RHC Kids Director

Redemption Hill Church Fort Worth; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 20,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

Redemption Hill Church seeks a part-time RHC Kids Director to oversee the Kids Ministry, including volunteers, safety policies, and curriculum delivery. The role emphasizes recruiting and supporting volunteers, coordinating classroom leaders, and ensuring clear communication with parents to foster a discipleship-focused family ministry.

The Director collaborates with the Executive Director and Lead Pastor to align quarterly plans and space needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and invest in the Kids Leadership Team, ensuring leaders are known, cared for, and growing in Jesus.
• Organize Monthly Leader Meetings to cast vision and plan for the upcoming quarter.
• Meet with parents to foster healthy, disciple-making homes.
• Oversee monthly check-ins with Executive Director and Lead Pastor.

Job description

RHC Kids Director

Reports to: Executive Director

“Let the little children come to Me…for the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

-Matthew 19:14

Mission: Redemption Hill Church (RHC) exists to Treasure God, Love Neighbors and Make Disciples.

Vision: That every person in south Fort Worth and beyond might come to know, love and enjoy God.

The RHC Kids Director oversees RHC Kids Ministry, including the Kids Leadership Team, Ministry Safe Coordinator and classroom teachers and assistants. The Director is responsible for implementing the Ligonier, Growing in God’s Word curriculum in every classroom. They are to ensure teachers are well prepared and equipped to teach passionately, compassionately and accurately each week. In addition, the Kids Director oversees the functionality and care of the Kids Leadership Team. They are to make sure each of these volunteers is cared for, communicated to and helped in any way they need to do their job.

The Kids Director ensures that new volunteers are recruited, trained and installed, teachers and assistants are scheduled one month in advance, classroom supplies are up to date and stocked, and most importantly, parents are cared for and invested in as the primary disciplers of their children.

As RHC Kids continues to grow, the Kids Director will lead the ministry in caring well for every child and family while planning wisely for space, safety and volunteers.

Development/Care

• The RHC Kids Director will lead and invest in the Kids Leadership Team, which includes the Scheduling Coordinator, Ministry Safe Coordinator and age-group leads (Nursery, Preschool and Elementary), as well as classroom teachers, making sure these leaders are known, cared for and have a healthy relationship with Jesus as they serve. Age-group leads will help shepherd the teachers and assistants in their area.
• They will organize and implement Quarterly Leader Meetings with volunteers to cast vision, discuss aspects of ministry going well, things that need to be improved, plan for the following quarter, and pray for one another.
• They will be intentional about meeting and connecting with parents in the church in order to better influence healthy discipleship in our homes.
• They will meet with the Executive Director and Lead Pastor monthly for a check in. If meeting consists of men and women, three individuals must be present.

Strategy/Execution

• The RHC Kids Director will develop an annual plan for RHC Kids running from Jan–Dec. This will include the curriculum for the full year being planned out in advance.
• They will choose desired resources, books, articles, and videos to give parents for at-home worship and will communicate the resources to them via social media, email, Slack and/or meetings.
• They will meet with the Leadership Team once a month to make sure the following month is scheduled out with volunteers and ensure that all is well regarding the vetting and onboarding of new volunteers.
• They will build and maintain a volunteer team large enough that no teacher or assistant is asked to serve more than two Sundays per month, recruiting continually so that the ministry is ready to grow.
• They will propose an annual RHC Kids budget to the Executive Director, covering curriculum, classroom supplies and childcare for church events, and will manage spending within that budget throughout the year.

Capacity/Growth

• The RHC Kids Director will track weekly attendance by age group and monitor it against room capacity and volunteer ratios, reporting trends to the Executive Director each month.
• They will set and maintain room limits and adult-to-child ratios for each age group, ensuring no classroom is ever staffed by fewer than two unrelated, cleared adults.
• They will notify the Executive Director when any classroom consistently reaches capacity, and will help plan for growth, including reconfiguring age groups, adding rooms or preparing for additional services.
• They will ensure that first-time families are warmly welcomed, checked in, and followed up with within one week of their first visit, even as space becomes limited.

Child Safety

• The RHC Kids Director, together with the Ministry Safe Coordinator, will ensure that every volunteer has a current background check and has completed Ministry Safe training before serving, and that renewals are tracked and kept current.
• They will ensure that check-in/check-out, two-adult, restroom and diapering policies are followed in every classroom, every week.
• They will maintain allergy, medical and special-needs information for each child, and make sure teachers know how to care for children who need additional support.
• They will document and report any incident to the Executive Director the same day, and will follow RHC policy and Texas law in reporting any suspected abuse or neglect.

Sunday Morning Operations

• The Kids Director is responsible for overseeing all Sunday morning operations as it pertains to RHC Kids Ministry. This includes but is not limited to: Volunteers, Check-Ins, Communications with parents if their child is having trouble, Curriculum execution in classrooms, Point person for parents.

Event Childcare

• The Kids Director is responsible for finding and scheduling qualified childcare workers for various RHC events, within the RHC Kids budget.

Expectations

• Pursue and maintain a vibrant relationship with Jesus by God’s grace. Please inform the Executive Director or Lead Pastor if struggling in this area.
• Pursue and cultivate deep friendships in the community. This is critical for spiritual and emotional health.
• By God’s grace, embody and embrace our cultural values:
  • We are Gospel-centered
  • We are Family-oriented
  • We are Neighborly-focused
  • We are Globally-minded

Compensation

This position is part time, requiring approximately 24 hours per week, at a compensation of $2,000 per month or $24,000 annually. The Kids Director is expected to be present on Sunday mornings.