The Children's Minister provides vision, leadership, and oversight for the Pre-K ministry environment. This role is responsible for creating safe, engaging, and spiritually formative experiences where children can know Jesus, grow in their faith, and build meaningful relationships. The Children's Minister leads teams of volunteers, equips families, and ensures alignment with the overall mission and values of the church.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide vision, direction, and leadership for ministry environments and programming
• Recruit, train, schedule, and develop volunteer leaders and ministry teams
• Oversee the planning and execution of weekend services, midweek programs, and special events
• Ensure all environments are safe, secure, clean, and engaging for children and families
• Develop and implement age-appropriate curriculum aligned with church theology and strategy
• Partner with parents by providing resources, communication, and support for spiritual development at home
• Lead, coach, and care for Kids Ministry leaders through regular meetings and development
• Manage ministry budgets, supplies, and resources with stewardship and accountability
• Collaborate with other ministry departments to ensure alignment and church-wide integration
• Track attendance, engagement, and key metrics to evaluate and improve ministry effectiveness

Oversight:

• Volunteer Leaders and teams

Core Competencies:

• Strong leadership and team-building skills
• Effective communicator with both kids and adults
• Highly organized with strong project management ability
• Relational and approachable with a heart for families
• Creative thinker with attention to detail in environments and experiences
• Ability to recruit, equip, and retain volunteers
• Problem-solving mindset with flexibility in fast-paced environments
• Commitment to excellence in execution

Qualifications:

• A growing, personal relationship with Jesus Christ
• Alignment with the church's mission, vision, and values
• Prior experience in Kids Ministry or related leadership role preferred
• Proven ability to lead teams and develop volunteers
• Strong organizational and administrative skills
• Bachelor's degree in ministry, education, or related field (preferred but not required)
• Ability to pass a background check
• Availability to work weekends and occasional evenings

Spiritual Requirements:

• Regular involvement in The Avenue Church activities and events
• Signed acknowledgement of The Avenue Church's "Statement of Faith" and "Staff Lifestyle Agreement" forms
• Signed acknowledgment of policies and procedures as stated in The Avenue Church's employee handbook
• Living out the spiritual principles outlined in the "Staff Lifestyle Agreement"; participation in a small group; tithing consistently; attending worship services; involvement in outreach; following Christ personally and passionately; and sexual purity

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.