Cove Kids Director

Join Our Team at The Cove Church 

At The Cove Church, we are a community of believers committed to fulfilling the Great Commission by Introducing our friends to Jesus, Learning to follow Him, and Celebrating His presence in our lives. As a member of our team, you'll play a vital role in advancing God's Kingdom and impacting lives for eternity. If you're passionate about serving and growing in your faith while making a difference, we'd love to hear from you.

Why Work at The Cove?

• Meaningful Work: Be a part of something bigger than yourself. Every role here is vital to our mission to Introduce our friends to Jesus, Learn to follow Him, and Celebrate His presence in our lives.
• Faith-Focused Culture: Your faith is celebrated here. We offer a supportive environment for personal spiritual growth with opportunities for prayer, Bible study, and mentorship.
• Collaborative Team: Work alongside passionate, talented individuals who are committed to reaching people for Christ. We follow a centrally supported multi-campus model and work together every step of the way.
• Growth Opportunities: We invest in our team members’ development, offering opportunities for training, mentorship, and advancement to help you thrive professionally and spiritually. 

Employee Benefits: 

• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive health insurance options, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, to support you and your family’s well-being. 
• Retirement Plan: A 403(b) plan with employer match to help you plan for the future.
• Paid Time Off: Generous paid time off (PTO) policy for rest, vacation, and personal days to ensure you maintain a healthy work-life balance.
• Flexible Work Environment: Many positions offer flexible scheduling.
• Professional Development: Regular opportunities for continued education and growth, including leadership training, conferences, and seminars. monthly all-staff meetings, and quarterly all-staff conferences.
• Life Insurance: Employer-paid life insurance coverage to provide financial security for you and your family in the event of an unforeseen circumstance.
• Short-Term Disability: Coverage for short-term disability to support you during a temporary illness or injury, ensuring you have peace of mind when life’s challenges arise.
• Global Missions: All staff members have the opportunity to participate in one global missions trip each year without using PTO.
  

What We’re Looking For 

• Passionate Individuals: People who have a heart for God and a desire to make a difference in the lives of others.
• Team-Oriented: We value collaboration, creativity, and humility. Our ideal candidates work well with others and contribute positively to a unified team culture.
• Team-Builder: We are committed to developing others. By constantly recruiting, training, and developing team members to see them succeed in where God has called them to be.
• Adaptability & Initiative: We thrive in a fast-paced environment where innovation is encouraged and change is part of the journey.
• Faith & Vision: We seek individuals who align with our mission to serve others and support our church's vision of transformation and outreach. 

Summary:  

It’s Cove Kids’ desire to attract kids and families by creating and maintaining an atmosphere relative to children’s worship, ensure teachings are presented in a fun and relevant manner to the various age groups attending the program each week. We also want to retain our families and team members, by making sure everyone feels loved and valued when they come through the doors of Cove Kids.  One of our goals is to develop our leaders, team members, and children, by focusing on training them and continuing to look for creative ways to teach our children.  We always aim to partner with parents in introducing our children to Jesus and watching them grow as we celebrate God moving in their lives. 

Competencies / Skills

• DNA Carrier: Vision Caster and Cultural Carrier of the mission and vision of The Cove.
• Mobilizer: Leader who develops other leaders.
• Collaborator: Ability to generate feedback and input to accomplish goals and objectives.
• A team player: Works well with a team and within the organizational structure.
• Communicator: Excellent communication skills.
• Multi-tasker: Demonstrated organizational skills.
• Proficient in Adobe Suite.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for a vision and standards for Cove Kids and Cove Academy.
• Develop strong relationships with staff, volunteers, children, and parents with the desire to help them grow in their relationship with Jesus and in their relationship with others.
• Train and equip Cove Kids staff and key leaders to prepare them to minister to children and parents.
• Provide both short-term and long-term strategy and leadership to create and maintain a ministry of excellence.
• Create and implement performance standards measurable for periodic evaluations for Cove Kids staff.
• Recruit, screen, and train staff and volunteers.
• Forecast and maintain budgets for Cove Kids and Cove Academy.
• Maintain continuous staff development opportunities.
• Drive staff and volunteer appreciation initiatives.
• Oversee centralized support model with Cove Kids at all campuses.
• Initiate consistent meetings and opportunities for feedback with key Campus Leaders and staff members.
• Offer continuous leadership and team member development opportunities for staff and team members.
• Actively pursue updating and establishing innovative and progressive policies and procedures to span across all campuses.
• Metric analysis utilizing attendance, new attendee, salvation, baptism, etc. data to identify specific recommendations to strengthen operations, document yearly comparisons and achieve measurable results.
• Oversee the selection and creating of Cove Kids curriculum and ensuring excellence with all video and print pieces.
• Establish a discipleship pattern and curriculum path for Cove Kids program. 
• Weekly Time Allocation (40 hours): Weekend Service - 20%, Meetings - 10%, Training/Development - 40%, Relational Equity - 30%

Personal Responsibilities

• Live a life worthy of the calling as taught in Ephesians 4.
• Live the Mission, Values, and 5 Habits.
• Adhere to and encompass the qualities and characteristics required of The Cove Church employees, as defined by The Ministry Policy Manual and Staff Handbook.
• Faithfully tithing consistently at least 10% of all personal income to God’s work through The Cove Church.