Available Positions

Youth Ministry Assistant

Classification: Non-Exempt

Report to: Director of Youth Ministry

Date Edited: 10-2-19

Collierville United Methodist Church is a 3,000+ member church with over 800 in four worship services on two campuses every Sunday morning. With full programming for preschool, elementary, middle school, high school, adults, and seniors, we have over 25 church staff, over 30 preschool staff, and over 15 nursery staff.

Vision: Reaching out to transform lives by extending God’s love to all.

Mission: To know Christ and to make Him known.

Core Values: Scripture, Love, Humility, Servanthood, Mission

Find us at: www.colliervilleumc.org

The person in this position should be a committed Christian Disciple.  Under the direct supervision of the Director of Youth Ministry, this position assists the Director of Youth Ministry in coordinating all youth ministry. This position also requires a person who holds a strong interest in the overall well-being and spiritual growth of students and children and is willing to serve and work with others, especially volunteers, in a team ministry setting.

Essential Functions

  • Provides clerical support and assists in coordinating and scheduling of all structured weekly youth ministry activities, worship and events.
  • Maintains rosters for Sunday school classes and all other structure youth ministry programming and maintains up to date data base for each grade 6th – 12th.
  • Keeps the social media accounts current and the church website youth ministry page up to date with all immediate youth ministry information by communicating weekly with the Communications department.
  • Works with the Communications department to publicize youth ministry events and produce flyers, posters and other youth ministry information for parents and other members of the congregation.
  • Oversees and assists with the organization, stocking and maintenance of the youth ministry supply areas, closets and the youth ministry kiosk desk.
  • Assists with organizing and directing special events or special programs in the youth ministry, as well as, family events when student families are involved.
  • Assists in planning and coordinating training for all youth ministry volunteers.

Competencies

  • Technical
  • Personal Effectiveness/Credibility
  • Thoroughness
  • Communication Proficiency
  • Collaboration Skills
  • Flexibility

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibility

Work Environment

This position operates in a professional church office environment and age appropriate ministry environments. The range of work requires adaptability and may require routine use of standard office  equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a part-time position up to 10 hours a week.  Days and hours of work will be worked out and agreed upon with the Director of Youth Ministry.

Required Education and Experience

  • Two or more years of experience in a similar or related field.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Director of Children’s Ministries

Classification: Exempt

Report to: Executive Director of Family Life

Date Edited: 10-28-19

Collierville United Methodist Church is a 3,000+ member church with over 750 in three worship services on two campuses every Sunday morning. With full programming for preschool, elementary, middle school, high school, adults, and seniors, we have over 25 church staff, over 30 preschool staff, and over 15 nursery staff.

Vision: Reaching out to transform lives by extending God’s love to all.

Mission: To know Christ and to make Him known.

Core Values: Scripture, Love, Humility, Servanthood, Mission

Find us at: www.colliervilleumc.org

The person in this position should be a committed Christian Disciple.  Under the direct supervision of the Executive Director of Family Life, this position provides programs and activities that meet the spiritual needs and help the children of Collierville UMC through the fifth grade grow in their discipleship of Jesus Christ. This person will work with a diverse group of members and visitors as well as internal contacts at all levels of the church. Independent judgement is required to plan, prioritize and organize diversified workloads.

Essential Functions

  • Provide overall direction and administration for all the children’s ministries of CUMC.
  • Plan and be responsible for all structured children’s ministry activities, including but not limited to Sundays and Wednesdays.
  • Collaborate with music ministry staff to ensure the success of SNAP (Sunday Night Arts & Praise)
  • Provide direction for all special events for children and their families, including seasonal events such as a Family Easter event, Fall festival and VBS.
  • Teaching the Christian faith as understood through the doctrinal standards of the United Methodist Church.
  • Work collaboratively with other ministry directors for the full benefit of the Church.
  • Be responsible for ongoing recruitment, training and evaluating of Children’s ministry staff and volunteers.
  • Select and approve all curriculum used for Sunday school and other children’s programming.
  • Serves as Staff Ministry Partner, providing assistance and direction when required for designated ministry Task Teams, especially working directly with MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) and MOMs Next.
  • Be responsible for the compliance of the children’s ministry with regard to safe sanctuaries training and execution.
  • Prepares budget requests and monitors expenditures of the children’s ministries.
  • Serves and assists with occasional specialized ministry projects as assigned.

Competencies

  • Personal Effectiveness/Credibility
  • Thoroughness
  • Communication Proficiency
  • Collaboration Skills
  • Flexibility
  • Organizational Leadership skills
  • Maintenance skills

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has supervisory responsibility for the Director of Nursery Ministries and the Children’s Ministry Assistant.

Work Environment

This position operates in a professional church office environment and age appropriate ministry environments. The range of work requires adaptability and may require routine use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. 

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position and includes working during programming hours on Sundays and Wednesdays with weekend events and evening meetings, as needed.

Required Education and Experience

  • Bachelor Degree
  • 5 years of experience in a similar or related field.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.