CORE STAFF VALUES
- Christ-Centered – Love for God, Scripture, and the Church. Committed to the Vision, Mission and Values of Hillside Community Church.
- Care – Caring Person, Slowing down to check in with one another, living in empathy.
- Collaboration – Team player, value every voice, willing to engage in accountable relationships.
- Communication – Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Celebration – Able to smile and laugh.
Strategic Leadership and Ministry Oversight:
- Oversee all programming and ministry for children from birth – fifth grade, including Sunday mornings & evenings, Wednesday nights, Summer Blast (VBS), summer programming, special events, childcare, and any new ministry or churchwide initiatives for a church with a current weekend attendance of 2000 adults and 500 Kids. (Larger Church serving over 4000 people monthly)
- Will oversee a team of full time & part time Children’s Ministry workers
- Lead & oversee a staff & volunteer team to create a ministry vision and Biblical curriculum for each unique age and stage
- Lead, collaborate, & oversee a staff team to create, edit, and implement safety policies and procedures.
- Ongoing Research for engaging curriculum for each program and each age level that responds to and anticipates spiritual, cultural, and developmental sensing.
- Prepare/oversee/manage/fuel annual Kids Ministry plan and calendar alongside Kids Team
- Develop and oversee the annual Kids Ministry budget in a way that effectively utilizes church resources and maximizes ministry opportunities.
- Collaborate with all church initiatives (encountering God deeply, empowering the next generation, equipping our church)
- Collaborate with Communications team around marketing towards kids, parents, and volunteers.
- Create a strategy for reaching and assimilating new children and families. Currently at 4 Sunday gatherings.
Parents
- Equip, prepare, connect, and resource parents
- Teach and/or facilitate parenting classes/events in partnership with All church seminars.
- Act as the point person and a partner for communication with parents – personally, large group, email, and social media
- Ongoing research & implementation of a Home + Church Connection Plan that responds to and anticipates spiritual, cultural and developmental sensing.
- Resource & Encourage parents to be involved in daily and practical spiritual formation of their kids’ lives.
Volunteerism
- With Kids Staff: Recruit, retain, empower, equip, and appreciate volunteers. Current team 250+ volunteers.
- Oversee and build a team around the Worship environment in Kids Ministry alongside key volunteers
- Encourage and help train elementary/preschool/special needs/babysitting leaders as needed
- Make sure all leaders are screened and are on a serving schedule
- Help manage and schedule volunteers through PCO Services module
- Oversee, manage, and lead a team around Kids Ministry onboarding Workflow
- Identify and equip leaders of others and leaders of leaders (In collaboration with Leadership Development Initiative)
- Help volunteers through a discipleship pipeline and a leadership pipeline
Kids
- Set the Vision for the Ministry and actively pursue spiritual growth for every child
- Ongoing development for engaging Sunday morning programs that reaches each child on their level.
- Help to bring fresh ideas around creating experiences and environments to help kids experience God’s hope
Kids Ministry Staff
- Train, empower, lead and develop Kids Ministry Coordinators, staff, key volunteers, Kids Leadership Team, and interns
- Provide a healthy rhythm of feedback, goal setting, and follow-up
- Set & lead weekly Kids Staff Meetings and 1:1 with each of your team members
- Implement Annual Kids team retreat
Other Pastoral Duties
- Perform baptisms, weddings, funerals, hospital visits with follow-ups, and care & counseling as needed (if licensed, ordained, or in the process)
- Active participant of the Shepherding Team and Implementation Team
- Other duties as assigned
What A Win Looks Like:
- Volunteers trained, connected, resourced, leading others, and loving what they do
- Kids and families feeling connected, loved and cared for
- Large Group time exciting, engaging, and helps kids learn Biblical truths
- Small group time engaging, interactive, and helps kids to build community and learn how to apply Biblical truths to their daily lives
- Families equipped with tools that help them lead their children spiritually at home
- Ministry organized and well scheduled in advance to be able to handle last second adjustments