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Position: Thrift Shop Manager

Hours: Part-time- up to 12 hours a week

Description:

The Thrift Shop is an outreach ministry of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church on Signal Mountain, operated and managed by the women of the Church. The Shop provides gently used clothing and housewares at reduced prices and provides monetary donations to many other ministries supported by the Church. The Manager works directly with and under the supervision of the St. Timothy’s Thrift Shop Oversight Committee. The Thrift Shop manager is a part-time employee of St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church on Signal Mountain and reports to the Rector. The Thrift Shop Manager oversees the Thrift Shop.

The Manager’s weekly responsibilities include:

• Organizing the Thrift Shop and ensuring its cleanliness. Maintaining necessary supplies. (Approximately 1.5 hours)

• Picking up money from sales and transporting it to St. Timothy’s financial director and transferring money received on the Venmo account to St. Timothy’s bank account each Monday morning or as directed by the Rector. (Approximately .5 hours)

• Ensuring there are volunteers for all the hours the store is open, including working at least one shift a week. (Approximately 3.5 hours)

• Organizing, supporting, and ensuring there are Monday morning volunteers to sort, hang, and pack up out-of-season items donated over the weekend. (Approximately 6 hours)

• The Manager is also responsible for organizing, coordinating, and promoting sales at the end of each season and transitioning seasonal items and clothing.

Basic Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

• Member in good standing at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church on Signal Mountain preferred.

• Effective communication skills, ability to work cooperatively with others, and ability to adapt to changing situations and needs.

• Applicant must pass the diocesan background check for employees.

Required Training upon hiring:

• Complete and maintain the Safe Church/ Safe Communities certification course.

• The job offer will include a 3-month probationary period and an annual performance review with the Rector.

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. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, Knoxville, is looking for a soprano and a bass/baritone to be the section leaders in our choir. Pay is $70 per call.  Wednesday evening rehearsals, one service on Sundays.  Contact Elizabeth Farr, Director of Music.   ElizabethFarrMusic@gmail.com