Local Kids Ministry Coordinator
Time: Part Time; 20-25 Hours (includes weekly, evening and Sunday morning hours)
Pay Range: $18-22/hr.
Reports to: Family Pastor
Primary Work Relationships: Family Pastor & Curriculum Coordinator
Secondary Work Relationships: Director of Administration, Communications Director, & Facilities Coordinator
Function:
The Kids Ministry Coordinator will work alongside the Family Pastor to help oversee Sunday preparation, Family Ministries classrooms/spaces, family & volunteer communication, volunteer development, & family events.
Administration:
- Oversee the organization & preparation of all Sunday needs: classroom setup & check in, service leading, & volunteer communication
- Volunteer scheduling on CCB
- Report Sunday attendance
- Write weekly emails to parents & volunteers with curriculum, calendar, & ministry updates
- Perform quarterly CCB maintenance
- Recruit, background check, train, & support volunteers
- Organize & complete church credit card statements & reports
- Manage the Family Ministry budget alongside Family Pastor
- Yearly, quarterly, monthly, & weekly calendar planning
- Take an active self-starter approach to ministry by thinking, planning, & working ahead
Communication:
- Connect with families & volunteers on Sunday’s
- Timely respond to volunteer inquiries & questions
- Be the point of contact for ministry facilitation & programming questions for volunteers & parents
- Send weekly (or event based) email updates to families & volunteers
- Respond to inquiries & questions about the children’s ministry, facilitate weekly follow up with
- Welcome & integrate new families into the TLC community
- Assist with any online needs & updates (website, social media) pertaining to kids ministry
Events:
- Run monthly volunteer training class on the 2nd Sunday of every month
- Schedule, organize, & execute Child Dedication services alongside family pastor
- Assist in planning any Family Ministry Events: Summer Sunday’s, Parent Trainings, Parent’s Night Out, etc. (including Preteen/
Youth Events)
Volunteer Team Coordination:
- Schedule all Kid’s Ministry volunteers for Sunday’s, childcare, & events
- Communicate with Service Lead Team & Key Volunteers Weekly
- Regularly communicate with ministry volunteers for care, equipping, relationship building, & event planning
Sunday Morning Support:
- Oversee weekly services, volunteers, leaders, etc.
- Be the point of contact for families and volunteers
- Evaluate kids classrooms for updates and support to teams leading classrooms
- Be on-site 45 minutes before services for prayer and stay 45 minutes after services
Qualifications
Character
- Has a growing relationship with God.
- Is supportive and dedicated to the team, the mission, and the church body
- Displays a genuine servant-leader
- Able to express ideas and feedback in an open, direct and tactful way
Chemistry
- Expresses flexibility, cooperation and teach-ability
- Forward thinker; self-directed; team oriented; organized
- Sense of humor, trustworthy and exhibits wise discretion
- Embraces the vision, direction and beliefs of The Local Church GR and has a heart for the Kingdom
Competency
- Self-starter, willing to run with projects and assignments, thinking ahead, anticipating issues/needs and plan
accordingly
- Has strong ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both parents and kids
- Demonstrates ability to organize processes, projects, and people
- Able to juggle multiple competing tasks and priorities
- Ability to create streamlined communication and tasks from meetings
- Demonstrates ability to recruit, coordinate and manage groups (primarily volunteers)
- Demonstrates ability to learn and implement new skills and programs
- Able to thrive in a fast-paced, detail-oriented work environment with tight deadlines
- Capable of navigating through conflict and help lead on-the-fly issues that may come up
- Passion for operations, logistics, process, and seeing things through
- High competency level with software programs similar to: Google Drive, Basecamp, PowerPoint, Word, Excel and
Outlook. Database experience is a plus
Experience
- Preferred experience working on a church staff in kids ministry
- Preferred education in administration/business, communications, teaching, or ministry related field
- Preferred experience of 2-3+ years in a fast-paced office setting
