Kids Ministry Director

The Austin Stone Counseling Center • Austin, TX

105d • Onsite

About The Position

As part of the Congregation team at The Austin Stone Community Church, the Kids Ministry Director will be responsible to lead and pursue excellence in the ministry to the children of the Congregation. The Kids Ministry Director position will ensure that the programs offered are safe, engaging, and high quality, and that the children at their congregation are hearing the truth of God, experiencing the love of Christ, and having fun at church.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 2 years of experience leading children’s ministry (years in residency may be considered, depending upon level of responsibility)
• Experience managing budgets and safety initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and implement ministry programming.
• Integrate multiple perspectives and synthesize them into a cohesive plan.
• Strong ability to support multiple projects simultaneously, with dependability and excellence.
• Has clarity of speech and proper use of grammar.
• Demonstrated capacity to inspire, instruct, and encourage through effective communication in various settings.
• Able to communicate and work within a complex organizational structure with multiple layers of input.
• Proven skills in creating, implementing, maintaining, and following through on processes that ensure people are engaged, cared for, informed and connected.
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects and tasks simultaneously.
• Able to create and manage a ministry budget.
• Able to successfully develop new and better ways to work and promotes a continuous improvement mentality.
• Skilled at multiplying effective ministry leaders who can communicate and uphold the values of The Austin Stone.
• Ability to lead, recruit, resource, and mobilize volunteer teams to scale.
• Ability to engage, interact with, teach, equip, and train children in a large group setting.
• Able to teach and to generate content and curriculum.
• Strong complementary leadership skills in relation to the rest of the congregation staff team and an ability to lead in concert with other leaders.
• Ability to integrate multiple perspectives and synthesize them into a cohesive plan.
• Ability to cultivate relationships, and build collaborative and diverse teams.
• Employees of The Austin Stone are expected to become Partners (our term for members) of the church, fully embracing the values, mission, and purpose of our church.
• All employees of The Austin Stone are expected to understand, affirm and adhere to our Affirmation of Faith, Bylaws, Culture Map, and other documents defining the beliefs, culture, and mission of The Austin Stone Community Church.
• Employees also possess the character qualifications of biblical leadership in the church.
• Employees in this role will be required to participate in a child safety screening and training process upon hire.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or a related field, preferred
• Experience leading volunteer team of more than 30 people, preferred
• Ability to lead, recruit, manage, and lead resident/intern teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead Kids ministry in alignment with the vision and strategies developed by the congregation staff team and the Family Ministries team.
• Supervise and develop the Kids ministry staff team at the congregation.
• Ensure the faithful execution of curriculum, Sunday ministry, policies, and volunteer screening in accordance with church safety policies.
• Recruit, develop, and lead volunteer teams for Sunday KIDS ministry programming.
• Responsible for ongoing pastoral care and shepherding of KIDS leaders volunteers.
• Support the elders and CXP in the pastoral care of families.
• Facilitate regular and effective communication with parents about programs, teaching, resources, and general promotion of the KIDS Ministry to the Congregation.
• Continually assess and report on ministry effectiveness, make improvements as needed.
• Coordinate learning environments on relevant topics for parent discipleship, and lead parents through childhood milestones such as Parent/Child Dedication, baptisms, and the transition out of Kids ministry.
• Support central Austin Stone Kids ministry events and trainings in collaboration with other KIDS Directors and under the direction of the Executive Pastor of Gathering Ministry.
• Collaborate with congregation leadership and provide timely and effective communication.
• Maintain records and manage ministry budget.
• Attend and participate in all required events and activities for The Austin Stone, including all Sunday services (including major holidays), staff meetings, prayer meetings, special events, Central Kids Ministry events, continuing education events, training opportunities, etc.

Benefits

• Employees are expected to become Partners (members) of the church.
• Employees must understand, affirm and adhere to The Austin Stone's Affirmation of Faith, Bylaws, Culture Map, and other defining documents.
• Employees must possess the character qualifications of biblical leadership in the church.
• Employees must agree and aspire to maturity in character qualifications, invite the authority of church community and leaders for growth, and pursue them humbly and faithfully by the power of the Holy Spirit.
• Child safety screening and training upon hire.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED