Children's Ministry Director

The Director of Children’s Ministry’s role is to lead the Children’s Ministry of the Resurrection Brooklyn congregation under the supervision of the Senior Pastor, of the Executive Pastor, and in cooperation with the other ministries of Resurrection Brooklyn. The CM Director will manage all aspects of ministry to children from birth through 5th grade. The CM Director is expected to be a baptized Christian and to display a life that is fitting a follower of Jesus Christ. The CM Director must understand we not only represent ourselves and our church, but also the name of Jesus in all we do or say. 

Job Responsibilities:

The CM Director will give general oversight to this ministry, supervise all corresponding volunteers, and provide general spiritual and emotional care for the children, ages birth through 5th grade, in this congregation. This position requires someone who can promote our covenantal understanding of church and family and who welcomes newcomers into the community.

1. General oversight: The CM Director will manage all CM programs and curriculum, recruit and train volunteers, update and/or create training, safety, and operations manuals, and foster the visibility and love of children in the church community. The CM Director is responsible for communicating regularly with families about the ministry. The CM Director will manage the nursery worker schedule, including hiring, firing, supervision, training, and reporting to payroll.

2. Supervision and training of volunteers: This CM Director will recruit volunteers twice a year at our ministry fairs and on a as needed basis. The CM Director will interview volunteers and provide volunteer orientation and training, using the existing volunteer handbook. It will be the responsibility of the CM Director to keep this handbook up to date with appropriate policies. The CM Director is not expected to teach all the Children’s Ministry classes or lead every Children’s Ministry event. Rather, they are expected to delegate teaching and event responsibility to capable volunteers from the congregation. When no volunteer teachers are present or available, the CM Director is expected to step in when necessary.

3. Implementation of curriculum: The CM Director is not responsible for creating a curriculum for use in the Children’s Ministry. Resurrection Brooklyn uses the God’s Big Story curriculum, which is a gospel-based set curriculum that runs a cycle for the 6 years of elementary school. Training will be provided in the implementation of this curriculum.

4. Family Care and inclusion: The CM Director will be responsible for helping to foster a visible presence for the Children’s Ministry of Resurrection Brooklyn and the children that it serves. The CM Director partners with pastors, volunteers, and families to encourage joyful, loving interactions with our little ones. The CM will help facilitate the perspective that the curiosity and wonder of children is a blessing and gift to an intergenerational church family. The CM Director will be familiar enough with the lives of the families in our church to anticipate needs and will be proactive in meeting them. This will involve the thoughtful inclusion of children from all backgrounds, with diverse developmental needs and abilities.

5. Special Projects: The CM Director will lead events on special occasions throughout the year, in coordination with the pastoral staff and other ministries. These events currently include: the Palm Sunday Processional, the Easter Egg Hunt, and our Christmas Pageant.

6. Record Keeping: The CM Director will work with the Resurrection Brooklyn Church Administrator to maintain accurate family and volunteer records.

Guidelines:

1. The director’s work week would normally be 6-10 hours per week (while acknowledging occasional fluctuations).
2. Materials purchased for ministry use shall be reimbursed by the church. The CM Director is responsible for staying within their budget for the fiscal year.
3. Semi-annual performance evaluations shall be conducted by the Executive Pastor and other relevant ministry leaders.
4. Termination of employment: This position may be terminated by the Session, or by the Senior Pastor, or by the Executive Pastor in consultation with the pastoral staff and Ruling Elders (“the Session”). The conditions of termination (including severance pay, if any) shall be consistent with other churches.
5. A criminal background check is required for this position. Resurrection Brooklyn will cover the cost of the background check.

Qualifications:

Minimum 4-year undergraduate degree. Preferred experience managing and serving in a ministry capacity. Crucial to having a desire to serve the families and love kids in Brooklyn. Preferred experience teaching children. Must have strong interpersonal, communication, and project management skills. Must be a proven problem-solver and have shown ability to engage lovingly and maturely with challenging people and unexpected situations. Must be a team player. Must be comfortable recruiting, training, onboarding, and supervising volunteers and paid nursery workers. 

The ideal candidate for this job must have a thorough understanding and personal belief of a covenantal view of the children of believing households and infant baptism. Our church's belief and practice is that covenant children do not need to be converted and receive believer's baptism, they already belong to the Lord and their baptism as infants is valid. Their discipleship is to grow in their confidence that God accepts and loves them and their obedience is to remain in communion with God, not to earn their standing with God. Their Christian discipleship as children is not to convince them they are unsaved and must profess their faith in order to belong to God. Candidates of a baptistic persuasion towards covenant children and the sacrament of baptism will likely not receive consideration.

Candidates also must understand that our church and denomination's stance towards sexuality and marriage is that sex and marriage is intended for the covenantal relationship between one man and one woman. While our church is home to many differing beliefs regarding sexuality, marriage, and gender, staff positions at Resurrection Brooklyn must be willing to publicly support that this view is our church's official stance while maintaining charity and welcome to those of different beliefs and practices regarding the issue.

Compensation:

The CM is an hourly position of $30-$40/per hour, commensurate with experience. The weekly expectation is between 6-10 hours per week, with fluctuations possible.

Duration of Employment:

RB commits to a start date as soon as possible.

Notice of resignation and termination:

Resurrection Brooklyn requests two weeks’ notice before resigning from employment. RB reserves the right to terminate the position at their discretion.

Other Expectations:

1. Cooperation and communication with the Senior Pastor and Executive Pastor is crucial. The Senior Pastor and Executive Pastor promise to communicate honestly with the CM Director about expectations, adjustments that must be made, and feedback on performance. The CM must have the same commitment to honesty and collaboration.
2. This position requires the CM Director to attend Sunday worship services at Resurrection Brooklyn. The CM Director should expect at least 3 to 4 hours of their weekly total to come from responsibilities related to running the Children's Ministry on Sundays. Membership at RB is welcome but not required.