Job Overview

Title: Director of Children’s Ministries
Description: To provide leadership and oversight for children’s ministries that focus on spiritual
development and growth for children from birth through fifth grade in service to our church mission.
Hours: 20-29 hrs./week (negotiable).

Job Description

Scope of Work: 1) Championing Children’s Ministry issues with the Staff, Elders, and the congregation. 2) Providing recruitment, training, and supervision of all Support Staff, including Interns. 3) Selecting, planning, and implementing curricula to be used by teachers. 4) Providing planning and scheduling of weekly Children’s Ministry experiences and events that coincide with and support the larger church’s mission and calendar. 5) Providing planning and scheduling of special experiences and events for outreach and for the spiritual growth of children and their parents, coinciding with the larger church’s calendar. 6) Providing relevant and timely communication with the parents and the congregation with regard to ministry events, expectations, opportunities, and/or reports. 7) Working with the Associate Pastor to align Children’s Ministries with Student Ministries so as to provide spiritual and programmatic continuity. 8) Building strong, trusting relationships with parents to support them as the primary disciplers of their children. 9) Budgeting for the annual needs of the ministry thoughtfully, responsibly, and sustainably. 10) From time to time, working on special projects at the discretion of the Associate Pastor (as time permits and as may be necessary).