Sunday Preschool Director/Next Gen Admin

Sunday Preschool Director/NextGen Admin

Job Summary

The Sunday Preschool Director/NextGen Administrator serves as a vital leader in both ministry and operations, supporting the spiritual growth of preschool children while equipping and encouraging parents and volunteers. This role combines administrative excellence—such as managing curriculum, supplies, scheduling, and communication—with hands-on ministry leadership, including recruiting and training volunteers, ensuring policy compliance, and maintaining engaging, well-resourced classroom environments. Working closely with the NextGen Pastor and team, this individual helps plan and execute key milestones, events, and childcare needs, while consistently evaluating and improving the preschool ministry to align with the church’s overall mission and vision. A heart for families, strong organizational skills, and a passion for early childhood development are essential for success in this role.

Administration:

• Assisting in communication of training and equipping of volunteers and parents
• Assisting the discipleship team with administration
• Taking notes and attending NextGen meetings
• Printing and managing the curriculum for Sundays & Wednesdays
• Manage curriculum and storage in auditorium
• Managing supplies for teachers and classes
• Printing/cutting handouts and activities for kids and families

Preschool & NextGen

• Check in with preschool parents to resource, encourage, and pray for parents
• Partners with the NextGen Pastor in resourcing parents
• Works alongside NextGen team during Phases and Milestones week
• Partners with the NextGen Pastor for Child Dedication & Parent Commissioning
• Check-in with parents (new and old)
• Consistently researching preschool ministries, habits and developments in preschool/kids, and other trends or data to ensure the ministry continues to grow
• Regularly evaluates the ministry to ensure growth and strategic alignment
• Plan, cast vision, and create goals for the preschool ministry that align with NextGen and the mission/vision of the church
• Add and instill creative and engaging elements in the preschool areas of classes, hallways, and other major visual areas that align with NextGen’s vision.
• Ensure curriculum is being used in classes
• Ensure all policy and procedures are being followed
• Lead out by instilling NextGen values and NextGen mission into the classes and programs
• Properly staff and resource all classes and classroom leaders according to the teacher:child ratio
• Recruit and encourage volunteers and ensure they are property trained
• Manage curriculum and create condensed lesson plans and suggested schedules for classes
• Provide childcare for first Wednesdays
• Provide juice and snacks for Sundays and Wednesdays
• Reset and clean rooms for weekday preschool

Camps/Events:

• Prep/Leadership of Kids Camp
• Help prep for Caswell
• Prep for any classes/teachings for parents and families

Childcare:

• Ensure all events, church wide meetings and Life Groups requiring childcare are adequately staffed
• Create lesson plans and agendas for events with childcare
• Track, report and approve all childcare worker hours and send to Executive Director of Administration

Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills Required

• Early childhood development education preferred
• Strong technology skills
• Possess a solid biblical foundation
• Growing, yet mature follower of Christ
• Humble yet confident
• Ability to recruit and lead other highly motivated volunteers
• Outstanding communication, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to and passion for excellence
• Works well in fast-paced environment and has natural ability to relate well to people
• Team builder and team player
• Organized, creative thinker and highly productive, working in a fast-paced environment.
• Punctual
• Be willing to agree with and sign Grace’s Statement of Faith.

Pay: $38,000.00 - $41,500.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Childcare
• Employee discount
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement

Work Location: In person

Salary : $38,000 - $41,500