CROSSROADS CHURCH JOB DESCRIPTION 

Position: Communications Support

Status: Part-time (16 hours per week)

Crossroads Vision

We are a church family in Canberra seeking to trust and follow Jesus for God’s glory. We want to see the news of Jesus producing more and more life-long disciples, who together see the gospel reach further and deeper into Canberra and beyond.

About This Role

The purpose of the position is to assist the Communications Manager in developing media across the different congregations and other projects as they arise. Primary responsibilities include preparing Sunday presentations, a weekly eNewsletter, mobile app material and helping to prepare and distribute material for volunteers.

This position reports to and works closely with the Communications Manager as well as the Senior and Executive Pastors. It also interacts with and assists other pastoral and office staff as required.

Primary Responsibilities and Tasks

You will be responsible for:

  • Presentations

    • Developing the slide presentations for our Sunday Services;

    • Other editing/administrative tasks (e.g. using CCLI to report on songs used) as requested by the rest of the pastoral or office staff.

  • Newsletter: 

    • Compiling content from the Communications Manager for our newsletter and submitting for review before distribution;

    • Publishing our weekly newsletter, which often includes coordinating content from various team members as required;

    • Writing social media posts promoting the contents of the newsletter.

  • Mobile Applications: 

    • Updating our mobile applications and website as required.

  • Volunteer/Serving Support

    • Prepare and distribute information to volunteers in relation to their serving commitments;

    • Rostering volunteers using various software tools;

The role is required to use the following programs:

  • Elvanto

  • Monday

  • Proclaim

  • Mailchimp

  • Subsplash

  • Audacity: cutting, compressing, noise reduction of audio.

  • Google Suite (mainly docs and sheets)

  • Adobe inDesign and Photoshop

  • Facebook/Instagram

Key Criteria: Strengths & Skill Set 

  1. A committed follower of Jesus Christ with the ability to reflect Christ’s love and character in all interactions

  2. Strong written and verbal communications skills

  3. Strong organisational skills, with the ability to multitask and prioritise and adapt quickly to new tasks.

  4. Strong digital fluency and the ability to learn new programs with ease

  5. Ability to work within a small team as well independently with integrity

Highly Desired Skills

  • Marketing

  • Social Media

  • Graphic Design

  • Video editing

The position requires the candidate to have an ACT WWVP card and have no prior allegations of misconduct or convictions.


STEPS TO APPLY

1. Email your applications to: office@crossroads.asn.au

Include:
a) a short summary (maximum 2 pages) addressing the key criteria and the highly desired skills outlined in the Job Description. You will need to demonstrate how your skills and abilities are suitable for the role and how you can best serve Christ and his people at Crossroads.

b) a copy of your CV and

c) names of 2 referees;

2. Successful applicants will be shortlisted from this process and undergo further steps before proceeding to interview.

For further details

Contact graeme tinney on graeme@crossroads.asn.au or 0498063567