• Possess a servant’s heart, be highly motivated, personable, relational, and creative.
• Possess practical written and oral communication skills.
• Be a collaborator and team player.
• Possess leadership, administrative, and management skills.
• Be detail oriented.
• Self-motivated and able to take initiative.
• Possess experience in leading staff and volunteers within a ministry setting.
• Ability to encourage children, families, and volunteers.
• Experience working with special needs children is a plus.

Characteristics 

• Maintain priorities in your life of putting Christ first, spouse second, children third, and ministry fourth.
• Model Christ like behavior and moral conduct with the upmost integrity.
• Cultivate a personal lifestyle that is spiritually, relationally, and emotionally healthy.
• Possess a sense of calling, commitment, and passion for administering the gospel to children.

Responsibilities 

• Select and develop curriculum and age-appropriate materials for the program.
• Recruit, train, and manage leaders and volunteers ensuring they effectively teach and promote a biblical worldview and Christian values while adhering to church doctrine and guidelines.
• Promote and adhere to church policies and procedures and doctrinal beliefs. (State our church doctrine in a separate section of the job posting).
• Work with security team and/or maintain security standards that ensure children can learn in a safe and protected environment.
• Plan and oversee special events designed to promote outreach and minister to children, including but not limited to coordinating outreach and/or field trips (Easter Festival, VBS, Fall Festival).
• Manage the creative use and proactive upkeep of ministries to facilities to ensure they are presentable and appropriately equipped for children’s programs and events.
• Develop and present a budget for ministries and then oversee and manage good stewardship over the approved budget.
• Meet with Advisory Board quarterly. 
• Maintain check-in and check-out system.
• Perform additional duties as requested by the Senior Pastor.
• Possess or willingness to acquire NC Commercial Driver’s License with bus endorsement.

Staff Requirements

• Agree to and proactively communicate, support, and fulfill the mission, vision, core values, purpose, and goals of First Baptist of Gold Hill.
• Agree to maintain open and frequent communication with Pastor, church members, and volunteers.
• Agree to adhere to the traditional core values and doctrine of the church.
• Agree with the Church’s statement of faith.

Strengths/Gifts/Talents 

• Dynamic servant leadership.
• Organizational skills.
• Solution-oriented.
• Strong communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Able to mediate conflict.
• Demonstrate an ability to develop and implement the vision for student ministries in collaboration with the Leadership.

Performance Measures

• Actively building volunteer teams.
• The program is growing at a healthy pace, both incrementally and spiritually.
• The atmosphere of the ministries and programs are biblical, educational, creative, and safe.
• Attendees are growing in their knowledge and application of Biblical truths.