Head of Children's Ministry

Role Description

 

Head of Children's Ministry

 

“We’re looking for a confident and experienced Head of BCC Kids with a love for working with children, understanding of church life, strong safeguarding knowledge, experience and awareness of supporting children with SEN, and excellent leadership and volunteer recruitment skills”

 

Salary Per Annum (Depending on experience): Subject to Discussion |  Full Time: Weekly Hours Outlined at Interview 

 

Birmingham City Church is a multicultural inner city church situated in the heart of Birmingham, the nation's second city. It has a congregation of over 1000 people and as such it is a vibrant and exciting church. Birmingham City Church is part of the Elim family of churches and would be counted as a resource church to others in the denomination, and to the other churches in the city. 

BCC has a thriving and exciting children's ministry called 'BCC Kids' which runs on each Sunday. The children's ministry of BCC is a challenging part of this multi-cultural, multi-generational church. The size, dynamics and future vision for this area of work is at a promising stage in its progress. 

The mission statement of BCC is 'Being Built Together', which indicates our ethos and purpose of involving all of our members in discipleship, so that they can disciple other people. The area of children's ministry is not different in this regard, in that we expect the children to become disciples and experience the joy of impacting others. A key value for our children's work is 'Children Matter' - we often remind ourselves of this because children simply do matter to all that God is doing today. 

At present there are approximately 150 regular children under the age of 12 who attend, and another 100 who are visitors/have attended before. We aim to see that grow dramatically in the coming years and keep pace with the developments within the church. 'BCC Kids' includes music, stories, games, activities, worship, encounters, prayer and teaching. The teams offer pastoral help and spiritual guidance to many children. The structure of leadership is formed in three teams that work in conjunction together: 

- Crèche 0-3's 

- 3-7's (sectioned into 3-5's and 5-7's) 

- 7-11 

There is also a good link with the youth ministry, and development to help bring transition from ages 10-12. 

 

Vision 

BCCKids aims to: 

ENGAGE the children of BCC - so that church and following Jesus captivates them. 

IMPACT them with the teaching of Jesus, involving practical application.

RELEASE the children into their ministries by encouraging them to use their own gifts and talents. 

In engaging, impacting and releasing the children, we seek to make them disciples of Jesus Christ. 

 

Job Title: Head of Children's Ministry 

Full time position, working staff member at BCC including evenings and weekend work 

The type of person that would apply for this post would have LEADERSHIP skills to build teams - we are not just looking for an 'on the ground worker', but someone who can inspire others and lead. Our Children's Leader is to be VISIBLE, in that they are present for the workers throughout Sunday and available to parents - they would need to have a presence around the whole ministry. The Children's Leader would show ENTHUSIASM about the work, displaying a positive attitude and would always be ready to speak positively concerning the children's ministry, and in this sense we want to see a DYNAMIC and creative approach to the children's work. Along with the support of the leadership team, we are looking for someone who can take a STRATEGIC approach to the children's ministry, looking for the next developments of deepening and growth. Because this ministry is one of the largest in our church, we must emphasise that our Children's Leader is to be a proficient TEAM BUILDER. The Children's Leader will work hard in conjunction with the pastoral staff to take a PASTORAL view of the parents and children. We want to see that the Children's Leader has an outstanding WORK ETHIC. 

 

Description 

The children's leader is going to take a key leadership role in developing the children's ministry of BCC by being a quality practitioner and an apprentice leader, who will grow in their leadership skills to help bring leadership to the children's ministry. 

As an employee, the children's leader's continued employment is dependent on adherence to the employer's foundational truths. Elim Four Square Gospel Alliance set these foundational truths for BCC. The employee's life must be led in accordance with a good Christian testimony and the employee must refrain from behavior which is biblically condemned. 

The employee is required to conduct themselves in a manner appropriate to a Christian organisation. and not to do or say anything which could be detrimental to, or undermine the Christian ethos of the Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance. 

The applicant will also adhere to the professional requirements of BCC including working hours, dress codes, time keeping, punctuality and a commitment to contribute to the team chemistry and atmosphere. All staff volunteer extra time to the ministry and display an exemplary work ethic. They work until things are completed, not just when set hours are completed.

 

Skill Areas 

Leadership Skills 

• Help to lead, recruit, train and establish both present and future teams and sustain enthusiasm. 

• Serve and direct the Sunday morning children's ministry and mid-week programme. 

• Be involved in the main thrust of the church life and vision. 

• To assist in the leading of BCC teams and at wider or national ministries. 

 

Communication 

• Help to develop more technological ways to communicate safely to children i.e. website page, messaging, e-newsletter, video blogs. 

• Communicate to parents and carers. 

• Report to the senior leadership team and to the wider church membership. Increase the Quality of Production 

• Keep the children's ministry on the cutting edge of what is happening in God's Kingdom through media, and looking at the complexity of needs. • Creatively use 'BCC Kids' as a brand, both in aesthetics and professionalism. • Bring out creative art talents and release other leaders into this. 

 

Community Formation 

• To be aware of and help develop the early years ministry with links with parents and foster support to single parents 

• Build paths for children to be more recognised in the wider body of the church • Build midweek and holiday encounters, activities and relational opportunities • Help develop pastoral visitation to children in conjunction with the pastoral team 

• Build bridges to those who are not presently at BCC 

 

Manage 

• Build on existing administrative procedures with team including records of data, keeping statistics of growth 

• Responsibility for the checking of potential workers under BCC's child protection policy and link with coordinator. 

• Help implement and resource training and events for training 

 

Training 

On-going training is resourced and encouraged as much as possible. This includes providing training for the children's teams and receiving training personally. 

 

Accountability 

On a day to day basis, the applicant is to manage their own time, with reference to the senior leadership team (A day off in the week is expected). • Weekly meetings with line manager 

• Monthly meetings and reporting to the core team 

• Regular report to the Eldership

Appraisals of performance, targets and support 

Twice yearly review - our senior leadership makes it their responsibility to provide resources and support as needed. 

Both the weekly briefing with all staff and the prayer meeting are mandatory, and planning involvement as required. 

Detailed objectives for the role of 'Children's Ministry Leader' will be made available as to the activities, and expectations for ongoing working practice.