Christ Church Kids Ministry Director

Christ Church Kids Ministry Director
Position Information

Summary of Position

Essential Functions

Other Key Responsibilities

• Lead the team that executes elementary ministry at the Oak Brook Campus, while also providing key leadership to other Christ Church Kids venues.
• Lead and develop teams that oversee ministry execution, curriculum development, and leadership training.
•  Partner with the wider family ministry team to help execute outreach events that draw families into the life of the church.
• Actively partner with and collaborate with the wider family ministry team to ensure alignment on philosophy of ministry, discipleship strategy, ministry systems, and leadership development.
• Maintain protocols that ensure students are safe and protection policies are implemented.
• Participate in Christ Church staff life by attending all-staff meetings, church sponsored events, worship, training events and contributing to a culture of collaboration and encouragement.
• Support church-wide initiatives and special events – assist with Christmas, Easter, Mother’s Day services, outreach and mission events by serving in flexible roles beyond primary ministry responsibilities.
• Engage in ongoing personal and professional development through training, reading, coaching or mentoring, in order to grow as a leader and servant of Christ.
• Collaborate across ministries to ensure alignment, share resources, and strengthen unity on our staff teams.
• Demonstrate and model Christ Church’s core values in daily work, relationships and service to others.
• Maintain a posture of flexibility by assisting with projects or assignments outside the immediate scope of the role when needed.
• Contribute to a culture of grace, care and prayer by being available to support, encourage and pray with staff and volunteers and congregants as appropriate.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Casting vision and aligning ministry with Christ Church’s mission
• Providing coaching, encouragement, and prayerful support
• Offering clarity, accountability, and feedback for growth
• Helping develop gifts and leadership capacity
• Ensuring healthy rhythms of work, rest, and ministry balance

RequiredQualifications

Spiritual Development

• Support and model individual spiritual formation i.e. Worship, Grow and Serve.  (Weekly worship, prayer, scripture reading, small group, volunteering/service, etc.).
• Regularly attends worship and participates in ministry events at Christ Church or a Christ Church campus unless exempted by Christ Church leadership.
• Seeks opportunities and participates in authentic worship, exalting and enjoying God as one of life’s greatest purposes and pleasures.
• Lives as an attractive witness, living to draw others to Christ in personal, daily mission.
• Intentionally seeks to become like Jesus, growing purposefully and intentionally.
• Values and contributes to genuine community, doing life together with colleagues and congregation.
• Enrolls in genuine service, living a life of service, humility and generosity.
• Engages fully in life-changing love by loving people extravagantly

Ministry Traits

• Detail-oriented with high capacity to manage multiple projects at high level of detail and organization.
• Desire to continuously learn and serve others.
• Honest and trustworthy.
• Integrity for work habits and results.
• Ability to discern needs and respond appropriately, sensitively and proactively.
• Appreciation for own and others’ giftedness.
• Ongoing desire and effort to grow more Christ-like in character.
• Able to keep high degree of confidentiality.
• High degree of professionalism.
• Approachable and accessible.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• Lift 30 pounds. (Supplies for camps and on a weekly basis.)
• Walking and on your feet for long periods of time.
• Flexible to get on a student’s level.
• Be proficient with the use of most common software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Pro Presenter a plus).

• Strong pastoral leadership
• Strong ability to lead teams, develop systems, and develop leaders who develop leaders
• Communicates with clarity and warmth across diverse audiences
• Demonstrates integrity, humility, and alignment with Christ Church’s values
• Collaborates effectively across teams and ministries
• Organizes and prioritizes work to meet goals with excellence
• Coaches and develops others, bringing out the best in people
• Innovates and improves ministry systems to better serve people

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