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Job Title: Nursery Workers
Reports to: Nursery Coordinator
Employment Classification: Contract Workers
Average Hours per Month: 5-8 Hours
Employment Status: Non-Exempt

Summary of Position:
To supervise the St. Paul’s Episcopal nursery for infants and young children on Sunday mornings and other worship times or programs. The focus of this job is to provide a safe, secure, a nurturing, clean, and efficient environment to care for the children at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Child care includes playing with the children or directing play, reading to the children, and exhibiting Christ-like patience, love, and understanding. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as a greeter, meeting parents, children, and other workers with a ready smile, a listening ear, and calm assurance
• Provide support and assistance to parents when they arrive with their child
• Actively engage with children, setting up age-appropriate stations and activities
• Provide physical, emotional, and intellectual support and stimulation to each child in care, as appropriate for the circumstances
• Ensure hourly diaper checks
• Attempt to calm children before alerting parents
• Contact parents if a child becomes sick or inconsolable
• Develop a relationship of trust and continuity with children and parents
• Sign and address with a parent any Injury Reports

Qualifications:

• Background check; certified in CPR; Safe Church
• 18 years of age

Work Environment:

• Be punctual. Notify the supervisor in advance if you must be late.
• Be reliable in your attendance. Secure a substitute and notify the supervisor if you must be absent.
• Be polite, friendly, and courteous to others, including children, adults, and peers. Encourage other nursery staff.
• Check email at least weekly and respond to staff communications.
• Do not engage in the physical punishment/discipline of any child.

Hours and Compensation:

• Expectations: 8:30am-1:00pm on Sundays with the flexibility to work during other parish life and fellowship programs and activities (for examples-Sunday afternoons/evenings; mid-week evenings-particularly Wednesday). $16-$20/hour based on experience.

To apply for this position, please send a resume and cover letter to carly@stpaulschatt.org.

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Harriman, is looking for an organist familiar with liturgical service playing for their weekly Sunday service as well as occasional special services. As there is no choir, the organist will ideally provide a prelude, postlude, hymnody and service music accompaniment, and other music as determined in consultation with the rector. Pay rate is determined in consultation with the rector. Candidates may apply by sending a cover letter and resume to the Rev. Brad Jones at sbradjones@hotmail.com.

Sound Tech Operator
Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Knoxville, TN
Pay: $20/hour
Schedule: Sunday mornings, 10am-12 Noon.

The Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Knoxville, TN, is seeking a reliable and skilled Sound Tech Operator. The operator will arrive 30 minutes before each service to ensure all audio equipment is functioning properly and will be responsible for managing the sound during the service. The ideal candidate is familiar with audio equipment and comfortable working in a liturgical setting. This position reports to Alexander Thomas and requires passing a background check. Familiarity with church services and prior experience with sound systems is preferred however training will be provided as needed.

This position pays $20/hour and requires working most Sunday mornings from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, along with additional services for special events such as funerals, Christmas, Easter, and a monthly Sunday evening service.

Responsibilities

• Work Sunday mornings and monthly evening service
• Operate the Soundboard in the Choir Loft
• Turn on lights in the Choir Loft
• Arrive 30 minutes prior to service start time

Preferred Background

• Familiarity with audio equipment
• Familiarity with liturgical services

For all interested candidates, please email sara@knoxvilleascension.org.

St. Thomas, Elizabethton needs an organist/pianist Sundays 11:00 a.m. and major feast days annually. Please contact Father Timothy Holder, parish priest, at (423) 707-0042 or tholdertn@gmail.com