• CCWM is committed to ensuring a diverse workforce and a work environment whereby all staff are treated with dignity, respect, and fairness.
• CCWM encourages persons of diverse backgrounds and faiths to apply for employment.

Mission:

• Enhances understanding of Catholic Social Teaching and strengthens Catholic identity within the CCWM, CCWM board members, parishes, and the wider community through education and formation while helping to animate CCWM's mission, vision, and values.
• Presents educational training to new CCWM staff and board members on Catholic Social Teaching.
• Reviews CCWM policies and procedures through a Catholic lens to ensure adherence to Catholic teachings.
• Builds relationships with parishes and communicates the services of CCWM that support the efforts of the parish. Educates parishes on how they can provide both financial and volunteer support to CCWM programs; and helps parishioners learn more about the types of assistance available to them through these agencies and programs.
• Provides educational and formation opportunities in Catholic Social Teaching for parishes, pastoral leaders, Catholic schools, and diocesan departments.
• Serves as a resource to help in such areas as spirituality enrichment and pastoral care of Agency staff, leadership formation, and the development of good mission-based practices as they support mission integration.

Social Justice:

• Builds collaborative relationships with other Christian Churches, faith based organizations, and community organizations that carry out works of charity and justice, and responds to local issues and needs (e.g. hunger, housing, ex-offenders).
• Provides pastors and parish leaders with effective (SJM) training resources, promoting the use of the “parish justice ministry toolkit.”
• Provides information and consultation that will assist parishes and their members to exercise their call to faithful citizenship and faith-based legislative advocacy on issues affecting the unborn, elderly, poor, and most vulnerable in our communities.
• Fields and responds to calls from people needing an array of direct assistance services, referring them to appropriate CCWM and wider community agencies.
• Serves as diocesan director for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development and Catholic Relief Services.

Project Rachel:

Project Rachel is the Catholic Church’s diocesan-based ministry to those suffering in the aftermath of abortion. The nationwide ministry helps mothers, fathers, family members, friends, and people of faith or no faith who seek compassionate, non-judgmental help. Priests, religious, counselors, and laypeople provide a team response of care that can help to heal those wounded by abortion.

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  Manages post-abortive ministry (Project Rachel).
• Maintains referral list of trained clergy and counselors.
• Organizes training opportunities for those wishing to serve as clergy, counselor or lay volunteer.
• Coordinates Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat weekend, twice yearly.
• Creates and updates literature with the assistance of agency marketing coordinator.
• Answers calls and emails to women and men and accompanies them in their healing journey through Project Rachel’s integrated approach with the highest degree of confidentiality.
• Communicates with parishes and community regarding services, retreats, and training events.

Walking with Moms in Need:

Walking with Moms in Need (WWMIN) is an initiative of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and creates the capacity within every Catholic parish to assist pregnant and parenting mothers and their families by accompanying them on their parenting journey.

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  Updates and maintains a database of current prolife parishes and organizations.
• Develops relationships and collaborates with Catholic parishes, organizations, offices, and other state and national pro-life organizations.
• Collaborates with Diocese of Grand Rapids’ Pastoral Director to maintain communication and synergy among parishes by meeting with parish leaders and presenting content to parishes interested in bringing and maintaining the WWMIN initiative to their parish.

• Knowledge of human service and social justice initiatives.
• Candidates must be a practicing Roman Catholic with knowledge of the structure, institutions, teachings and practices of the Catholic Church.
• Conversant in Catholic Social Teaching
• Possesses efficient public speaking skills.
• Ability to develop and organize training.
• Ability to mobilize and manage volunteers.
• Ability to collaborate and establish partnerships
• Possess strong written and verbal skills
• Possesses strong relationship-building skills
• Knowledge of or willingness to learn technological responsibilities, newsletter, form, survey creation, and more.

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services, Theology, Pastoral Studies or related field is required.

• A minimum of 3 years working at the parish or diocesan level is strongly recommended.
• A minimum of 1 year of supervisory experience is preferred.
• A minimum of 2 years public speaking experience is preferred.

• Compassion
• Collaboration
• Compliance
• Service to All People
• Sanctity of All Life