Employment at Northwoods Church
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Current Openings
Position Description
The Missions Associate (Local Impact) will primarily be responsible for developing local impact missional partnerships through cultivating relationships with local missions’ partners, recruiting and overseeing volunteer leaders, and growing Northwoods volunteer participation with local missions’ partners. Additionally, the Missions Associate (Local Impact) will cross-train to assist with Global Reach Missions and assist the Missions Pastor as needed.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Local Impact Ministry
- Partnership Development: Engage with local missions’ partners to develop ongoing relationship and facilitate participation from Northwoods congregation and volunteers.
- Leaders & Volunteers: Recruit and train Northwoods high-capacity volunteer leaders who will facilitate teams of volunteers to serve with our local missions’ partners. Shape and facilitate a Northwoods Local Impact Missions Leadership Team comprised of the volunteer leaders.
- Northwoods Ministry Serving Opportunities: Assist the various ministry teams of Northwoods with opportunities to help serve locally. Work with other Missions Associates and Directors to help effectively assimilate new volunteers into serving roles.
- Communicate: Assist other Missions Associates in communicating partnership events, needs, and opportunities.
Ministry and Leadership Development
- Partnership Development: Assist Missions Pastor in cultivating relationship through effective communication with ministry partners.
Missions Ministry
- Weekend Missions Communication: Assist as needed in serving at the Missions Counter on weekends.
- Volunteer Care: Care for the health of team volunteers and help align servants with their giftedness.
Administrative Responsibilities
- Budgets: Assist Missions Pastor in managing budget for Local Impact Missions.
- Development: Develop an annual ministry plan.
- Systems: Maintain accurate database records, ministry calendars, and effective communication methods.
- Meetings: Attend all meetings required of this position with staff and volunteers.
- Leadership: Provide leadership and communication with volunteers serving in local missions.
Commissioned Responsibilities and Expectations
- Commission: At Northwoods, commissioned staff are spiritually ready to minister to the congregation and community on a personal level.
- Care Responsibilities: The expression of care may include but not be limited to: Prayer, teaching, encouragement, shepherding, equipping, personal ministry, and visitation.
- Expectations: To be a spiritual leader in our community who contributes to the spiritual growth and formation of the people he/she leads and influences publicly and privately.
Interaction with Others
This person will work closely with the Missions Pastor and other Missions Associates.
Desired Skills, Abilities, and Characteristics
This individual should have high people skills, the ability to build teams, cast vision, and train individuals. Additionally, this individual should be competent in a variety of basic computer software and skills.
Beneficial Spiritual Gifts
Leadership, Administration, Shepherding
Education and Experience Required
College Degree, experience working with volunteers is helpful.
Pay and Benefits Information
Position Description
The Children’s Early Childhood Associate will provide key leadership over Early Childhood (2 & 3 yr. olds) ministry of Discoveryland. This position requires oversight of the early childhood curriculum and resources. It also includes recruiting, onboarding, training, and leading volunteers for this area. This position will support the Children’s Pastor with both short term and long-term projects and assist in oversight of Discoveryland during weekend services.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Volunteer Leadership
- Recruiting: Seeking out and contacting potential ministry volunteers
- Onboarding & Orientation: Following the processes and procedures to bring people onto the team, placing them on the schedule, and training them on how to serve in a room.
- Coaching & Training: Provide ministry coaching and accountability with early childhood volunteer teams.
- Care: Provide care and encouragement for each volunteer team under your leadership.
- Curriculum: Ensure all early childhood rooms are adequately resourced to carry out the weekly lesson.
- Communication: Develop and maintain avenues of communication with volunteers, families, Discoveryland teammates, and church staff
- Environment: Maintain and upgrade rooms to ensure a safe and fun place for children and volunteers.
- Meetings: Attend Discoveryland staff meetings.
- Staff Meetings: Attend staff meetings for global, visionary, and organizational matters.
- Church Membership: If not already a member, take the 4 Steps classes and complete church membership.
Secondary Responsibilities
Department Support
- Outreach and Ministry events: Support the Discoveryland Team with ideas, communication and resources for outreach and ministry events
- Teamwork: Assist the Discoveryland Team in various projects as needed to build teamwork.
- Oversee: Assist with oversight of Discoveryland during our regular service times.
- Budget: Assist the Discoveryland Children’s Pastor with the preparation of the annual budget.
- Other duties as assigned: There may be times when the Children’s Pastor or church leadership will ask your help for programs or events outside of your direct responsibilities.
Commissioned Responsibilities and Expectations
- Commission: At Northwoods, commissioned staff are spiritually ready to minister to the congregation and community on a personal level.
- Care Responsibilities: The expression of care may include but not be limited to: Prayer, teaching, encouragement, shepherding, equipping, personal ministry, and visitation.
- Expectations: To be a spiritual leader in our community who contributes to the spiritual growth and formation of the people he/she leads and influences publicly and privately.
Interaction with Others
Able to work well with other Northwoods’ staff, adult volunteers, parents, and children. Frequent connection with co-workers and the Children’s Pastor for the purpose of care giving, truth telling, listening, and transparency is expected.
Desired Skills, Abilities, and Characteristics
Administration, computer, and Microsoft Office knowledge, written, verbal, and interpersonal skills, love for God and volunteers, desire to see others succeed, self-educator, demonstrate initiative, innovative.
Beneficial Spiritual Gifts
Leadership, Administration, Shepherding, and Wisdom
Education and Experience Required
College degree or 2 years’ experience in Children’s Ministry
Pay and Benefits Information
Part-Time
Position Description
The Family Ministries Volunteer Associate is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing various Volunteer events and on boarding. This role involves creating a welcoming and engaging environment for Volunteers in Family Ministries facilitating training, communication with volunteers, and organizing recruiting along with celebrating the volunteers.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Volunteer Assimilation
- Volunteer Processing: Implement processes and procedures to effectively assimilate volunteers into Family Ministries. This effort would include recruitment concepts (including seasonal pushes), applications, interviews, reference checks, national background checks, and orientation.
- Volunteer Recruitment: Creating and implementing a volunteer campaign twice a year to recruit volunteers to serve in Family Ministries.
- Volunteer Training: Quarterly volunteer trainings for new and vetted volunteers.
- Resource Management: Manage the budget allocated for volunteer resources and events, including purchasing necessary supplies, materials, and resources within the approved budgetary limits.
- Special Events: Create and implement volunteer celebration throughout the year.
General Responsibilities
- Meetings: Attend weekly Discoveryland staff meetings. Assist with monthly team meetings scheduled around weekend service times.
- Staff Meetings: Attend staff meetings for global, visionary, and organizational matters.
Interaction with others
- Volunteer Communication: Connect with currents volunteers through social media, email, and mail.
- Relationship Building: Foster positive relationships with children, parents, volunteers, and staff members, creating a warm and inclusive atmosphere.
- Able to work well with other Northwoods staff, adult volunteers, and parents.
Desired Skills and Abilities
- Administration, organizational skills, computer knowledge, proofreading skills, event planning, and telephone etiquette, spiritual, emotional, and physical health.
- Beneficial Spiritual Gifts should include leadership, administration, wisdom, and teaching.
Educational and Experience Required
- High school diploma, college, or 2 years of experience in Children’s Ministry preferred.
Part-Time
Position Description
The Family Ministries Event Associate for Discoveryland is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing various family events and programs. This role involves creating a welcoming and engaging environment for families and children in Discoveryland, facilitating parent training, communication with parents, and organizing events that foster spiritual growth, fellowship, and community involvement.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Family Events
- Event Planning: Develop and implement a comprehensive plan for family and children's events, including holiday celebrations, summer camps, parent-child activities, and outreach initiatives.
- Parent Training: Develop and implement classes to train parents to be spiritual leaders.
- Equipping and Encouraging Parents: Create and maintain a resource area in Discoveryland that would help equip parents to lead in their home.
- Volunteer Recruitment and Training: Recruit, train, and coordinate volunteers to support various events and programs.
- Resource Management: Manage the budget allocated for family resources and events, including purchasing necessary supplies, materials, and resources within the approved budgetary limits.
General Responsibilities
- Meetings: Attend weekly Discoveryland staff meetings. Assist with monthly team meetings scheduled around weekend service times.
- Staff Meetings: Attend staff meetings for global, visionary, and organizational matters.
Interaction with others
- Parent Communication: Follow- up with new families that come each weekend. Maintain open and effective communication parents, providing regular updates, event details, and program information through newsletters, emails, social media, and other communication platforms.
- Relationship Building: Foster positive relationships with children, parents, volunteers, and staff members, creating a warm and inclusive atmosphere.
- Able to work well with other Northwoods staff, adult volunteers, and parents.
Commissioned Responsibilities and Expectations
- Commission: At Northwoods, commissioned staff are spiritually ready to minister to the congregation and community on a personal level.
- Care Responsibilities: The expression of care may include but not be limited to: Prayer, teaching, encouragement, shepherding, equipping, personal ministry, and visitation.
- Expectations: To be a spiritual leader in our community who contributes to the spiritual growth and formation of the people he/she leads and influences publicly and privately.
Desired Skills and Abilities
- Administration, organizational skills, computer knowledge, proofreading skills, event planning, and telephone etiquette, spiritual, emotional, and physical health.
Beneficial Spiritual Gifts
- leadership, administration, wisdom, and teaching.
Educational and Experience Required
- High school diploma, college, or 2 years of experience in Children’s Ministry preferred.
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