Lay Employment Opportunities

To list a job opening at a church or school in the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, email the listing to Nicole Eiden at neiden@edola.org.

Director of Engagement

Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, New Orleans
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JOB SUMMARY: The Director of Engagement is a dynamic, relational leader responsible for fostering a vibrant, welcoming community at Trinity Episcopal Church. This position connects parishioners to the life of the church, ensures a comprehensive, warm welcome for newcomers, and cultivates a strong, supported volunteer base. The Director will drive engagement through strategic, person-to-person outreach, care for our senior population, and organizing parish-wide fellowship events.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Parishioner Outreach & Connection

• Welcome Events: Plan and organize newcomer welcome events.

• Parish-wide Events: Plan, promote, and implement parish-wide fellowship events, including high-profile services such as Trinity Sunday, as well as seasonal, social, and community-building gatherings.

• Newcomer Protocol: Create, implement, and manage a structured “Welcoming to Connection” protocol, ensuring visitors are greeted, followed up with, and welcomed into the community.

• Tracking & Assimilation: Create and manage a “connection” protocol, using the church database to track parishioner/newcomer interactions (“touches”) to identify engagement gaps and encourage deepening participation.

• Sunday Presence: Participate in Sunday service welcome and greeting, acting as a visible, relational presence in the Narthex and at coffee hour.

Events & Fellowship

Pastoral Care & Community

• Senior Engagement: Manage senior population care and engagement programs, ensuring connection with homebound members and developing social/spiritual opportunities for older adults.

• WOTC Liaison: Serve as primary staff liaison to the Women of the Church (WOTC) or equivalent groups (e.g., Helping Hands, Pastoral Care teams) to align outreach efforts with parish goals.

Volunteer & Committee Leadership

• Committee Leadership: Lead the Engagement Committee, focusing on strategic, long-term initiatives for parish growth and community building.

• Volunteer Support: Manage a comprehensive volunteer recognition and support program, identifying talents, providing training, and ensuring volunteer appreciation.

Qualifications & Skills

• Theological Alignment: A desire to serve in an Episcopal Church context, with understanding or willingness to learn Episcopal liturgy and welcoming traditions.

• Relational Skills: Strong interpersonal skills; ability to make people feel seen, welcomed, and valued.

• Administration: Experience with church database management (e.g., Realm, Servant Keeper) and tracking, or capability to learn these systems rapidly.

• Event Management: Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and execute events from conception to completion.

• Volunteer Management: Experience recruiting, training, and supporting lay volunteers.

• Leadership: Ability to lead teams and collaborate with clergy, staff, and vestry.

FLSA Status: Exempt

Reports to: Interim Rector or Rector

Pay: Commensurate with experience.

Benefits: Trinity Episcopal Church offers a benefits package designed to provide for the wellbeing of its employees and their families. Benefits for full-time employees include health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; competitive compensation and retirement benefits; paid personal and sick leave, tuition remission at Trinity Episcopal School, and professional development opportunities.

Trinity Episcopal Church provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, marital status, familial status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, disability or any other protected category in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local laws.

This position requires a regular Sunday morning presence, with flexible hours during the week to accommodate evening meetings, events, and pastoral visits.

Those interested in applying should send a resume, cover letter, and references to Trinity’s HR Director, Gabriella Frank at:gfrank@trinitynola.com

Nursery Worker – Part Time Position

Location: Grace Episcopal Church, Hammond
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Position Overview:

The members of our community, from youngest to oldest, are all essential to our life at Grace Memorial Episcopal Church. As a church, we seek to provide meaningful offerings for all members, including high quality childcare for the youngest among us. We are seeking a nursery worker to help us provide childcare for our families so that each member can fully participate in the life of our church. The position involves playing with and caring for infants and small children during our Sunday worship services throughout the year and at special events and community offerings. Join us is creating a church community that takes wonderful care of its families and especially its youngest members.

Sexton – Part Time Position

Location: Grace Episcopal Church, Hammond
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Position Overview:
The Sexton is a part-time, hourly employee responsible for the cleanliness, safety, and routine maintenance of all church facilities and grounds. This role supports the mission and ministry of Grace Memorial Episcopal Church by ensuring that the campus remains well-maintained, hospitable, and prepared for worship services and parish activities. The Sexton works under the direction of the Rector and in partnership with the Facilities and Maintenance Committee of the Vestry. The Sexton is expected to uphold professional standards of conduct at all times. The Sexton supports the worship and daily life of the parish by maintaining the church buildings and grounds, preparing worship spaces, and ensuring a clean, safe, and welcoming environment.

Children’s Ministries Director – Part-Time

Location: St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Baton Rouge
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St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church is currently seeking a part-time Children’s Ministries Director (CMD) to help lead and grow our vibrant ministry with children and families. This role is a meaningful opportunity to support the spiritual formation of our youngest parishioners through Sunday programming, special events, volunteer coordination, and community building.

The ideal candidate is someone who:
Loves working with children and families
Has strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills
Is creative, enthusiastic, and committed to nurturing faith in young hearts
Can recruit, support, and inspire volunteers
Is available 10–12 hours per week

This is a paid part-time position, and ongoing training and support are provided.

To learn more or apply, please email your interest and resume to Sandra Shipp at secretary@saintmargarets.com.

Applications will be reviewed by Fr. Tommy Dillon in collaboration with members of the Human Resources Committee and the Children and Youth Ministry Team (CYMT).

Children & Youth Formation Coordinator – Part-Time

Location: The Free Church of the Annunciation, New Orleans
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Position Summary:
The Free Church of the Annunciation in Broadmoor is seeking a talented and outgoing individual to work and grow with our cohort of children. Our future instructor will be able to provide a safe, loving, and nurturing environment to children largely in the 6-12 age category. They will work with church leadership to develop a curriculum focusing three broad areas:

· CHRISTIAN EDUCATION: Teaching bible stories & Christian ethics, including preparation to receive the sacraments of baptism, eucharist, and confirmation as applicable.

· LITURGICAL FORMATION: Encourage participation in Sunday worship and meaning of the sacraments

· MISSION-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES: Identify service projects within the Broadmoor community where the children can be seen as naming a need and leading this project (e.g., food distribution coat drive in winter, etc)

Minimum qualifications:

· Love of working with children of all ages up to 18 years of age.

· Completion of Safeguarding God’s Children certification (may be done upon employment).

· Experience with Godly Play or Catechesis of the Good Shepherd a plus, but not required.

· Associate’s degree in any field or equivalent life experience.

Time Commitment: 6-8 hours per week including

· 2 hours on Sunday (10:30am -12:30pm).

· The remaining 4-6 hours will include preparation and planning for the coming week(s), as well as periodic meetings with church leadership and lay staff.

· Hours may fluctuate depending on the season (i.e., more hours for Christmas and Easter, less during the summer).

Salary: $20.00 per hour

This job description is deliberately and broadly written to allow for maximum creativity and flexibility. The hope is the hours and responsibilities will grow as our program grows. Please submit a resume to Parish Administrator, Caleb Gettle, community@annunciationepiscopal.com.

The Free Church of the Annunciation will hire in compliance with the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana’s Certification Requirements and Standards for Ministry with Children and Youth as laid out in Sections III and IV of Safeguarding God’s Children Policy

Receiving names until position is filled. Interviews with applicants will take place as following submission and review of the resume.

Youth Minister – Part-Time

Location: Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Rosedale
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Position Summary:
The Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Rosedale is seeking a part-time Youth Minister to start and develop a youth program and help with youth on Sundays in exchange for free living accommodations in a modern, fully equipped and furnished rectory. In addition to leading Sunday School, six hours of work, more or less, per week required.

Nativity rectory is a beautiful Acadian-style cottage, only 12 years old, with 1800-square feet of fully furnished living space with central AC and all modern appliances. It has three bedrooms—two upstairs and one down (currently used as a den) and could accommodate up to a couple with two children. Applicant could keep other full-time or part-time work elsewhere.

Rosedale is an easy twenty to twenty-five minute-drive from Baton Rouge.

Nativity Church was founded and built in 1859. It is nestled under ancient live oaks and surrounded by sugar cane fields, a truly beautiful setting. We are a warm and welcoming congregation, proud to worship in the same sanctuary as many faithful generations before us, but our mission remains the same: to express Christ’s love to all who enter our door, and to allow God to prepare us for His work in the world.

As required by the national and diocesan church, all who work with youth will undergo a background check and will be required to do Safe Church training.

Those interested may contact Deacon Charles deGravelles at Charlie.degravelles@gmail.com or at 225-223-0607.

Head of School – St. Andrew’s Episcopal School
2026-27 School Year

New Orleans, LA

Full job description:
https://saesnola.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/SAES-Head-of-School-Search-for-26-27.pdf

Position Starts: July 1, 2026Application Deadline: October 6, 2025

St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in New Orleans, Louisiana is looking for an energetic, visionary leader who can inspire the confidence and respect of the entire school community while also providing us with the skills to build on our strengths, and grow the school community. St. Andrew’s seeks a knowledgeable educator who understands how to grow a team and lead a school through growth; who is known as a collaborator and demonstrates skills in relationship-building, mentoring, and strategic thinking. The next Head of St. Andrew’s should be comfortable making fair and firm decisions. The School seeks an individual with a passion for education within an Episcopal framework. Candidates must be committed to continuing the school’s educational philosophy of academic excellence within a warm and accepting environment. The next Head of School will assume office on July 1, 2026.

Interested candidates should provide a resumé, cover letter highlighting interest in and reasons for seeking the position, a statement of academic philosophy, and a list of three (3) professional and two (2) personal references with contact information, as a single attachment, by October 6, 2025. These materials should be emailed to: SAESHeadSearch2025@standrewsepiscpalschool.org Head of School Search Committee St. Andrew’s Episcopal School 8012 Oak Street New Orleans, LA 70118 Candidates will be evaluated as received.