Description
Location: Los Angeles (Boyle Heights), CA
Job Type: Full-Time, Hourly | On-Site (No Remote Work Option)
Reports to: Director of Administration & Advancement
Start Date: August 1, 2025
Salary Range: $23/hour ($47,840 Annually) to $30/hour ($62,000 Annually)
Application Deadline: July 15, 2025
About Dolores Mission:
Dolores Mission Parish is a Roman Catholic community in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, entrusted to the pastoral care of the Jesuits. Widely recognized for its prophetic work in gang intervention and advocacy for social justice, the parish actively addresses local, national, and global issues while serving the spiritual, social, and material needs of its parishioners—most of whom come from the immediate neighborhood, one of the most underserved areas in Boyle Heights.
Since 1950, Dolores Mission School has operated in one of Los Angeles’ toughest neighborhoods, providing a high-quality Catholic Jesuit education to children from the nearby housing projects and surrounding communities. Over the past decade, the school has emerged as a model for what is possible in inner-city education. Through a rigorous academic program and deeply rooted values, Dolores Mission School is helping to transform lives—empowering students to graduate high school and pursue college at significantly higher rates. The school and parish stand together as unwavering pillars of hope and accompaniment for the most vulnerable members of our community.
Position Summary:
The Marketing & Community Engagement Officer is responsible for leading all marketing, storytelling, and outreach initiatives that promote the mission, programs, and development efforts of the school and church. This position serves as the creative engine of the development team—crafting compelling content, managing digital platforms, and engaging both the local community and broader donor base. A core function of this role is full ownership and coordination of the Immersion Program, which connects external volunteer groups with the community in mission-aligned ways.
This is a fully on-site, place-based role. Given the deeply relational and community-driven nature of our mission, remote or hybrid work arrangements are not available for this position. Team members are expected to work in person at our Boyle Heights campus and actively engage with students, families, parishioners, and community partners.
Key Responsibilities:
Marketing & Communications:
- Lead the creation and execution of all marketing strategies and campaigns for both the school and church.
- Design and manage visual and written content across all print, digital, and social platforms.
- Develop and manage content calendars for social media and email (Constant Contact); host bi-weekly content meetings.
- Maintain and update DMS and DMC websites, ensuring content is timely, mission-aligned, and donor/audience focused.
- Create and distribute promotional and event collateral (invitations, brochures, signage, etc.).
- Oversee and produce the “Faith in the Flats” podcast, including content creation, guest coordination, and production.
- Collaborate with school leadership to create and execute enrollment marketing strategies and community-facing campaigns.
Community Engagement & Events:
- Lead storytelling strategy for all campaigns (Friendsgiving, GEM, Adopt-A-Student, etc.) through visual and narrative content.
- Plan and execute visibility strategies at community events and outreach opportunities.
- Support event coordination, especially for Career Day, Madrinas program, and HSS engagement.
- Design and implement marketing materials for fundraising campaigns, annual appeals, and donor initiatives.
Immersion Program Coordination:
- Fully own the planning, implementation, and growth of the Immersion Program in collaboration with Jesuit Volunteer.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for partner universities and high schools, and other immersion trip groups.
- Coordinate all logistics, activities, and scheduling for immersion visits.
- Ensure the program aligns with organizational mission and fundraising strategies.
- Collaborate with Pastor, Director of Administration & Advancement, and external partners to strengthen program impact.
- Ensure compliance with all safety, insurance, and administrative requirements for program operations.
How to Apply:
Submit your resume, cover letter, and 2–3 samples of past work (social media, flyers, campaigns, or written pieces) to acastro@dolores-mission.org.
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, nonprofit management, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience in communications, community outreach, or nonprofit marketing.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines with creativity and attention to detail.
- Strong graphic design and content creation skills.
- Experience with social media, web and email platforms (e.g.,Facebook, Instagram, Constant Contact, etc.).
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a passion for community service and faith-based mission work.
- Experience managing volunteer or immersion-style programs is strongly preferred.
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with community partners, media, donors and stakeholders.
- Knowledge of the work of Archdiocesan administration in education and familiarity with pressures facing both Catholic and under resourced schools.
- Understands the values, traditions, and mission of Dolores Mission Church and School and Jesuit urban Catholic education.
- Ability to attend occasional evening and weekend events.
- Must have a valid CA driver’s license and realizable transportation.
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to work on-site, full-time.
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk and drive. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.–5 years of experience in nonprofit development, fundraising, or advancement.
Wage Range
The rate of pay offered to the selected candidate is based on internal pay policy and budget. New hires are commonly paid at the minimum of the wage range or within the lower part of the range. We consider a number of factors when making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience, training and other department needs.
Information/Application Contact
Dolores Mission School (Los Angeles)
170 South Gless Street
Los Angeles, CA 90033
acastro@dolores-mission.org