Employment and Volunteering in the Diocese of Reno

Employment Opportunities

The Diocese of Reno has employment opportunities and we would love to meet applicants who can share in our mission in these roles:

-Assistant to the Bishop's Office

-Our Mother of Sorrows is seeking to hire a Cemetery Groundsman

-Our Lady of the Snows School is accepting Teacher Applications for the 2022-2023 school year

The Diocese of Reno is seeking an Assistant to the Bishop's Office. This is a full-time position 35 hour/week with benefits. Please send resume & application to Tara Snow at taras@catholicreno.org. Applications can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.

Job Title:          Assistant to the Bishop's Office

Department:   Bishop's Office, Pastoral Center

Reports to:       Chancellor

FLSA status:    Non-Exempt, Full-time

This position provides secretarial and administrative support to the Bishop, Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor. This position also provides assistance, back-up, and support to the other members of the Bishop’s office and reception at the front desk of the Pastoral Center.

Job Responsibilities:

-Fielding calls and directing inquiries to the appropriate department

-Appointment scheduling

-Assist with coordination of Diocesan and Pastoral Center events

-Reconciling receipts as needed

-Receive, direct and relay telephone messages, e-mails and fax messages appropriately

-Respond to public inquiries

-Assist with administrative office tasks including creating documents, completing mailings, assisting as needed with Pastoral Center projects

 Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities should include::

-Excellent people skills a necessity

-Excellent written and verbal communication skills

-Proficiency in computer and communications technologies is essential

-Ability to maintain confidentiality is required

-Ability to carry out multiple tasks at the same time

-Ability to learn new tasks and skills.

-Knowledge of the Catholic Church and its connectional structure is extremely beneficial

-Computer knowledge and skills must include the ability to understand and use various computer software applications including but not limited to:

  1. Spread sheet applications
  2. Word processing software
  3. Presentation software

    -Previous experience in working in an office setting

    The Diocese of Reno reserves the right to amend this job description. A revised Job Description supersedes all previous descriptions for the position as a condition for employment. Job Descriptions will be distributed as revised.

    Our Mother of Sorrows:  Cemetery Groundsman- The Cemetery Groundsman maintains cemetery grounds and prepares graves, grave areas including and not limited to grave excavation; burial functions (opening/closing for interments, entombments, inurnments, disinterment); lawn sodding, seeding, fertilizing; monument and marker setting; manual and mechanical earth moving and lawn care equipment operation; cemetery cleanup.  Please email to taras@catholicreno.org.

    Our Lady of the Snows School is accepting Teacher Applications for the 2022-2023 school year.  Please email resumes to bcherry@snowsnv.org.

      Throughout the year employment opportunities open within the Chancery office, parishes and schools.  We welcome all qualified persons to apply for these positions!

      All interested persons must complete an application.  Employment will be contingent upon an applicant successfully passing a background check and completing the Safe Environment requirements.

      Applications and necessary documents maybe downloaded from here:

      Volunteering Information

      The mission of the Diocese survives and thrives through its many volunteers.  We welcome all who wish to volunteer.  So that a Safe Environment is maintained, all volunteers who have regular access to children and vulnerable adults must submit an application, have a background check and fulfill the Protecting God's Children requirements.

      Those necessary documents are: