Campus: Birmingham
Birmingham KKids Early Childhood Coordinator/Creative Programmer
To apply for this part-time; 20 hours per week position please send cover letter and resume to HR@kensingtonchurch.org.
MUST BE AVAILABLE TO WORK SUNDAYS AT BIRMINGHAM CAMPUS AND ATTEND KKIDS MEETINGS ON WEDNESDAY MORNINGS.
Coordinate and oversee all functions of Early Childhood classrooms, and small group development at KCC Birmingham campus. Direct, develop, encourage, support and shepherd small group leaders/volunteers. Ensure that classrooms are running smoothly, that curriculum objectives are met, and that relationships are forming between volunteers and kids. Schedule volunteers for serving each week for Nursery and Early Childhood rooms.
CHARACTER:
Demonstrate the qualities of a follower of Jesus Christ, with a passion to love God, live in community with those you are leading and being led by, and extend the love of God to those seeking Him. Show a strong commitment to living out KKids mission of: ENGAGE kids and INSPIRE parents on their spiritual journey. Show a strong commitment to living out Kensington Community Church’s values: In Christ, Under Scripture, As a Family, For the One, From Brokenness, With Open-handedness, Through Others.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Experience: Participation in small group, experience in leading and shepherding a team or small group.
- Skills: Ability to manage multiple tasks, enjoy and encourage children and their families, administrative skills, ability to lead and develop teams of adults and youth volunteers. Have the skills to team build and engage your team.
- Requirements: Affirmation of the mission, vision, values and beliefs of Kensington Community Church. Be a person of peace, always open to hear from the Lord and have a teachable spirit.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Live a life of immersion with your community and team.
- Provide leaders with weekly curriculum, set up in each room with supplies on Sundays. Encourage, have conversations with, pray for, send recognitions to, meet one on one for immersion, and to check in spiritually with your team of volunteers. Be sure security ratios are correct in all rooms.
- Help KKids director connect families to appropriate groups/ support and help them find community within Kensington. Love on families and their kids!
- Email leaders weekly for connection and curriculum updates. Create and communicate serving schedules with your team. Fill out attendance forms for groups and leaders. Ensure rooms are set up and torn down properly and train each volunteer in the rooms to clean up and sanitize between services.
- Participate in suggested staff meetings, which include: one on one meeting with KKids campus directors, Coordinator trainings, KKids campus team meetings. Occasional evening events will be required.
- Participate in volunteer development and recognition opportunities as determined by own initiative as well as opportunities set as KKids departmental objectives (e.g. volunteer training night, volunteer celebration, campus events, leadership development events).
- Program and execute the Large Group segment of KKids weekend program in designated age group:
- Work closely with the volunteer teachers, and production to ensure a smooth lesson presentation
- Oversee, develop, and deliver Large Group segment of services for Early Childhood children
- Setup and tear down large group room and build teams that perform the set-up and/or tear down
- Utilize the most effective methods to reach the early childhood audience; monitor the effectiveness of each service
