. Commitment to travel for both recruiting and OP observation to accelerate fundraising results.
• Perform selection functions including pre-screening resumes and candidates, participating as part of the interview team, advising hiring managers, driving the offer process, and leading post-interview debrief and feedback sessions with interview teams, candidates, and all levels of leadership.
• Represent Cross Catholic Outreach for recruiting purposes at identified networking and industry events, job fairs, conferences, etc., participating in special projects when necessary.
• Collaborate with department managers to proactively identify future hiring needs. Proactively responsible for seeking market intelligence to gain organizational competitive standards and advantage.
• Responsible for developing leadership expertise in the recruitment process and goals for all viable Outreach priest recruitment categories.
• Responsible for consistent documentable reporting on growth efforts for short and long-term results. Responsible for research and analysis to discern all recruiting opportunities.
• Responsible for participating in travel for training and Outreach Priest observation and fund-raising feedback and improvement.
• Grow Cross Catholic Reputation as the "best place to work" if you are a Catholic priest with a heart for the poor and are available to work and travel.
• Initiate and grow meaningful relationships with persons of influence that can open doors to learn and grow the Outreach Priest recruitment effort and results.
• Maintain metrics, reports, process documentation, CRM notes, and all other event data as necessary.
• Work with the PCS Development Team to assess and grow fund-raising results.
• Other duties as assigned.

Position Summary:
The Outreach Priest Recruiter is a professional responsible for sourcing and recruiting Catholic priests in good standing to work (full-time or part-time) to meet current and future financial and donor acquisition goals for Cross Catholic Outreach.

We are a Catholic ministry with an ecumenical staff of Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox believers working in unity to provide food, water, housing, education, orphan support, medical care, micro-enterprise, and disaster relief - and the love of our Lord Jesus Christ - to the poorest of the poor in more than 30 countries around the world. We strongly believe in unifying Christians in this mission of mercy, and we believe that creating a welcoming work environment for all Christian faiths is essential to achieving our ministry goals.

To apply, send your resume to [email protected] and put the job title in the subject line.