Kids Minister

Position Overview

Harvest Ridge is a church that launched on Christmas Eve of 2025 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado! We presently average roughly 160 adults and 50 kids (birth-5th grade) in attendance each Sunday.

Harvest Ridge Church is seeking a relational, organized, and mission-aligned leader to serve as our Director of Kids Ministry. This role provides vision, leadership, and operational oversight for ministry to children (birth-5th grade), ensuring a safe, engaging, and spiritually formative environment for kids, families, and volunteers.

This is a hands-on leadership role in a growing, portable church environment, requiring both strong systems thinking and a heart for developing people and teams. The Minister will lead volunteers, oversee Sunday operations, manage ministry systems, and build a scalable foundation for future growth.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Ministry Leadership & Sunday Operations

• Lead and oversee all Kids Ministry environments across Sunday gatherings 
• Ensure classrooms are staffed, prepared, and aligned with ministry standards 
• Provide on-site leadership, volunteer support, and parent engagement 
• Oversee setup, transitions, and teardown in a portable church environment 

Volunteer Recruitment & Development

• Recruit, onboard, train, and retain volunteers and classroom leaders 
• Develop team leads and leadership pathways 
• Coach interns and emerging leaders 

Curriculum & Classroom Experience

• Curate and adapt curriculum across multiple age groups 
• Ensure engaging, developmentally appropriate classroom environments 
• Build systems to support children with additional needs 

Systems, Administration & Planning

• Manage Planning Center systems (Services, Check-Ins, Events, Forms, People) 
• Oversee scheduling, communication, workflows, and reporting 
• Maintain safety policies, background checks, and compliance 

Operations, Events & Growth

• Manage supplies, environments, and ministry budget 
• Coordinate childcare for church-wide events 
• Support camps, seasonal programming, and outreach initiatives 
• Build scalable systems for future ministry growth 

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• Be or Become member of Harvest Ridge Church
• A daily pursuit of Christian maturity
• Agree with and live in alignment with Harvest Ridge statement of faith
• Demonstrated leadership experience with teams, volunteers, or ministry environments 
• Strong organizational, operational, and communication skills 
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced setting 
• Experience coordinating systems, schedules, and people 
• Commitment to child safety, policies, and compliance 
• Alignment with Harvest Ridge Church’s mission, values, and leadership culture 
• Experience in children’s ministry, education, or family-focused environments 

Preferred

• Experience developing leaders, volunteers, or interns 
• Familiarity with curriculum planning and classroom environments 
• Experience with Planning Center or similar tools 
• Experience in church plant or portable church settings 
• Experience supporting children with additional needs 
• Bachelors degree

What Success Looks Like

• Classrooms are consistently safe, staffed, and engaging 
• Volunteers feel equipped, supported, and developed 
• Parents are equipped in shepherding their children
• Systems are organized, proactive, and scalable 
• Families feel welcomed and well-communicated with 
• Kids Ministry is positioned for healthy, sustainable growth 

Salary range is between $61,000-$75,000.

Harvest Ridge is rooted in Wheat Ridge for those who want to grow in their relationship with God. We believe that solid faith is built on the solid foundation of the teachings of the Bible and that spiritual growth comes from hearing and practicing the word of God in community.