General Information
Job Title:
Children’s Ministry Manager
Job Description:
Band: 6
FLSA Status: Hourly, Non-Exempt
Work Hours: Part Time-B, 20 hours per week, including Sundays
Reports To: Lead Pastor, Redeemer Brooklyn
Date: January 2025
Rate: $30 per hourYour purpose starts here! By joining Redeemer Brooklyn, you’ll help build a great city; bringing personal conversion, community formation, social justice, and cultural renewal to New York City and, through it, the world. We are FOR NYC; creating space for our community, where people’s questions are valued, and where our neighbors are known, loved, and cared for.
Position Summary
The Children’s Ministry Manager will be part of an exciting new church plant, and will have the opportunity to help build and shape systems, processes, and culture. The Children’s Ministry Manager cares deeply about the spiritual formation of children in our community. This role recruits, screens, trains, supervises and coordinates volunteers for all children’s ministry at Redeemer Brooklyn. The Children’s Ministry Manager role also entails editing curriculum and other materials and programming for children ages birth through Grade 5. This person will lead a ministry that is Gospel-centered, age appropriate, and fits in with the overall vision of Redeemer Brooklyn.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Administration/Systems (40%)
- Building and implementing systems and processes to effectively facilitate children’s worship services.
- Organize curriculum for the ministry year by creating scope and sequence and keeping files organized on the share drive.
- Review weekly curriculum leader guides and lesson plans for each class.
- Volunteer communication, coordination, and scheduling, as well as external communication to families regarding events and programs.
- Help develop additional family events, including summer Vacation Bible School and outreach events in the future.
- Set up and manage TouchPoint database for Sunday registrations and other events.
- Oversee volunteer onboarding process including communication with potential volunteers, monitoring of children’s ministry application email account, tracking progress for all potential volunteers, running background checks, uploading paperwork, etc.
- Meet with new volunteers for interview and orientation.
- General volunteers management including weekly communications to share lesson plans, coordinate schedules, and provide other pertinent information.
- Plan and implement training for volunteers and hire other staff as needed.
- Help foster a safe, organized and welcoming environment for families and children.
- Supervise classrooms, prepare lessons and teach, and plan and lead children’s worship, prioritizing the spiritual formation of children in our community.
- Create systems and processes for all Sunday children’s ministry to include check-in, set-up, safety, volunteer and family communication.
- Set up and organize supplies for all classes, making sure supplies are fully stocked
- Meet with volunteers for pre-service meeting, providing vision, information, and prayer.
- Assist in planning and executing additional family and churchwide events, socials, and neighborhood outreach events.
Position Qualifications:
- Need to embrace Redeemer Brooklyn’s vision and have a gospel-oriented heart for Brooklyn.
- Embrace theological commitments of the Presbyterian Church in America.
- Vibrant personal faith in Jesus Christ, as demonstrated through character, integrity, kindness, and truth-telling.
- Strong discernment, problem solving, and decision making skills.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Ability to be both a leader and a doer, highly engaged and prioritizes collaboration.
- Servant leader with proven people-leadership and project management skills.
- Ability to adapt to changes and maintain professionalism during unexpected situations.
- Entrepreneurial, self-starter, and highly motivated, with the ability to cast vision for the ministry area.
- Ability to take initiative toward action, with little information.
- Excellent communication skills; written, oral, interpersonal and presentation.
- Understanding of child development.
- Previous experience with classroom management, preferred.
- Previous teaching experience, preferred.
- Proficient in MS office applications, Internet and ability to quickly learn new software and programs.
- Minimum 5 years professional experience, experience with a religious or 501(c)3 nonprofit preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree required; master’s level management degree preferred.
Please apply using this application link only:
https://brooklyn.apscareerportal.com/j/02f98t0
Whether you are seeking to pursue your purpose, spend more time with your family, invest time in your education, or enjoy your hobbies, a part-time job with Redeemer allows you time to explore all of that, and more, while earning a competitive wage and being part of an organization that is building a great city!
The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill set; experience and training; licensure, certifications, and ordination; and other organizational needs.
Application Deadline
11/30/2024
Job Type:
Part Time
Salary Range:
TBD
General Information
Church/Organization Name
Redeemer Churches and Ministries, Brooklyn
Contact Name & Contact Info
Industry
Church
Denomination
Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)
City, State
New York, NY
Description of Organization
The Redeemer family of churches and ministries exist to help build a great city for all people through a movement of the gospel that brings personal conversion, community formation, social justice, and cultural renewal to New York City and, through it, the world.
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