About the role
Compensation: 55,00-75,000
Children’s Pastor
General Description
The Children’s Director oversees all aspects of weekly children's ministries programming (birth-5th grade) and special events. This role seeks to create a culture where kids love church, leaders love serving, and families feel supported.
Essential Job Functions
Lead a Thriving Sunday Children’s Ministry
- Ensure Sunday morning children’s environments are prepared, engaging, and spiritually impactful for Parkview children
- Oversee Sunday Elementary programming, ensuring volunteers are trained, scheduled, and equipped to run excellent ministry environments
- Foster a culture of high standards of safety and cleanliness among children’s programming.
- Guide the selection and implementation of children’s curriculum that supports children's spiritual development
- Manage the early childhood coordinator to ensure quality children’s programming across the ministry
- Evaluate and continually improve ministry environments, systems, and physical spaces to ensure they are effective, engaging, and scalable
Build and Develop Strong Volunteer Teams
- Create clear pathways and effective systems for recruiting, onboarding, and training volunteers
- Create effective structures to develop and coach volunteer leaders
- Care for volunteers and foster a culture of celebration
Strengthen Families and Church-Wide Ministry
- Develop programming and special events beyond Sunday to build community and foster spiritual development among our kids.
- Plan and execute events that support the entire family system.
- Provide occasional teaching and leadership support to Parkview Kids Camp
- Support the broader mission and ministry of Parkview Church as needed
Position Requirements
Competencies
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Care
Experience supporting and caring for young children, parents, and volunteers
Building Effective Teams
Able to train staff well, creates strong morale, defines success for the whole, fosters open dialogue, creates a feeling of belonging
Interpersonal Skills
Able to communicate and build relationships with children, staff, and parents, and resolve conflicts that arise
Physical requirements
Ability to lift a child or infant (up to 25 lbs.) repeatedly and stand for extended periods of time
Child Development Knowledge
Understand the developmental needs of young children
Organized
Ability to keep track of sensitive information and paperwork regarding registrants and volunteers
Background Check
Pass all Parkview criminal background and reference checks
Experience
Work with children
Managing people
Customer service
Education
Degree in ministry or related field preferred
Degree or specialization in neurodivergent children is a plus!
Position Structure
Reports to: Family Pastor
Category: Full-time