Job Overview

The Children's Director (CD) collaborates with the Elders to provide spiritual and educational leadership for the Children's Ministry of Emmanuel Baptist Church (EBC). The CD supports and equips children and their families for life and service with the goal of children becoming fully developed followers of Christ.

Job Description

Qualifications:

1. Lives a life that fosters connecting, growing, and serving in the power of the gospel through personal spiritual disciplines and membership at Emmanuel Baptist Church.
2. Senses a call to and a passion for ministry with children and their families– birth to sixth grade.
3. Works in a friendly, enthusiastic, and flexible manner with the other members of EBC to fulfill the mission of the church as it relates to the children and their families.
4. Shall have a demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal direction.
5. Must be detail oriented, with initiative to solve problems and take on new tasks.
6. Takes responsibility for the development of ideas, plans, organization, promotion, and carrying out of the vision for children's ministry.
7. Develops leaders within the children's ministry.
8. Adheres to and enforces, under the supervision of the pastor and with the support of the leadership, the Children's Policy Manual.
9. Three years of experience in Children's Ministry or relevant degree preferred.

Job responsibilities:

1. Coordinate vision and implementation of EBC's ministry to children, birth through sixth grade and their families:
2. Nursery: Oversee and manage the nursery for regularly scheduled EBC services.
3. Sunday School and Wednesday Evening – coordinate curriculum, encourage and support teachers, filling in for any vacant positions as needed.
4. Childcare for Special Events – Provide nursery support for occasional special services such as but not limited to Thanksgiving, Christmas, Good Friday etc.
5. Recruit and train volunteer staff to carry out the Children's Ministry programs.
6. Develop and support, along with other church staff/leadership, adequate staff in classrooms.
7. Attend weekly staff meeting.
8. Prepare educational and promotional materials for volunteers and families.
9. Give reports at the quarterly business meetings.
10. Provide the pastor with a weekly checklist of duties completed for review.
11. Conduct a semi-annual material assessment of the Children's Wing Spaces, providing a report to the Pastor and Deacon body describing any issues or changes/upgrades needed for the spaces. When cosmetic changes are desired, the report will provide recommendations regarding what is to be accomplished, an estimate of the cost, and recommended suppliers and/or contractors.
12. Keep and update a time-log of regular tasks to enable the pastor to conduct a review and assessment.
13. Provide a yearly review of the Children's Policy Manual and give recommendations and updates as necessary. Changes are to be reviewed by the pastor and/or others.
14. Inspect Children's area to make sure that the Cleaning Service Contract is being followed in the Children's Area. Report any concerns about contract fulfillment to Trustees.
15. Complete other duties as assigned.

Designation of hours:

The position entails an average of 10 hours per week, a minimum of 4 hours per week must be conducted in the office.

Hours are to be logged electronically by category. The Pastor shall conduct a quarterly review to ensure the requirement is being met. The Personnel Committee shall review the electronic log annually.

Compensation:

The CD will be paid $800 per month based upon meeting the 44 hours per month minimum requirement. It is the responsibility of the Pastor, Personnel and Finance Committees to ensure the requirement is being met.