Kids Ministry Coordinator

Local Kids Ministry Coordinator
Time: Part Time; 20-25 Hours (includes weekly, evening and Sunday morning hours)

Pay Range: $18-22/hr.
Reports to: Family Pastor
Primary Work Relationships: Family Pastor & Curriculum Coordinator
Secondary Work Relationships: Director of Administration, Communications Director, & Facilities Coordinator

Function:
The Kids Ministry Coordinator will work alongside the Family Pastor to help oversee Sunday preparation, Family Ministries classrooms/spaces, family & volunteer communication, volunteer development, & family events.

Administration:
• Oversee the organization & preparation of all Sunday needs: classroom setup & check in, service leading, & volunteer communication
• Volunteer scheduling on CCB
• Report Sunday attendance
• Write weekly emails to parents & volunteers with curriculum, calendar, & ministry updates
• Perform quarterly CCB maintenance
• Recruit, background check, train, & support volunteers
• Organize & complete church credit card statements & reports
• Manage the Family Ministry budget alongside Family Pastor
• Yearly, quarterly, monthly, & weekly calendar planning
• Take an active self-starter approach to ministry by thinking, planning, & working ahead

Communication:
• Connect with families & volunteers on Sunday's
• Timely respond to volunteer inquiries & questions
• Be the point of contact for ministry facilitation & programming questions for volunteers & parents
• Send weekly (or event based) email updates to families & volunteers
• Respond to inquiries & questions about the children's ministry, facilitate weekly follow up with
• Welcome & integrate new families into the TLC community
• Assist with any online needs & updates (website, social media) pertaining to kids ministry

Events:
• Run monthly volunteer training class on the 2nd Sunday of every month
• Schedule, organize, & execute Child Dedication services alongside family pastor
• Assist in planning any Family Ministry Events: Summer Sunday's, Parent Trainings, Parent's Night Out, etc. (including Preteen/
Youth Events)

Volunteer Team Coordination:
• Schedule all Kid's Ministry volunteers for Sunday's, childcare, & events
• Communicate with Service Lead Team & Key Volunteers Weekly
• Regularly communicate with ministry volunteers for care, equipping, relationship building, & event planning

Sunday Morning Support:
• Oversee weekly services, volunteers, leaders, etc.
• Be the point of contact for families and volunteers
• Evaluate kids classrooms for updates and support to teams leading classrooms
• Be on-site 45 minutes before services for prayer and stay 45 minutes after services

Qualifications
Character
• Has a growing relationship with God.
• Is supportive and dedicated to the team, the mission, and the church body
• Displays a genuine servant-leader
• Able to express ideas and feedback in an open, direct and tactful way

Chemistry
• Expresses flexibility, cooperation and teach-ability
• Forward thinker; self-directed; team oriented; organized
• Sense of humor, trustworthy and exhibits wise discretion
• Embraces the vision, direction and beliefs of The Local Church GR and has a heart for the Kingdom

Competency
• Self-starter, willing to run with projects and assignments, thinking ahead, anticipating issues/needs and plan
accordingly
• Has strong ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both parents and kids
• Demonstrates ability to organize processes, projects, and people
• Able to juggle multiple competing tasks and priorities
• Ability to create streamlined communication and tasks from meetings
• Demonstrates ability to recruit, coordinate and manage groups (primarily volunteers)
• Demonstrates ability to learn and implement new skills and programs
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced, detail-oriented work environment with tight deadlines
• Capable of navigating through conflict and help lead on-the-fly issues that may come up
• Passion for operations, logistics, process, and seeing things through
• High competency level with software programs similar to: Google Drive, Basecamp, PowerPoint, Word, Excel and
Outlook. Database experience is a plus

Experience
• Preferred experience working on a church staff in kids ministry
• Preferred education in administration/business, communications, teaching, or ministry related field
• Preferred experience of 2-3+ years in a fast-paced office setting