Kids Director – Part Time

Help create the kind of kids ministry that kids can’t wait to come back to and parents feel great about.

We’re looking for a Kids Director who loves Jesus, builds incredible teams, and knows how to make Sundays fun, welcoming, and safe. If you’re excited to develop leaders, serve families, and build Gather Kids from the ground up, we’d love to hear from you.

• Fully surrendered to Jesus Christ, with visible evidence of an active, growing relationship with him and increasing Christlikeness.
• An adult leader first; someone whose primary calling is to recruit, encourage, equip, and multiply adults who lead kids.
• Meticulous with details and passionate about clear, well-designed systems.
• A servant with a heart for the kid who is not present and the adult who does not know where to turn for help.
• Committed to replacing themselves by developing leaders, delegating meaningful authority, and preparing others to lead.

The Kids Director builds and leads the adult team responsible for Gather Kids. This leader creates fun, compelling, Jesus-centered, and safe environments where kids can know and follow Jesus, want to return, and are cared for. The Kids Director also builds trust with parents and caregivers by ensuring that every environment is prepared, secure, welcoming, and led with excellence.

The Kids Director is or becomes a member of Gather Church and demonstrates alignment with the mission, vision, doctrine, and values of Gather Church and the Global Methodist Church.

• Recruit, screen, onboard, train, schedule, encourage, coach, and care for adult and student leaders.
• Create a leadership pipeline that identifies emerging leaders, provides practical training and feedback, and entrusts them with increasing responsibility.
• Build a culture in which leaders arrive prepared, serve with joy, encourage one another, and understand how their role advances the mission.

• Oversee curriculum, lesson preparation, worship, activities, supplies, room setup, kids team assignments, and check-in.
• Ensure every environment is fully staffed, prepared, clean, organized, age-appropriate, and continually improving through observation and feedback.
• Handle challenges with calm, care, and sound judgment.

• Develop and consistently enforce Ministry Safe policies, classroom ratios, check-in procedures, background checks, safety training, incident response, and emergency protocols.
• Respond appropriately to allergies, medical needs, behavioral concerns, incidents, and parent questions, maintaining confidentiality and escalating concerns when needed.
• Partner with the Senior Pastor when a kid or family needs care beyond the scope of Gather Kids.

• Build documented, scalable systems, maintain accurate check-in and team records, and anticipate future needs in leaders, rooms, resources, and ministry capacity.
• Oversee nursery and future Gather Kids staff, ensuring clear expectations, healthy communication, and alignment.
• Demonstrate proficiency with PCO and Google Workspace.

• Build trust with parents and caregivers through warm, clear, timely, and proactive communication.
• Welcome first‑time families, provide clear next steps, and follow up with kids and families who are new, absent, disconnected, or navigating a difficult season.
• Help families practice discipleship at home and create clear pathways to resources, encouragement, prayer, or additional support.
• Partner with church leadership to serve families in the surrounding community.