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About the Role

The Kids Ministry Associate (KMA) will serve alongside the Kids Ministry Director to promote a healthy children’s ministry, ensuring children hear the truth of God, experience Christ's love, and have fun at church. The KMA will work closely with the congregation and family ministries teams and report to the Kids Ministry Director.

Responsibilities

• Assist KMD to lead Kids ministry in alignment with the vision and strategies developed by the congregation staff team and the Family Ministries team.
• Provide administrative support to the KMD, including database maintenance, coordination of ministry calendar, and data tracking.
• Assist with recruiting, screening, interview coordination, development, and deployment of volunteer leadership teams.
• Assist with ensuring the faithful execution of curriculum, Sunday ministry, policies, and volunteer screening in accordance with church safety policies.
• Assist with teaching, coaching volunteer teams, and serving in classrooms on Sunday mornings when necessary.
• Participate in the pastoral care and shepherding of Kids Ministry volunteers.
• Assist with regular and effective communication to parents about programs, teaching, resources, and general promotion of the Kids Ministry to the Congregation.
• Oversee weekly supply ordering and on-site storage of materials.
• Attend and participate in all required events and activities for The Austin Stone, including all Sunday services, staff meetings, prayer meetings, special events, Central Kids Ministry events, continuing education events, and training opportunities.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 1 year of experience in early childhood education or a related field.
• Previous experience shepherding children and parents in the gospel.
• Experience leading volunteer team of more than 20 people, preferred.

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and implement ministry programming.
• Strong ability to support multiple projects simultaneously, with dependability and excellence.
• Clarity of speech and proper use of grammar.
• Demonstrated capacity to inspire, instruct, and encourage through effective communication in various settings.
• Able to communicate and work within a complex organizational structure.
• Ability to engage, interact with, teach, equip, and train children in a large group setting.
• Proven skills in creating, implementing, maintaining, and following through on processes that ensure people are engaged, cared for, informed and connected.
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects and tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to lead, recruit, resource, and mobilize volunteer teams to scale.
• Able to successfully develop new and better ways to work and promotes a continuous improvement mentality.
• Collaborate across the organization and with various ministry partners.
• Ability to integrate multiple perspectives and synthesize them into a cohesive plan.
• Occasional lifting of objects or children, up to 30 pounds.
• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, kneeling, pushing and pulling.
• Manual dexterity and coordination required over 50% of the work period while operating equipment such as a computer keyboard, mouse, and similar machines.
• Setup involves pulling/pushing bins, unloading/loading plastic bins, and setting up tables and chairs.

Location

• South congregation
• Downtown congregation

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 1 year of experience in early childhood education or a related field
• Experience leading volunteer team of more than 20 people, preferred

Education Level

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

About the Company

• Employees of The Austin Stone are expected to become Partners (our term for members) of the church, fully embracing the values, mission, and purpose of our church.
• All employees of The Austin Stone are expected to understand, affirm and adhere to our Affirmation of Faith, Bylaws, Culture Map, and other documents defining the beliefs, culture, and mission of The Austin Stone Community Church.
• Employees also possess the character qualifications of biblical leadership in the church.
• Each employee must agree and aspire to maturity in these qualifications, invite the authority of church community and leaders as a means of growth in them, and pursue them humbly and faithfully by the power of the Holy Spirit.
• Read Attributes of Leaders as Employees at The Austin Stone for a greater description of cultural, character, and other aspects of joining our team.

Equal Opportunity

• The Austin Stone Community Church is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Women, Minorities, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.