Job Summary
The Children’s Pastor will be a creative and passionate leader of leaders who will be responsible for casting vision, planning, coordinating, overseeing, and evaluating the River Kid's ministry for children in Preschool through 4th grade. He will ensure that the children’s ministry is in alignment with the overall vision of The River Community Church and is consistently providing an environment for children that is fun, age-appropriate, Biblically sound, and safe.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Recruit, vet, train, coordinate, and evaluate all children's ministry volunteers to ensure that the men and women who serve are healthy, qualified, committed, equipped, and fully aware of the expectations and responsibilities of being a volunteer.
- See that the children’s facilities are safe, clean, fun, kid-friendly, fully stocked with supplies needed to properly operate and that all equipment is in proper working condition.
- Work with the ministry team to select a curriculum that helps us best accomplish our mission of engaging kids with God’s word to lead them toward salvation, discipleship, biblical literacy, and mission.
- Lead, mentor, and encourage the entire children's ministry staff (paid and volunteers) and create personal development plans for each.
- Work with the children's ministry team to develop consistent strategies to inspire, encourage and resource parents to be effective disciple-makers at home.
- Continually evaluate the Sunday AM Children's program making sure that all safety and security policies are consistently being followed by volunteers and staff, and that the safety of our children is never compromised.
- Coordinate the schedule of all regular volunteers and maintain an adequate substitute list to ensure that the children’s area is adequately staffed each week.
- Create a contagious volunteer culture by making sure that our volunteers are consistently inspired, equipped, and appreciated.
- Cast vision for, coordinate, and oversee Midweek kid's ministry.
- Cast vision for, coordinate, and oversee Summer camp opportunities.
- Lead children's ministry team to coordinate various family outreach experiences.
- Work with Special Needs Coordinator(s) to ensure our kids with special needs are in the right environment according to their abilities.
- Work to create additional opportunities for River Kid's families to engage and participate in church life.
- Develop strategies for reaching un-churched kids and families in our community.
- Coordinate the children’s area for special events as needed.
- Occasionally assist in other duties as needed/requested.
Characteristics we desire:
- Spiritually mature and takes ownership of his/her personal faith development.
- Humble, Authentic, and Teachable (possessing a good grasp of his/her opportunities for personal growth)
- Passionate about Children's ministry (not someone just looking for a ministry job or the next step toward becoming a lead pastor)
- Creative and willing to go the extra mile to make sure something is done with excellence!
- A Student of culture and trends and the issues facing today's kids and their families
- A Team player and willing to play ball (figuratively, and maybe literally) with others
- Able to cast vision with excitement and clarity
- Able to problem solve (in a hurry if needed)
- Able to Build, Equip, and Oversee multiple volunteer teams
- Able to develop structures and systems that maximize effectiveness, efficiency, and safety
- Able to Communicate effectively via email, text, phone call, and in-person
- Able to Teach others in both large and small groups
- Able to empower and delegate
- Able to evaluate curriculum and tweak as needed
- Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound (just kidding, glad you're still reading)•Proficient with technology and social media (or willing to learn)
Qualifications:
- Exceptional communication skills (oral and written) and the ability to multi-task on multiple projects.
- Be a team player who is willing to be all-in with the church’s vision and mission.
- Ordained Minister or working towards ordination.
- Be an effective recruiter and trainer of volunteer workers.
- Must have good time management skills, planning, and organizational abilities.
- Must be willing to submit to leadership and have a coachable and teachable spirit.
- Be a team builder who can unite and inspire the body.
- Have an outgoing personality ready to lead in a dynamic ministry.
- Possess and demonstrate competency with computer technology.
- Bachelor’s degree and 3-5 years’ experience in a similar ministry field, preferred.
- Seminary degree in a related ministry field or working toward completion, a plus.