Early Childhood Director

Job Description

Title: Early Childhood Director

Classification: Full-Time | Exempt

Supervisor: Ty Berbereia, Kids Pastor 

Relates closely to: Kids Pastor, Kids Administrative Assistant, and Family Life Department

Overall Purpose: To reflect the mission and vision of Cedar Valley Church through Early Childhood Ministry. Providing a safe, fun, and engaging environment for kids to grow in their understanding of God, Scripture, and what it means to follow Him. To build, equip, inspire, and develop a volunteer team to effectively do the work of ministry to kids ages birth–preschool through services and group ministry.

Role

1. Early Childhood Service

Purpose: To create a fun and engaging experience for kids to learn Bible stories, memorize Scripture, and learn who God is.

Responsibilities:

• Have a planned order of service for each room.
• Create moments of worship, giving, prayer, and Scripture memorization every week.
• Prepare all supplies needed for each service.
• Develop, train, and equip a team to teach kids the Bible in fun and engaging ways every Sunday.
• Communicate the service plan with teachers and volunteers ahead of time.
• Consistently evaluate Early Childhood Services with teachers, coordinators, and coaches and implement changes to ensure effective ministry is happening.

2. Early Childhood Life Groups

Purpose: Champion the value of small group discipleship by providing environments for spiritual growth, personal accountability, and biblical application among the young kids of Cedar Valley. 

Responsibilities:

• Prepare a group plan for each Wednesday during the school year.
• Create moments of worship, giving, prayer, and Scripture memorization every week.
• Prepare all supplies needed for each group meeting.
• Communicate the group plan with Group Leaders ahead of time.
• Consistently evaluate Early Childhood Life Groups with Group Leaders, coordinators, and coaches to ensure effective ministry is happening.
• Work with the Kids Pastor to plan and execute two “Make a Difference” days throughout the school year to give kids an opportunity to serve their local community.

3. Team Builder

Purpose: To grow the Early Childhood volunteer team and develop teams of leaders to delegate responsibility.

Responsibilities:

• Continually cast vision to the volunteer team to help them understand where we are going and how their investment of time is making a difference in God’s Kingdom.
• Consistently recruit new volunteers and walk them through the onboarding process.
• Teach and challenge current volunteers to recruit new volunteers.
• Develop volunteers into leaders capable of serving in higher capacities as coordinators, leaders, coaches, and ministry leads.
• Continue to build the leadership pipeline in Early Childhood ministry.
• Meet with coordinators and coaches consistently to invest in their leadership, receive feedback to make the ministry better, and give them information to pass on to the teams they lead.
• Keep the CV Kids handbook up to date with relevant information.
• Continually train volunteers through video, huddles, and meetings.

4. Communicator

Purpose: To ensure a positive experience for volunteers through proactive communication.

Responsibilities:

• Schedule volunteers and send the schedule 1–3 months in advance.
• Work with volunteers to find replacements if they are unable to serve.
• Send consistent communication to all volunteers about upcoming events, curriculum updates, and any other information they need to know.
• Create space for volunteers to provide feedback on ministry.
• Send lesson plans to volunteer teams ahead of time to give them time to prepare.
• Build relationships with volunteers.

5. Parent Partner

Purpose: To resource parents to be the primary discipler of their children.

Responsibilities:

• Send a monthly parent email to keep parents informed on Early Childhood ministry.
• Provide resources for parents so they can disciple their kids at home during the week (i.e.. family devotions, take-home sheets, etc.)
• Build relationships with parents to deepen their trust in and understanding of Early Childhood ministry and Cedar Valley Church.
• Meet with a Parent Focus Group once a quarter with a focus group representing each age group in Early Childhood.

6. Room Overseer

Purpose: To ensure Early Childhood rooms are clean, safe, and ready for ministry.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure each room is a fun environment that kids want to be in.
• Ensure Early Childhood rooms are organized, clean, and ready to welcome kids.
• Continually work to make Early Childhood rooms better.
• Create a detailed room cleaning guide to be followed after every room use.
• Create a detailed room and toy cleaning guide to be followed monthly or bi-monthly.
• Do weekly checks to ensure every room is stocked with supplies (diapers, snacks, cleaning supplies, etc.) and order any supplies that need restocking.
• Ensure toys are clean and in good working condition.
• Ensure the furniture is clean and in good working condition.
• Communicate maintenance requests with the Facilities team.

7. Staff Member

Purpose: To live out staff culture and to keep the full team in mind.

Responsibilities:

• Live out our staff culture in your daily work life.
• Attend relevant meetings.
• Follow processes in place when working with other departments.
• Proactively communicate with other departments as needed.
• Keep a clean and organized workspace.
• Set and steward the Early Childhood budget each year.

8. Event Planner

Purpose: To create space for fun Sundays so kids can invite friends and family.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Kids Team to create the annual calendar.
• Plan and execute Bring a Friend Sundays throughout the year.
• Plan and execute the August Preschool Party for kids advancing to kindergarten.

9. Event Childcare Requests

Purpose: To assist other ministries by being the point person for childcare requests.

Responsibilities:

• Follow the childcare request process with requesting departments.
• Be proactive in communicating and asking for information from requesting departments.
• Get a childcare team together by working with current volunteers, local churches, and outside agencies.
• Give updates to requesting departments as needed.
• Events include CV Recap, Christmas Eve, Good Friday, District Council, and other events as they come up.

Qualifications

• Authentic relationship with Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
• One who exhibits a personal and growing relationship with God, a teachable spirit, and a healthy family life.
• Experience in Early Childhood Ministry or Education
• A vision and passion for Early Childhood Ministry, and an ability to communicate that vision to others.
• Can lead others, identify and develop leaders, and delegate responsibility to high-level volunteers.
• Is gifted in communication with others.
• Works in coordination and harmony with other church ministries and staff.
• Committed to the church's vision, leadership, and people.
• Dependable, responsible, self-motivated.
• Ability to lift an infant or toddler.

Education, Training and Experience Requirements

• High School Diploma
• Bachelor of Arts or Science preferred
• Proficient in Microsoft 365
• Preferred working knowledge of budgeting process
• Experience with church management software and/or other scheduling software preferred
• Project management experience

Other

• Be or become a member of Cedar Valley Church.
• The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities.
• Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time without notice.

Work hours:

• Full-time: 40 hours per week | 5 hours on Sundays; 3 hours on Wednesdays; 32 hours in the office during the week.
• Sundays: 7:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
• Wednesday: 5:30–8:30 p.m.
• Office Hours: Monday–Thursday | 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
• Due to the work’s nature and the need to coordinate working hours with weekend and weekday services and activities, changes in work schedules, work locations, and travel may be necessary.
• This position may require additional hours for other work events.

Salary Range:

• Salary is based on qualifications and experience. Approx. Range: $40,000–$44,000/yr

• Competitive Benefits Package: Retirement Plan with Matching; Comprehensive healthcare including medical, dental, HSA contribution, and Paid time off.