Director of Kids

Title: Director of Kids

Reports to: Lead Pastor

Job Summary: The Director of Kids is responsible for cultivating the unwavering hope of Jesus in children and parents in and around the community of Athens, GA by bringing the gospel to bear on their lives through relationships, ministry programming, teaching, events and service to the community.

Offices from: Church Office (private office available; work from anywhere freedom)

Time: Full time, salaried, individual benefits.

Job Qualifications: 

• The Director of Kids will be a person of outstanding character: one who pursues Christ and who consistently reflects the truth of the gospel in relationships and behavior.
• The Director of Kids will be properly equipped as a visionary and strategic leader who places a high value on relationships and grasps the role such relationships play in discipling and equipping others.
• The Director of Kids will possess exceptional executive functioning skills while being warm, approachable, and relational to people of all ages.
• The Director of Kids will mesh with a staff team that is relational, fun, hard-working, gospel-centered, professional, and enjoys one another in the work in which they are called.
• The Director of Kids will mesh with a church that is modern in worship, moderately traditional in organizational structure, and multi-generational in composition. The Director of Kids will mesh with a congregation that loves the city into which it has been placed and which is dominated by the University of Georgia.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required. Masters degree (i.e., ministry, theology, education, leadership (earned or in process) preferred.

Experience:

• Some experience with kids ministry required (teaching, camps, church programming, etc.).

Skills/Qualities:

•  Strong servant-leadership skills, capable of casting vision, inspiring kids and parents as well as volunteers to serve and participate.
• Strong executive skills, capable of creating and executing tasks, managing communication, etc.
• An entrepreneurial spirit, eager to see and lead others in a robust kids ministry.
• Savvy with cloud-based software (i.e. Planning Center), project management tools (i.e. Asana), social media management tools (i.e., Meta), AI tools (i.e. COPY AI), and MS Office suite
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for individual training, vision casting, ministry implementation, and spiritual encouragement for others
• Able to disciple, minister to, and pray with those needing care and support
• Relational skills to engage and encourage people of all ages
• Motivational skills to inspire others to serve with vision, energy, and excellence
• Ability to oversee and train members for service in a wide variety of ministry areas
• Team and collaboration skills to work with the church leadership, staff, and ministry team volunteers

Job Responsibilities:

The following responsibilities are largely associated with the current strategy in place, but may not be fully representative of the exact responsibilities that result from the Director of Kids’s vision and leadership.

• Implement the vision and strategy for kids ministry within the context of the overall church’s mission and strategy.
• Recruit, equip, and empower volunteers for Sunday morning life groups for kids and preschoolers (we currently use Gospel Project) and kids worship (during the 9:30 worship service, all ages).
• Recruit, equip, and empower volunteers for Wednesday night ministry programming for kids and preschoolers (we currently use HYFI and recreation).
• Lead the Preschool Coordinator, ministry assistants, and hourly paid team members, in their weekly responsibilities.
• Mobilize and train volunteers and leaders for other ministry opportunities (camps, retreats, local mission projects, parents’ night out, etc.).
• Counsel and disciple children and their parents in the gospel, leading them to follow Jesus.
• Other duties as assigned.

Accountability:

The Director of Kids will:

• Serve under the supervision of the Lead Pastor and Personnel Committee.
• Attend a monthly “all in” staff meeting.
• Attend weekly tactical ministry team meetings.
• Attend strategic ministry team meetings as scheduled.
• Attend monthly 1-on-1 meetings with the Lead Pastor.