Kids Pastor

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS :

Freedom House (coming in 2025), exists to SHOW PEOPLE WHO JESUS IS. Which means, every person we hire must have a heart to reach lost people and a love for the Church. God is writing an unlikely story here in the Midwest and we deeply believe God is readying His Church for a historic movement that brings glory to HIS name alone.

The Kids Pastor will help fulfill FH’s vision by providing vision, creation, and implementation to the NextGen department.

Reports to : NextGen Pastor

Teams : Kids Team, NextGen Team

Full Time Position

EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS :

• A mature relationship with Jesus Christ that is clear and evident
• Exceptional interpersonal, verbal, written, and strategy building skills
• A strong team player and collaborator
• Projects a professional and confident image and is able to handle a stressful pace
• Ability to handle confidential information
• Passion to see the next generation know, experience, and serve Jesus
• Strong social media skills
• Must be a creative contributor to the team and not just a “doer” of projects.
• This role may include work outside of normal business hours

REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS :

• A strong mastery of Apple products or an ability to learn
• A strong mastery of Google Workspace
• A mastery or ability to learn PCO and all its components
• A mastery or ability to learn how to design and edit projects in Canva
• An ability to work with social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, Youtube
• An ability to film and edit videos
• Ability to work with BILL financial system and other financial systems that the church implements
• Ability to work within Leadr

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Leadership Development

Recruit leaders.

Create clear job descriptions.

• Maintain an onboarding system.
• Offer clear and continual training.
• Success looks like having 2 Leaders in each classroom on each weekend with 1-2 Weekend Leads.
• Spread vision and excitement with leaders and the whole church.
• Oversee and train leaders in the Next Steps processes (such as baptisms, new believers, serving, etc) for kids.
• Work with the NextGen team to help lead all in team training with unified vision.
• Maintain staff rhythms of meetings, all hands on deck events, ongoing training.
• Programming

Develop and execute meaningful and intentional Kids ministry.

• Teach and develop teachers for main group teaching times.
• Make connections within local schools and in other spaces families are to both build bridges and learn from families.
• Develop and implement an outreach strategy for Kids programs.
• Build relationships with leaders, kids, and parents / guardians.
• Partner with NextGen Coordinator to maintain regular ministry rhythms for Kids Ministry (i.e. attendance, mailings, sign ups, etc).
• Partner with NextGen Coordinator to maintain appropriate hospitality systems.
• Social Media Management

Be a brand manager for the student team within the NextGen overall brand.

• Work with the NextGen team to develop a social media strategy.
• Ability to create (or recruit someone to create) posts and utilize tools to schedule posting schedules.
• Utilize social media to create culture and provide information.
• Events

Create and host events based on ministry strategy.

• Create and / or attend camps based on ministry strategy.
• Create and oversee service events based on ministry strategy.
• Oversee signups and financials attached to events.
• Maintain communication with parents / guardians about events.

Salary : $40,000 - $58,000