Children's Ministry Coordinator

North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 11,000 - 13,000; Part time

Job summary

NGUMC Neighborhood Church is seeking a Children’s Ministry Coordinator to oversee the ministry, design monthly curricula, recruit volunteers, and coordinate Sunday worship activities with the Pastor and staff. The role includes event planning, safety practices, and strong collaboration with the office team to publish materials.

The position is part-time (12 hours weekly) with compensation of $19.23 per hour (about $12,000 per year).

Responsibilities

• Oversee the children’s ministry and coordinate activities.
• Recruit, train, and manage volunteers for events and weekly needs.
• Set up/clean up for events and manage room bookings.
• Develop monthly curriculum for GROW:kids events.
• Communicate with office staff and families via social media and internal channels.

Job description

NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH CHILDREN’S MINISTRY COORDINATOR: JOB DESCRIPTION

• OVERSEEING CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
• GROW:kids--Once a month 2 hour spiritual formation event
• Designing age-appropriate monthly curriculum for monthly events
• Recruiting and communicating with volunteers
• Set-up/clean-up for events
• Booking rooms for GROW:kids events
• Creating or working with Office Admin to create flyers/postcards throughout the year to market GROW:kids
• Communicating with office staff to get details about GROW:kids pushed out through social media channels/internal communications
• Organizing Children’s Moment in Sunday worship in coordination with Pastor
• Building a schedule of people to deliver children’s moment messages
• Deliver children’s moment at least once a month
• Managing child care people when applicable
• Tracking hours and submitting payroll
• Tracking paperwork/safe sanctuaries completion
• Scheduling childcare for events
• Arranging subs/filling in if you can’t find one
• Cultivating volunteers and working with families
• Safe Sanctuaries--Child Protective Policy
• Scheduling trainings
• Keeping track of who has been trained/when their training expires
• Implementing Safe Sanctuary compliant practices
• Work with office finance to manage children’s budget
• Managing children’s ministry materials (keep children’s ministry closet, cubby, and shelf clean/organized)
• Keeping supplies stocked for children’s ministry events
• Managing little worshippers bag for weekly worship
• Creating weekly curriculum that matches worship service
• Responsible for working with Pastor coordinating occasional events throughout the year:
• Children’s activities at big events (fall kick-off, holidays, etc.)
• Blessing of the backpacks
• Kids materials/activities for festival season
• Familiarity with Liturgical Calendar and UMC Special Sundays
• BEING A PART OF THE COLLABORATIVE STAFF TEAM
• Sunday morning presence/helping out as a general staff person with welcoming, greeting, etc.
• Attending weekly staff meetings
• Regular check-in meetings with supervisor
• Time commitment: 12 hours a week
• Compensation: $19.23 an hour = $12,000 a year