Employment at Northwoods Church
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Current Openings
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.
Pay and Benefits Information
Full-Time
Position Description
The Pastor of Children’s Ministry provides leadership over the Northwoods Children’s ministry with the primary purpose of impacting children and parents spiritually. This position requires direct supervision of Early Childhood and Elementary Creative Programmers, Administrative Assistant, key leaders, and volunteers. The role of influence, coaching, and leadership ensures classrooms reflect the shared mission and values of Discoveryland in a collaborative culture. The Pastor of Children’s Ministry reports to the Executive Pastor of Family Ministry and is a key player in the overall family ministries at Northwoods.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Leadership
- Vision: Work with the Executive Pastor of Family Ministry to cast a vision for the care and discipleship of children and families.
- Branding: Ensure classrooms maintain the Discoveryland brand and culture.
- Care: Provide primary care for multiple Children’s Ministry staff which include Creative Programmers, Administrative Assistant, volunteers, and seasonal Interns.
- Coaching: Provide ministry coaching and accountability to paid staff and volunteers.
- Evaluation: Regular evaluation and development of staff effectiveness, curriculum, ministry descriptions, security, safety systems and volunteer training.
- Safety and Security: Ensure effective processes and procedures are in place to adequately screen and train volunteers and maintain safe practices for children during Children’s Ministry events.
- Special Events: Parent and volunteer communication of special events related to children and family ministries.
- Meetings: Lead Discoveryland Staff meetings and participation in Family Ministry meetings.
- Staff Meetings: Attend monthly all-staff meetings for church-wide visionary, and organizational matters as well as meetings related to Family Ministries.
- Leadership Meetings: Attend monthly Leadership meetings.
Department Support
- Procedures: Develop processes and procedures to effectively process and train volunteers/staff. This effort would include recruitment, orientation, and formal training opportunities. These training initiatives would be carried out to increase the effectiveness of our weekend programming/outreach efforts.
- Facilities: Ensure Discoveryland facilities are well maintained.
- Relationships: Provide opportunities for Discoveryland and Family Ministries Leadership to connect relationally and build a healthy culture.
- Strategy: Monitor the effectiveness of the Discoveryland goals. Create effective strategies for families and students to move towards spiritual growth.
- Budget: Assist in the preparation of the annual budget.
- Assist: Assist the Family Ministries and Discoveryland staff.
- Oversee and Coach: Assist with the oversight of Discoveryland during our regular service times.
Pastoral Responsibilities and Expectations
- Credentialing: Pursue and maintain ministerial credentials through Fellowship of Evangelical Churches (F.E.C.). Be an active participant in F.E.C. denominational events and initiatives.
- Care Responsibilities: The expressions of pastoral care may include but not be limited to: Prayer, teaching, encouragement, shepherding, equipping, personal ministry, and visitation.
- Officiant: Specific functions pastors officiate include weddings (and pre-marital counseling), funerals, baptisms, and communion.
- On Call Rotation: Every Pastor will serve on a scheduled rotation, with the assignment to meet emergency needs and after-hours care to our congregation. Expectations include being available 24/7 by phone, responsible management of requests, needs, and emergencies, and ensuring hospital visits are made. As a minister you will be licensed or ordained and be compensated for doing pastoral duties.
Interaction with Others
Possess the ability to lead a diverse staff lovingly, respectfully, and as a servant leader. Able to work well with Northwoods staff, adult volunteers, and parents. Frequent interaction with Discoveryland/Family Ministries team members and the Executive Pastor of Family Ministry for the purpose of care giving, truth telling, listening, and transparency is expected.
Desired Skills, Abilities, and Characteristics
Curriculum usage and child development. Good organizational skills, communication, ability to properly delegate, self-discipline, self-starter, love of kids, ability to lead others and enjoy their success, spiritual, emotional, and physical health.
Beneficial Spiritual Gifts
Leadership, Administration, Shepherding, and Wisdom
Education and Experience Required
High school diploma, college, or 5 years of experience in Children’s Ministry preferably in a large church setting.
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