Position Description

Connexus Church — Barrie & Orillia, Ontario
Full-Time

Reports To: Executive Director of NextGen Ministries.

Direct Report: Associate Children’s Ministry Director.

Position Summary

250+ kids from birth to Grade 4 get a real encounter with who God is at Connexus every Sunday. The Children’s Ministry Director owns that across two campuses, including a volunteer team of 100+ leaders. This is a leader-of-leaders role: setting the vision and strategy for WaumbaLand (birth to Kindergarten) and UpStreet (Grades 1-4), and building and managing the team that carries it out at every campus. 

We believe parents are a child’s number-one spiritual influence, so this role partners with the whole family, not just kids. Connexus is a church for the unchurched, and we want to be the easiest church to invite your friends to. That starts with kids: environments so irresistible that kids bring their friends, and parents bring their neighbours.

As Connexus adds campuses, this role and the team will continue to grow. You don’t need a children’s ministry background to apply. If you’ve led teams well in a school, a business, or a church, and you want your leadership to shape the next generation, we want to talk to you.

Key Responsibilities

Lead Children’s Ministry

• Set the vision and three-year strategy for children’s ministry across all campuses, including a bold plan to reach new families and grow.
• Lead how our Irresistible Church Network (ICN) curriculum comes to life in large groups and small groups at every campus.
• Serve as the primary voice and face of Children’s Ministry, casting vision from the platform and on video.
• Manage and develop the Associate Children’s Ministry Director and other Children’s Ministry staff through weekly one-on-ones and annual reviews.
• Recruit and develop strong campus leaders, build a Children’s Ministry Leadership Team, and use the Connexus Growth Pathway to develop volunteer leaders (Coaches, Captains, and Small Group Leaders).
• Build an irresistible volunteer culture so people love serving, invite their friends, and stay for years.
• Equip parents to lead their kids’ faith at home, and create clear next steps as kids move from WaumbaLand to UpStreet to Student Ministry.
• Partner with each Campus Pastor to align Children’s Ministry with their campus and launch it well in each new location.
• Set the standard for safe, fully inclusive environments, including the Plan to Protect Policy, all screening, and support for kids with disabilities and additional needs.

Lead Beyond Sunday

• Own the staffing model, hiring, budget, and ministry standards across all campuses.
• Set the annual Children’s Ministry calendar and communication and promotion strategy.
• Build a year-round rhythm of family experiences, like KidStuff (a show families experience together), parent events, and summer day camp, that kids beg to come back to.
• Use every off-Sunday experience as a front door for families who don’t yet call Connexus home.
• Make sure the right leaders own each event and all-church childcare, so you stay focused on strategy and what’s next.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• A growing, authentic relationship with Jesus.
• 3+ years in a large team context, whether in ministry, education, or business. 
• Proven experience managing and developing employees well. 
• A visionary and strategic leader who builds systems and teams that scale.
• Confidence casting vision from the platform and on video.
• Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, still-growing environment.
• Clear Vulnerable Sector and Criminal Record check and all screening.

What We Offer

• Access to the Irresistible Church Network across North America, one of the best kids ministry networks and curriculum in the world. 
• Connections with world-class kids ministry leaders.
• Conferences, training, and coaching to keep growing as a leader. 
• Health and dental benefits and paid vacation time. 
• A work laptop, a phone allowance, and mileage for travel between campuses. 
• A fast-paced, go-get-it team that works hard and plays hard, in a growing multisite church where you get to build, not just maintain.
• Compensation commensurate with experience.

What Success Looks Like

You’ll know it’s working when campus leaders run excellent Sundays without you in the room and you’re building what’s next. When 250 kids becomes 400. When a kid drags their parents back the next Sunday. When volunteers can’t imagine serving anywhere else. When a parent feels equipped to lead their child’s faith at home. When the ministry is strong enough to launch a new campus and it thrives.

Schedule: 40 hours/week, Sunday to Thursday, plus events.

To Apply: Send your resume and cover letter to Deniel Sewell at dsewell@connexuschurch.com.