Center Kids Director

Center Church Charlottesville Center Kids Director Charlottesville, VA
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The Center Kids Director exists to lead a ministry where kids encounter the love and truth of Jesus, parents are equipped to disciple their families, and volunteers grow as disciples and leaders.

We exist to make, mature, and multiply disciples in Charlottesville, at UVA, and around the world.

The Great Commission is our marching orders. Fulfillment of the Great Commission requires a commitment to growing both deep and wide as a church. We mature as disciples (depth), and we make new disciples (width). Every ministry we have is about this mission.

Job Description

At Center Church, we believe every child deserves to be known, loved, and consistently pointed to Jesus in an environment that is safe, biblical, clean, fun, and relational. Everything we do—and every responsibility in this role—exists to make that vision a reality.

The Center Kids Director exists to lead a ministry where kids encounter the love and truth of Jesus, parents are equipped to disciple their families, and volunteers grow as disciples and leaders.

Through intentional leadership, healthy systems, and Gospel-centered environments, this role helps fulfill Center Church’s mission of making, maturing, and multiplying disciples by ensuring every child who walks through our doors is known, loved, safe, and consistently pointed to Jesus.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Operations, the Center Kids Director provides vision, leadership, and oversight for every aspect of Center Kids while building leaders, developing volunteers, and creating a ministry that continues to grow healthier as it grows larger.

We’re looking for someone who is…

• Passionate about helping kids know and follow Jesus.
• A humble leader who naturally develops and empowers others.
• Has a bent toward operational excellence.
• A self-starter who takes initiative and owns outcomes.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and dependable.
• An excellent communicator and relationship builder.
• Creative, adaptable, and solution-oriented.
• Comfortable leading in a fast-paced ministry environment.
• Committed to building healthy teams rather than simply accomplishing tasks.

Healthy ministry doesn’t happen by accident. The Center Kids Director is responsible for setting direction, developing leaders, and building a ministry that grows healthier as it grows larger.

• Champion the mission, philosophy, and culture of Center Kids.
• Cast vision and inspire volunteers toward meaningful ministry.
• Establish goals and evaluate the overall health of Center Kids.
• View every volunteer not simply as someone who fills a role, but as someone God is shaping through serving in Center Kids. Develop leaders who increasingly take ownership of the ministry and invest in others.
• Build healthy systems that support long-term ministry growth.
• Collaborate with church leadership to advance the mission of Center Church.

Center Kids is built through people. This role exists to recruit, equip, encourage, and develop volunteers who are not only serving children but also growing as disciples and leaders themselves.

• Develop Classroom Leads, Service Leads, Teacher Coaches, and future leaders.
• Care for volunteers spiritually, relationally, and practically.
• Oversee volunteer scheduling and communication through Planning Center.

Every Sunday is an opportunity for a child to experience the truth of the gospel. The Center Kids Director ensures every environment reflects the heart of Center Kids by creating spaces where children feel known, families feel confident, and volunteers are equipped to serve with joy.

• Ensure every classroom is safe, biblical, clean, fun, and relational.
• Oversee curriculum, classroom preparation, and Sunday logistics.
• Lead and support volunteers throughout Sunday gatherings.
• Continually improve classroom environments and teaching strategies.
• Maintain safety policies and ministry standards.

Parents are the primary disciple rs of their children.…