LifeMission Kids Olathe Elementary Coordinator-Full-Time
Under the direction of the LMK Pastor, The LMK Olathe Elementary Coordinator provides leadership and direction for students in 1st through 5th grade by creating an engaging, Christ-centered environment where children can thrive. This role is responsible for leading, developing, and equipping volunteer teams while ensuring weekly services, events, and ministry experiences are executed with excellence. The LMK Elementary Coordinator builds strong relationships, communicates the vision of LMK, and empowers others to take ownership and grow as leaders. Through strong relational, organizational, and spiritual leadership, this position helps create a ministry culture where children are known, loved, and challenged to grow in their relationship with Jesus.
Principal Job Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop the Elementary Ministry Team, creating a culture of excellence, teamwork, ownership, and spiritual growth.
- Provide leadership, direction, and support to EA, Squad 45, and Worship Team leaders and volunteers, ensuring each team is equipped and aligned with the vision of LifeMission Kids.
- Recruit, train, coach, encourage, and develop volunteers, helping team members identify and grow in their gifts and leadership potential.
- Coordinate and oversee weekly Elementary services and ministry activities, ensuring teams are prepared, supported, and positioned to create engaging and life-giving experiences for children and families.
- Lead and manage ministry schedules, including the EA Team and LMK Worship Team, ensuring appropriate staffing, communication, and coverage.
- Oversee weekly LMK Worship Team practices, providing leadership and coordination to ensure the team is prepared for weekend services. (Musical ability is not required.)
- Provide leadership and oversight for the elementary environments at the Olathe Campus, ensuring spaces are prepared, organized, welcoming, and aligned with the vision of LMK.
- Participate in EA services and ministry experiences, including serving in various on-stage capacities such as MC or teaching as needed.
- Lead and coordinate Squad 45 events, ensuring volunteers, environments, communication, and logistics are effectively organized and executed.
- Build strong relationships with children, families, staff, and volunteers, serving as a visible and engaged leader within LMK.
- Partner with LMK leadership to evaluate ministry effectiveness, identify opportunities for improvement, and implement strategies that strengthen the overall ministry experience.
- Manage LMK activity and information within eSpace, providing oversight to ensure ministry teams are utilizing systems effectively and consistently.
- Assist with the development and management of the LMK budget, taking ownership of responsible stewardship and financial processes.
- Code and upload receipts and requisitions weekly, maintaining accurate and timely financial records.
- Model the values, culture, and spiritual leadership of LifeMission Church, consistently demonstrating integrity, humility, initiative, and a servant-leader mindset.
Other duties as assigned.
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General Skills and Qualifications
- Visionary Leadership – Ability to understand, communicate, and advance the vision of LifeMission Kids while inspiring others to participate and take ownership.
- Team Development – Ability to recruit, equip, coach, encourage, and develop volunteers and leaders, creating a healthy and engaged ministry team.
- Relational Leadership – Ability to build authentic relationships with children, families, staff, and volunteers while creating an environment where people feel valued, supported, and connected.
- Communication – Ability to communicate clearly, consistently, and proactively with leaders, volunteers, staff, and ministry teams.
- Initiative & Ownership – Demonstrates the ability to identify needs, make sound decisions, solve problems, and take ownership without requiring constant direction.
- Organization & Execution – Ability to manage multiple priorities, establish effective systems, and follow through on responsibilities with excellence.
- Influence & Collaboration – Ability to lead through influence, work effectively across teams, and bring people together toward a common goal.
- Spiritual Leadership & Integrity – Demonstrates a growing relationship with Christ and leads with humility, honesty, character, and a commitment to LifeMission Church's Child & Youth Protection Policy.
General Skills & Qualifications
- Passion for children and a strong desire to see children know and follow Jesus.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to recruit, coach, motivate, and care for volunteers.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Ability to make decisions, solve problems, and take initiative.
- Ability to manage multiple responsibilities while maintaining attention to detail.
- Team-oriented, teachable, flexible, and willing to serve.
- Ability to create a positive, encouraging, and accountable team culture.
Commitment to excellence in all aspects of ministry.
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General Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to:
- Sit/stand for long periods of time
- Moving / pulling cart with materials across the parking lot
- The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 lbs. and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs.
Required Competencies of a LifeMission Church Employee
- People Focused - Building strong relationships with the congregation and delivering people-centric solutions
- Collaborator - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
- Instills Trust - Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, authenticity
- Self-Development - Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels
- Demonstrate Self-Awareness - Using feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses
The DNA of a LifeMission Church Leader
At LifeMission Church, we seek to build and nurture a culture for our church that produces and protects a God-honoring atmosphere. We lay the foundation for this cultural expression by personally living out LifeMission Church’s Core Kingdom Values and instilling them in all who work alongside us on our staff and serve teams. Our values can be described as follows: spiritual, professional, and relational. By upholding these values and our vision and mission statement, we can better serve the Kingdom.
Core Kingdom Values:
- All for One
Unity centered on Jesus and our five purposes.
1 Corinthians 1:10 (NLT) I appeal to you, dear brothers and sisters, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, to live in harmony with each other. Let there be no divisions in the church. Rather, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.
- Inside Out
Living a life of prayer and worship
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NLT) Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
- Grow to Go
A pursuit of God that is contagious.
Matthew 28:19 (NLT) Therefore, GO and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
- Live to Give
Living a life of generosity.
Acts 20:35 (NIV) In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: “it is more blessed to give than to receive.”
- Honor People
Seeing people as God sees them.
Romans 12:10 (NLT) Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.
Our Mission
The mission of LifeMission Church is to love God, inspire faith, reach those far from God, and connect people into family.
Our Vision
The vision of LifeMission Church is to see lives and communities transformed by revealing God’s presence and purpose.
Our Five Purposes
- Salvation
- Family
- Freedom
- Growth
- Mission
LifeMission Church does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law as it applies to churches. However, LifeMission Church does discriminate on the basis of religion.
Employment Requirement: All Staff must be a member or become a member of LifeMission Church upon employment.
*This description is not all inclusive, and other duties may be assigned as necessary.
