#1: Leadership, Management & Accountability

Healthy ministries require strong leadership structures and measurable outcomes. This role encompasses:

• Leading and developing Kids Ministry staff and key volunteer leaders.

• Conducting regular team meetings with clear priorities and follow-up.

• Maintaining role clarity, accountability structures, and performance expectations.

• Establishing and tracking quarterly ministry goals and major initiatives.

• Monitoring key ministry metrics (attendance, volunteer engagement, retention, new families, service capacity).

• Ensuring alignment with overall church vision, doctrine, and next gen strategy.

• Identifying operational gaps and proactively implementing solutions.

#2: Programming & Ministry Environments

Excellence in programming helps children engage deeply with biblical truth. This role encompasses:

• Overseeing curriculum planning and creative direction for all age groups.

• Reviewing and approving weekly lessons to ensure theological alignment and developmental appropriateness.

• Ensuring consistency across nursery, preschool, and elementary environments.

• Coordinating production elements including worship, media, staging, and transitions as appropriate.

• Evaluating ministry environments quarterly for engagement, clarity, safety, and effectiveness.

• Developing scalable programming structures that support multi-service environments and future growth.

#3: Volunteer Recruitment, Development & Training

Strong volunteer teams are essential in a high-capacity church environment. This role encompasses:

• Developing and executing an ongoing volunteer recruitment strategy.

• Overseeing onboarding, background checks, and safety training compliance.

• Hosting quarterly volunteer trainings and leadership development gatherings.

• Creating systems for volunteer scheduling, communication, and feedback.

• Developing team leads and building leadership pipelines for future growth.

• Cultivating a culture of ownership, encouragement, spiritual maturity, and excellence.

• Monitoring volunteer retention and proactively addressing morale or staffing gaps.

#4: Communication & Family Engagement

Clear communication strengthens trust and discipleship partnership with families. This role encompasses:

• Ensuring consistent communication with parents, volunteers, and staff.

• Overseeing weekly leader updates and monthly parent communication.

• Maintaining accurate Planning Center events, rosters, and team calendars.

• Ensuring structured follow-up processes for new families and guests.

• Partner with the Children’s Minister to provide tools and resources that equip families to reinforce biblical discipleship at home.

#5: Events, Operations & Stewardship

Large-scale children’s ministries require strong systems and thoughtful stewardship. This role encompasses:

• Planning and overseeing 3–4 major family events annually (including VBS).

• Delegating event execution to team leads with clear timelines and accountability.

• Conducting post-event evaluations and implementing improvements.

• Ensuring child protection policies and safety standards are consistently upheld.

• Overseeing ministry supply systems, inventory, and classroom readiness.

• Assisting with budget planning, expense tracking, and resource stewardship.

• Partnering with Facilities and Operations to ensure environments are clean, secure, and welcoming.

Competencies

• Strong leadership and team development ability.

• Systems thinker with scalable ministry mindset.

• Operationally strong and highly organized.

• Clear, confident communicator.

• Decisive problem solver.

• Calm under pressure in multi-service environments.

• Spiritually mature leader aligned with Stonebridge’s doctrine, mission, and values.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Ministry, Leadership, Education, or related field preferred.

• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience in children’s ministry (large church experience strongly preferred).

• Demonstrated experience leading staff and large volunteer teams.

• Experience building systems in multi-service or high-capacity church environments.

• Strong administrative and organizational skills.

• Proven ability to manage projects and ministry initiatives from planning to execution.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to move throughout classrooms and ministry environments for extended periods.

• Ability to lift and move classroom materials or supplies (up to 30 lbs.).

• Ability to respond quickly to ministry and safety needs during services.

Work Environment

• Combination of office, classroom, and live ministry settings.

• Requires weekend service leadership and seasonal evening event availability.

• Fast-paced ministry environment with high volunteer interaction.

• Collaborative work with pastoral staff, coordinators, volunteers, and support teams.