Children's Ministry Evening Service Coordinator

Your purpose starts here! By joining Redeemer East Side, you’ll help build a great city; bringing personal conversion, community formation, social justice, and cultural renewal to New York City and, through it, the world. We are FOR NYC; creating space for our community, where people’s questions are valued, and where our neighbors are known, loved, and cared for.

POSITION: Children's Ministry Evening Service Coordinator - Redeemer East Side
DEPARTMENT: Children’s Ministry
REPORTS TO: Children’s Ministry Director
DATE: June 2026 + training prior to start date
HOURS WORKED: 3 hours on Sunday evening + 2 hours during the weekday
SALARY: $25/hr FLSA: non-exempt

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Seeking a passionate and dedicated Children’s Ministry Evening Service Coordinator to lead and nurture a vibrant, gospel-centered environment for children during our Sunday evening worship services. The ideal candidate will create a safe, engaging space where children of all ages can learn and grow in their faith. Responsibilities include facilitating fun and educational activities, providing physical care and supervision, and supporting gospel-based teaching.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be available on Sunday evenings from 4:15 PM to 7:00 PM, plus 2 hr during the week for administrative duties.
• Lead and facilitate the delivery of curriculum during class time.
• Send weekly emails to volunteers and staff, providing updates, schedules, and important information.
• Organize and lead regular meetings with volunteers and staff to discuss curriculum and address any issues.
• Responsible for setting up and taking down the greeter table
• Greet and assign tasks to both paid staff and volunteers, and coordinate their placement in classrooms.
• Organizes and sets up classrooms to fit need the needs of volunteers, staff and children each Sunday evening
• Greets all children, families and visitors that are coming to class.
• Runs evening meetings, prays with staff before check-in begins and is responsible for leading the class through weekly lessons.
• Attend mandatory training sessions each year to review policies & procedures. This is to help build community so that as a staff we can continue to serve Redeemer East Side kids safely and effectively..
• Must be able to work on Easter plus at least one Sunday during the winter holidays (around Christmas/New Year's).
• Work on Lessons and Carols Sunday (typically the third Sunday in December)
• Maintains ratios in the classroom and/or redistributes volunteers as needed.
• Collects and maintains attendance sheets for accuracy and security and creates an attendance record for the day
• Cleans classroom space and returns all classroom supplies to their assigned containers.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Heart for God, families and children.
• Must be able to talk with children & parents and lead staff & volunteers in the classroom.
• Must be a team player and have character qualities such as integrity, wisdom and good judgment.
• Warm and engaging personality that is welcoming to parents and children, especially those children who may have difficulty separating from their parents.
• Must pass Redeemer background check.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
• Experience in curriculum implementation.

Whether you are seeking to pursue your purpose, spend more time with your family, invest time in your education, or enjoy your hobbies, a part-time job with Redeemer allows you time to explore all of that, and more, while earning a competitive wage and being part of an organization that is building a great city!

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill set; experience and training; licensure, certifications, and ordination; and other organizational needs.

Use of Hiring Technology
As part of our recruitment process, we may use technology-assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help review applications and identify candidates whose qualifications align with the requirements of the role. AI can assist us in evaluating skills, qualifications, experience, or certain keywords. These tools support, but do not replace, human review and decision-making.

While interviewers may record and transcribe interviews using AI tools, we do not utilize AI to evaluate or analyze interview videos. Recording of interviews is done solely for the purpose of note-taking or transcribing the conversation, and human review is conducted of the notes prior to connecting them with an applicant's file. The organization does not utilize Automated Employment Decision Tools to conduct video analysis of any recorded interviews, and is fully compliant with New York City Local Law 144.