Job Opportunity

Community Outreach Coordinator Job Description

Responsibilities

The Community Outreach Coordinator works to strengthen St. Matthew’s connection to the community. This includes collaborative leadership in marketing, advertising, special events, partnerships with Christian churches, other houses of worship, schools, colleges, and universities, and all (local, regional, national, and international) mission efforts.

Essential Job Functions

1. Collaborate with staff and church groups to ensure that Matthew’s maintains and improves its outreach focus.
2. Function as the staff person who ensures coordination and focus across church groups for all external outreach activities, key evangelistic sermon series, and any other activity requiring external marketing support, with attention to ensuring wide participation in these events.
3. Assist St. Matthew’s in establishing strategic relationships with local advertising outlets, aiming to ensure continuous awareness of St. Matthew’s in the community.
4. Champion the use of St. Matthew’s website by all church groups and all social media outlets to promote and engage in the church.
5. Collaborate with church volunteers and program staff to create new events and other opportunities to introduce new people to St. Matthew’s and eventually invite them to become regular attendees of its services.
6. Work with staff and church groups to establish and manage strategic relationships with the local interfaith community to synergize work with local houses of worship, schools, colleges, and universities.
7. Collaborate with staff and church groups to grow Matthew’s local, regional, national, and international mission efforts.
8. Function as a member of Matthew’s staff, providing staff services as assigned by the senior pastor.
9. Perform other duties as

Other Job Requirements

This is a paid staff position, which may require work in the evening and weekends.

Education and Experience

A minimum of 4 years of experience as a staff member in a community outreach leadership capacity is strongly preferred. A bachelor’s degree in a field related to the job’s activities is required. Extensive ministry experience, in some cases, can be substituted.

The successful individual will be a strong leader with a solid work ethic and the ability to take personal initiative as a staff leader.

Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, church management software, web configuration/maintenance, other related applications, Google environment, and social media is preferred.

Good writing, oral and interpersonal communication, and group leadership skills are essential.

Compensation

Base salary: $55,000 (commensurate with work experience), reviewed annually.

Standard church benefits include holidays, annual and sick leave days, medical insurance, and pension contributions.

To Apply

To apply, please submit a letter of interest and resume to jobs@stmatthews-bowie.org. References will be requested after the initial screening. For full consideration, please respond by Monday, May 5, 2025.

You may learn more about St. Matthew’s UMC, Bowie, Maryland, at our website https://stmatthews-bowie.org/.