Job Opening - Administrative Assistant

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Neighborhood Congregational Church in Laguna Beach, CA has an immediate opening for an Administrative Assistant. This person will interact with other staff, church attendees, visitors, and external church relationships and must exhibit a friendly and compassionate demeanor, have the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships, the ability to protect the confidentiality of information, and must be extremely well organized, flexible and enjoy the challenges of supporting a church office with diverse people and programs. 20 Hours / Week

Essential Functions:

• Present a friendly and compassionate face to all who may come on campus.

• Attend weekly planning meetings to receive input on preparing church publications including Sunday Bulletin, Church Newsletter, and Sunday Service Slides.

• Coordinate, review, edit, post and monitor social media & websites. Includes working with Pastor, Office Manager and Congregation Boards regarding appropriate themes and posting Board minutes and activities.

• Attend weekly staff meetings as called and provide input from review and monitoring of social media accounts.

• Update list of email contacts and ensure databases are accurate and up-to-date with attendance records and other data.

• Assist Financial Secretary in preparing quarterly reports.

 

Required Qualifications & Skills:

Friendly and compassionate demeanor.

Good working knowledge of graphics design and word processing programs, and on-line event listings/data processing.

Proficient in Social Media (ie; Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, etc)

Excellent writing and proofreading skills.

Excellent keyboarding and computer skills.

Strong organizational skills.

Strong Communication skills.

Self-starter with the ability to prioritize requests/action items made by others.

Must be able to multi-task and deal with an ever changing list of tasks.

Must have Reliable Transportation.

Some night and weekend work required.

 

Preferred:

Familiarity and relationships with local news outlets and personnel.

 

Please include Cover Letter and Resume

Please do not contact our office directly; click HERE to apply

Author of this post

Phil Garrison Church Moderator "I’ve lived in Laguna Beach and have been a member of NCC for 20 years. I worked as an engineer and manager in industry and the national labs for some 44 years in the areas of space exploration and energy research. I am enthusiastic about the opportunity to work with the NCC leadership team to take our church to where it needs to be to serve the spiritual needs of our congregation and the community in this brave new world."