ELEMENTARY DIRECTOR

Liberty Live Church•Smithfield, VA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Elementary Director is responsible for developing, promoting, and implementing a comprehensive Parent and Kids Ministry focused on reaching, teaching, and ministering to children in 1st through 5th grade. This role involves innovating and executing events and programs to guide children and families toward understanding and taking next steps with Life Track, providing a discipling process for children who have made or desire to make a profession of faith, and creating means to assimilate children into Groups and equip Kids leaders in evangelism. The position also requires scheduling and delivering training for volunteers, organizing and leading the Elementary Ministry, developing and leading a team for Sunday mornings (including Large Group Teaching, Worship Time, and Small Group Time), continually evaluating the ministry's effectiveness, exposing children to missions, assisting with budget development, refining check-in procedures for safety, and maintaining volunteer screening processes. Additionally, the role involves planning and coordinating special events and, for portable campuses, recruiting, training, and scheduling volunteer teams for setup and takedown. General responsibilities include demonstrating a Christ-like attitude, maintaining discretion with confidential information, using independent judgment for work priorities, performing other related duties, being a loyal staff member, and following church policies and the overall mission of "Changing Lives, Communities and the World for Jesus Christ."

Requirements

Ability to relate to children and parents personally.
Ability to recruit and train adult volunteers to be part of a ministry team.
Ability to be a part of a ministry team.
Ability to learn and abide by Church policies and procedures.
Ability to communicate in a concise and effective manner and use tact and discretion.
Ability to be a self-starter with drive, passion, and initiative.
Ability to recruit volunteers and manage a volunteer schedule.
Experience in Kids ministry.

Responsibilities

Innovate, plan, and carry out events and programs with the intent of leading children and families towards understanding and taking their next steps with Life Track.
Provide a discipling process for children who have made or desire to make a profession of faith.
Create a means to assimilate children into Groups and equip Kids leaders in evangelism.
Schedule and deliver team orientation and ongoing training for volunteers involved in the Kids ministry on a regular basis.
Organize and lead the Elementary Ministry by maintaining and expanding the Kids Group ministry and Kids Ministry in general.
Develop and lead a team to implement and carry the Kids Group ministry on Sunday Mornings which includes a Large Group Teaching and Worship Time as well as Small Group Time.
Continually evaluate the Kids ministry at Liberty to judge and improve effectiveness in reaching, teaching, and ministering to children and their families.
Expose and educate children about local, national and world missions.
Assist in developing and maintaining a budget for the Elementary portion of the Kids Ministry.
Refine and implement check-in procedures for children for services and special events to maintain a safe and secure environment for children and their families.
Maintain and improve volunteer screening processes to ensure the safety of children.
Help plan and coordinate special events like Candy Palooza, Kids Week, etc. for the campus.
In the case of a portable campus, responsible for recruiting, training, and scheduling volunteer teams for help in set-up and take-down of equipment.
Demonstrate a Christ-like attitude in performing all work.
Faithfully maintain discretion and effectively deal with sensitive and/or confidential information.
Use independent judgment to determine work priorities.
Perform other related duties as assigned by the Next Gen Pastor and Campus Pastor.
Be a loyal staff member by cooperating and following the leadership of the church.
Follow Liberty’s policies and procedures.
Work in coordination with the overall mission, goals and objectives of the church.