Children's & Family Pastor Job - Calvary Worship Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Calvary Worship Center*, a dynamic church in Colorado Springs, Colorado is looking to hire a full-time Children's Ministry/Family Pastor immediately. Our church of approximately 2,500 (and growing) is focused on reaching young families. We are looking for a visionary and seasoned man whose leadership style is skilled and proven. The right candidate must be willing to_noemailmit to this role for at least three years.

The Children's Ministry/Family Pastor will provide strong leadership, training, support and oversight to all CM staff. The role is responsible for CM Vision and defining and implementing strategies to meet that vision. Additionally, he will be responsible for the implementation and development of programming for the spiritual formation of children and equipping parents to fulfill their responsibility as the primary spiritual leader of their children.

Qualifications:

Three-five years experience in directing a larger size Children's Ministry,
;including leading with vision and implementing of strategies. Also,
management of paid ministry staff and of a large volunteer team.
Active and growing relationship with Jesus Christ; evidenced by action,
;attitude, speech & behavior.
Experience in recruiting, motivating, equipping and scheduling volunteer
;leaders to minister to children & families.
Experience in designing and developing CM programs.
Effective_noemailmunication skills (written, verbal & interpersonal).
Demonstrated ability to understand and relate to children and their families.
Ability to reach out and connect with families in the church.
Competent with basic_noemailputer software and KidCheck management software
​and the capacity to learn new software.

Responsibilities:

Leading with Vision for CM and strategies that meet that vision.
Manages overall_noemailanization, design, and oversight of CM programs.
Recruits and utilizes a CM leadership team for advice & support.
Manages nursery/childcare needs for all programs.
Recruits, hires, trains, leads, schedules, and provides direction to volunteers in
all children's programs – newborn through 5th grade; either directly or through
other staff, lay leaders, and teams.


Discipling: Sees that volunteers and staff in the ministry are discipled as they do their ministry. (We don't want to give our people "ministry work to do" – we want to care for them and help them grow as Disciples of Christ as they serve in this ministry.)

Curriculum:

Selects, evaluates, creates, and monitors overall curriculum
Administrating
Responsible for check in procedures & tracking weekly attendance
Participates in Team Leaders meetings to discuss ministry strategy and
;effectiveness
Coordinates yearly program calendar
Insures that f