Kid's Director

New Life Church is a growing church in the East Bay Area around San Francisco. We exist to continually invite people to experience new life in Jesus. Our motto is no church experience required! We love investing in the next generation and are looking for someone as passionate about leading kids to Christ as we are!

KIDS DIRECTOR JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Summary

The Kids Director provides vision, leadership, strategic direction, and operational oversight for a dynamic children’s ministry serving kids birth through 5th grade. In addition, partners with parents to support the spiritual growth of children. The Kids Director champions family discipleship, leadership development, and ministry systems that support continued growth and excellence across all children’s environments.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Ministry Leadership & Vision

• Develop and implement the vision and strategy for children’s ministry aligned with the church’s mission
• Plan and oversee weekly kids services, curriculum, and special events
• Evaluate and improve ministry effectiveness regularly
• Build long-term strategy for growth, discipleship, and leadership pipelines
• Develop scalable systems to support increasing attendance and volunteers
• Evaluate ministry effectiveness using metrics and feedback

Volunteer Leadership & Development

• Build and sustain a healthy, encouraging and growing volunteer leadership culture
• Develop leadership pipelines (coaches, coordinators, directors)
• Ensure volunteers are trained, supported, and spiritually encouraged
• Oversee scheduling systems and retention strategies
• Provide ongoing coaching and encouragement for team members

Weekend & Program Excellence

• Oversee engaging, high-quality weekend experiences
• Ensure age-appropriate worship, teaching, and small groups
• Maintain creative, fun, and safe environments
• Oversee curriculum selection and development

Spiritual Development

• Teach or oversee Bible-based lessons that are age-appropriate and engaging
• Help children grow in their understanding of Scripture and relationship with Christ
• Encourage dedication, salvation, baptism, and other spiritual milestones

Safety & Systems

• Maintain strong child safety policies and procedures
• Ensure compliance with background checks and safety training
• Oversee check-in systems and security protocols
• Maintain safe child check-in/out procedures and classroom ratios
• Manage ministry budget and supplies responsibly

Family Discipleship & Parent Partnership

• Equip parents as primary spiritual leaders in their homes
• Develop resources and communication strategies for families
• Create pathways for family engagement including life groups
• Be available to encourage and pray with families

Events & Outreach

• Lead major ministry events (VBS, camps, conferences, outreach events)
• Support church-wide initiatives and seasonal programs
• Create outreach opportunities for new families

Qualifications

• Growing personal relationship with Jesus Christ
• Alignment with the church’s beliefs and values
• Experience in children’s ministry or related field preferred
• Strong leadership and organizational skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with children and adults
• Passion for discipling the next generation
• Delegate effectively while maintaining clear oversight

Education & Experience 

• Degree in ministry, education, or related field (preferred but not required)
• Prior ministry leadership experience

Work Schedule

• Full Time
• Sunday-Thursday 
• Typical workload: 40hours per week
• Hours can flex when key events are happening
• Hours based on ministry needs

New Life Church's doors opened for its first Sunday Gathering on January 17, 1999, at Crow Canyon Cinemas in San Ramon, California. The church was the manifestation of the dreams of Founding Pastors Doug Heisel and Crystal Heisel. They were called to create a home for the unchurched while they were working as associate pastors at another Bay Area church. Two years before New Life's first gathering, they began to make moves toward their God-given dream. Together, they sold their home, moved across the county, pulled their kids out of private school, and used their new home as the church office.

For the next five years, the church continued to meet at the theatre where they grew quickly enough to need a larger space. God did a miracle by introducing them to a church in Alamo, California with a paid-off building in need of senior leadership. The situation prompted the two churches to ask, "could we do more together than apart?" The churches voted unanimously to merge. Overnight, New Life Church had its first permanent facility. This miracle allowed New Life to grow and continue its mission to reach the San Francisco Bay Area for Christ.

Since 1999, New Life Church has assisted church plants across the world, including those in Mexico, Africa, India, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Today, the church has two permanent facilities on opposite ends of the 680 corridor, in Dublin and Alamo, as well as a thriving and growing online community.