Associate Director

Kids Ministry Associate Director Job Description

Grace Fellowship Church is prayerfully searching for our next Kids Ministry Associate Director to join our Kids Ministry team. The ideal candidate will be a Jesus follower with a passion for sharing the gospel, as well as a proven track record of success in Kids Ministry or a closely related role.

About Us

We are a Church that loves Jesus! Our vision is to be a house of prayer for all nations. Our Mission is to make disciples who (in turn) make disciples. The foundation for disciple-making here is relationship. And this starts with us (the Team), our relationship with God and our relationship with our church family. We live to glorify God, integrating the Great Commission into every aspect of our work life.

The Role

The Associate Director (AD) assists the Directors in Kids Ministry to ensure that ministry for kids ages 0 year to 5th grade and their families are done with excellence helping them Know God, Know the Bible and be able to share their faith. The AD is to build relationships with staff, leaders, kids, and families. The AD is to assist with the planning, development, and implementation of all things Kids Ministry, with the specific mantle of partnership with directors for the coordination, leadership, and execution of large group programs which includes but is not limited to weekly Sunday large groups, mid-week group, Christmas Eve Family Service, and VBS.

Responsibilities

• Encourage and support kids, leaders, and families through ongoing connection with cards, calls and emails (Be relational)
• Assist with the planning, leading, and implementing of all large-scale programming
• Take leadership of large group Sunday morning; lead, recruit, communicate, coordinate, train, and equip leaders for large group Sunday morning which includes large group teachers, worship leaders, and tech volunteers
• Take leadership of special events; lead, recruit, communicate, coordinate, train, and equip leaders for large group big events such as Christmas Eve and VBS which includes large group teachers, worship leaders, skit/play participants
• Create ongoing, age appropriate UPG resources in collaboration with Missions ministry
• Create and lead alongside directors a mid-week kids program
• Create strong and safe ministry, keeping compliance with Safe Sanctuary guidelines
• Build community within Kids Ministry volunteers/leaders to develop ministry ownership and leadership through weekly communication and prayer time, various leader trainings, and ongoing connection

Specific Characteristics

• Christian Character – Committed to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, passionate about glorifying God, and sharing the Gospel; aligning with our Statement of Beliefs.
• Strategic Thinker – Consistently making data driven decisions of how to use resources, willing to improve existing systems, big picture minded.
• Servant Leader – Leading volunteers with Christ like leadership.
• Self-starter – Generating new ideas without prompting and following through without heavy oversight.
• Creative Visionary – Wondering and inventing new ideas.
• Growth Mindset – Open to suggestions and seeing challenges and failures as opportunities to grow.
• Excellent Communicator – Expressing the church’s heart in an authentic and organic manner.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• College degree in early childhood development or 3-5 years of experience in Kids ministry at a church.
• A strong desire to help children develop a passion for God, with a call to Kids ministry
• Strong leadership skills that are relational, leader of leaders as well as kids
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Flexibility / adaptability / teachability
• Strong computer skills
• Some knowledge of technical aspects contributing to large group including sound, lighting, video and ProPresenter
• Detailed oriented, with strong organizational, planning, and time management skills
• Able to prioritize and multi-task; must be self-starter and have a strong work ethic
• Able to maintain confidentiality
• Able to work with diverse personalities/interests in a professional and Christian manner
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other staff

Additional Information

Salary & Benefits

The Associate Director must be authorized to work in United States under Federal requirements.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to see, talk, and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and move objects up to 25 pounds.

This job operates in Kid’s Ministry and office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and paper cutter.

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