Children Ministry Director

Job Summary

Job Description

Church Overview 

Lake East Christian Church is a non-denomination church mainly consist of Chinese and Chinese-American families that are Bible-centered on the eastside of Lake Washington (located in Kirkland) across from Seattle. Centered around the cities of Bellevue (Amazon), Kirkland (Google), and Redmond (Microsoft, Facebook) that attracts families with kids of all ages. Please check our church website at www.LECC.org for more details. We believe we're uniquely positioned by God to reach new people and new levels of ministry in our community. Please pray to God to lead you to serve Him through this Children Ministry Director role in collaborating with a team that is excellent, focus, and fun to be a part of that is growing in Christ Family!  

Position Overview    

Purpose: The Children Ministry Director is responsible for providing leadership, direction, support, and oversight of the children’s ministry, and communicates with church Elder & Deacon Board.  

Reports to: Education Deacon and Elders  

Required Qualifications:    

• Be a Christian who is active and growing personal relationship with Jesus Christ, living example by action, attitude and behavior.    


• Servant leadership with a passion to grow God’s Kingdom through Children Ministry and helping children to develop a personal relationship with God.  


• Mature in faith and love for children and families.  


• Teach and mentor children with patience and an accepting heart.    


• Energetic, warm, and able to share the love of Jesus with children and their families.  

• Models an enthusiastic leadership style that inspires confidence, develops people, and achieves results.  


• Ability to be flexible and think creatively.    


• Desirable to have previous experience with direction and administration of church Children’s Ministries.  


• Effective communication skills (written, verbal and interpersonal).    

Responsibilities:    

• Oversee all programming and ministry for children ages pre-K through 5th grade.  


• Choose and prepare curriculum for each program and each age level in coordination with the volunteering teachers.    


• Recruit, train, lead, schedule, and pray for children’s ministry volunteers.  


• Equip parents to be the primary spiritual leaders of their family.  

• Plan and oversee special ministry programs and events.  


• Promote the health and safety of all children and volunteers and ensure that all volunteers adhere to LECC Children Ministry policies.    


• Create and effectively manage Children Ministry annual budget.    


• Communicate consistently and effectively with parents/guardians of the children involved in LECC Children Ministry.    


• Teach and visit classes for the purpose of evaluation and teacher support in order to address any issues or emergencies that arise.    

• Uses appropriate child development knowledge to best meet the needs of LECC’s children in curriculum selection, child discipline, classroom grouping, etc.    


• Work cooperatively with all volunteers.    


• Other duties as assigned.    

Status: Full-Time    

Salary: Salary is commensurate with education, experience and accomplishments.    

Benefits:    

• Flexible Schedule   


• Health Insurance   


• Paid Time Off   


• Professional Development Assistance   


• Relocation Assistance   

Schedule (approximate):    

• Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday (9am till 5pm), Friday (2:30pm till 9:30pm) 


• Sunday (8:30am till 3:00pm) 

This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:    

• People-oriented -- enjoys interacting with people and working on group projects   


• Adaptable/flexible -- enjoys doing work that requires frequent shifts in direction   


• Achievement-oriented -- enjoys taking on challenges, even if we do not succeed  


• Innovative -- prefers working in unconventional ways or on tasks that require creativity 

Please contact – [email protected]