Position Description Heritage Park Alliance Church

Position Title: Director of Children’s Ministries

Reports to: Lead Pastor of Staff, Elders and Church Ministries

Classification: Full Time-salaried, up to 40 hours per week

Role: The Director of Children’s Ministries serves as the primary leader for ministry initiatives to children from birth through Grade 5 and their families.

Responsibilities: In keeping with the vision and values of Heritage Park Alliance Church the Director of Children’s Ministries carries out the following responsibilities:

The Director of Children’s Ministries will develop and lead:

• A Sunday morning discipleship ministry
• A Wednesday night discipleship ministry
• A summer children’s camp
• Our Children’s Ministry volunteer leaders
• Our Children’s Ministry staff

She/He will be responsible for the implementation and application of our Abuse Prevention plan in Children’s Ministries

The Director of Children’s Ministries is also expected to assume a leadership role in other church-wide events and projects (i.e., Trunk or Treat, the Christmas Project and assist with various other projects as delegated)

Outcomes:

1. Children’s Ministry staff will be spiritually mature, relationally healthy, committed to the salvation of children, and equipped for their ministry
2. Children’s Ministry volunteers will be spiritually mature, relationally healthy, committed to the salvation of children, and equipped for their ministry
3. Children will know how to have a personal relationship with God
4. Children will demonstrate basic biblical literacy
5. Children will be an active part of ministry life at HPAC
6. Families will be relationally connected to HPAC
7. Families will be equipped to minister to their children

Qualifications: The Director of Children’s Ministries will:

• Demonstrate evidence of the fruit of the Holy Spirit in their life (Galatians 5:22-23)
• Demonstrate a life of obedience to God (which includes having been water baptized)
• Be licensed by the Central Canadian District of the Christian and Missionary Alliance of Canada in good standing
• Satisfy the biblical qualifications for church leadership found in scripture (including those found in 1Timothy 3)

All church employees are required to:

• be members of Heritage Park Alliance Church, or working towards membership
• abide by the policies set out in the Heritage Park Alliance Church Employee Handbook
• complete all test and police clearance requirements of Abuse Prevention policy

Contact Wendy at wendy@hpac.org for application instructions.