MBC Tysons- Toddler Coordinator

Duties And Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

• Living an exemplary Christian life by pursuing devotions, Scripture memory, and opportunities to share his or her faith
• Model the character of Christ to all employees, volunteers and congregants
• A passion for children ministry and to see families grow in their faith together
• Work to implement initiatives of the Early Childhood Lead & Kid’s Quest Director within the Toddler environments
• Communicate concerns, needs, ideas and issues to the Kid’s Quest Director and Early Childhood Lead for approval and input
• Oversee virtual or in-person toddler programming for ages 18 mos.- 3 yr. olds
• Customize weekly curriculum to fit the virtual environment, such as create engaging, age-appropriate videos or conduct brief zoom calls for preschoolers
• Help provide additional biblical resources to parents with toddler aged children for home discipleship
• Research and/or create additional resources to engage toddlers in God’s Word through social media
• In-person: Ensure a safe, professional and welcoming environment of all toddler areas
• Organize, clean and creatively improve the toddler classrooms and large group activities
• Take inventory of all toddler supplies to help maintain well-equipped rooms
• Edit weekly lesson guide and prepare supplies for the Sunday toddler programming
• Cook up volunteer coverage for Sundays for all toddler rooms and roles
• Lead prayer huddle for all toddler volunteers on Sundays before each service OR join in assisting with a combined Nursery, Toddler and Preschool EC volunteer prayer huddle
• Meet key volunteers on a regular basis outside of Sunday programming
• Provide support to volunteers, children and parents to abide with all MBC/Kid’s Quest policies & procedures and address any concerns with Kid’s Quest Director and Early Childhood Lead
• Recruit, train and develop volunteers
• Demonstrate a care/grow/disciple approach to all assigned volunteers
• Train Team Leads to be able to oversee area
• Recruit and train toddler volunteers for various roles and provide on-going support
• Help provide input for needed edits in the volunteer orientation/training materials as needed
• Communicate with Kid’s Quest Director, Early Childhood Lead, and toddler volunteers via weekly updates, including: lesson plan, announcements, devotional, Sunday schedule etc.
• Maintain volunteer requirements, assignments and schedule in our database (PCO and Model and encourage all toddler volunteers to build relationship with parents and children)
• Attend events and meetings
• Assist with Kid’s Quest/NextGen/Family special events throughout the year
• Involvement in overall Kid’s Quest/NextGen ministry initiatives
• Willingness to support other team members with special projects
• Other Duties as assigned by the Director of Kid’s Quest and Early Childhood Lead

Qualifications

• Experience within Children’s Ministries or Family Ministries preferred
• Understanding of the developmental needs of children of this age and the ability to customize learning environments and teaching materials with this knowledge
• Experience in recruiting, motivating, equipping, and developing volunteers preferred
• Competency with basic computer software (Excel, Word, Power Point etc.), willingness to learn new software systems (Ministry Platform, Planning Center, others)
• Great organizational skills, people skills, including flexibility and patience
• Great communication, problem solving and conflict management skills
• Ability to follow directions of Kid’s Quest Director and Early Childhood Lead and communicate issues and concerns constructively
• Reliable, team player, teachable, and professional in all areas of conduct
• First Aid and CPR certified preferred