Dyersburg First United Methodist Church

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Preschool Director
Job Title: Preschool Director
Reports to: Senior Pastor
Status: Exempt
Classification: Full-time

Summary of Position: The FUMC Preschool Director Supervises all the programs of the Preschool, including Parent’s Day Out, Aftercare, and summer programming. The Director will ensure that the preschool maintains compliance with state regulation. This preschool currently serves children 2 years to PreK.

Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in related field preferred
- 3-5 Years of experience in early childhood education or childcare group setting
- Prior management/supervisor experience
Responsibilities/Essential Functions:
  Create and maintain a budget for the preschool.
      Hire, train, supervise, and evaluate preschool staff.
      Process registration fees and oversee collection of tuition from all programs offered.
      Create Programming opportunities during the year to share programs of the preschool with families and the community. These include but are not limited to Christmas and end-of-year programs.
      Purchase, inventory, and maintain all necessary supplies for the program.
      Attend church staff meetings.
      Consult with Preschool Advisory Team on all matters that need additional input for the successful management of the preschool program.
      Coordinate with church teams to integrate the life of the preschool into the life of the church.
Core Competencies:
  Love of Jesus: Loves children with compassion, patience, kindness and care.
      Interpersonal Skills: Establishes good working relationships with all others who are relevant to the completion work; works well with people; builds appropriate rapport; considers the impact of their actions on others; uses diplomacy and tact; is approachable; avoids communication triangles.
      Professionalism: Good communicator who can write clearly and succinctly with correct grammar and patterns of speech; Able to lead a staff of more than ten employees; Can comprehend and execute state requirements.
      Creativity and Innovation: Generates new ideas; makes new connections among existing ideas to create fresh approaches; takes acceptable risks in pursuit of innovation; learn from mistakes; uses good judgement about which creative ideas will work.
      Team Builder: Demonstrates interest, skill, and success in team environments; promotes group goals ahead of personal agendas; steps up to offer self as a resource to other members of the team; understands and supports the importance of teamwork; shares credit for success with others; takes responsibility for his or her part in team failures.
To Apply
Send your resume to our Senior Pastor, Rev. Steve Lefebvre: steve@fumcdyersburg.com
For more information about our church visit: fumcdyersburg.com
Director of youth ministry
Interested applicants should send resume and cover letter to steve@fumcdyersburg.com

Job Title: Director of Youth Ministry
Reports to: Senior Pastor
Classification: Full-Time (Part-time can be negotiated)
Summary of the position:
- The Director of Youth Ministry at Dyersburg First United Methodist Church directs, operates, and coordinates the youth ministry of the church, which seeks to
- Facilitate the faith development of students in grades seven through twelve.
- Grow and sustain a youth ministry that fulfills the church’s mission to know, love, share, and serve Christ.
- Align the youth ministry with the mission, vision and values of Dyersburg FUMC
- Mentorship with Pastor Steve (15 years of youth min experience)
Education Requirements:
- A bachelor’s degree is preferred, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- United Methodist Membership preferred but not required.
- Seminary students are encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities/Essential Functions:
- Increase and promote spiritual development among the youth. This includes teaching the
- Wesleyan theology, helping the youth develop and articulate their own faith, and providing
- spiritual guidance.
- Assume leadership qualities which will lead to development and growth within the youth
- ministry. This includes planning, promoting, and if necessary, raising funds for all youth events.
- Be a visible youth leader in the community by creating an invitational culture with youth in the community.
- Plan and lead outreach, ministry and service events such as extracurricular activities
- for youth, school events, and mission events within the church and community.
- Encourage volunteer development by recruiting and preparing volunteers to help with youth
- programming such as bible studies and small group discussions, as well as developing a youth council.
- Assume administrative responsibilities associated with the requirements of this job, such as: 1) Creating, setting, and tracking benchmarks and goals for the youth program. 2) Participating in the annual budgeting process. 3) Remitting invoices and reimbursement requests in a timely manner. 4) Participation in FUMC social media platforms to help promote and grow the youth program.
Core Competencies:
- Honors core values and beliefs of DFMUC and takes responsibility for their own faith formation.
- Holds strong interpersonal skills, exudes compassion for others, and communicates efficiently and effectively.
Note: All church staff will be trained in Safe Sanctuary policy and undergo a background check.
Children's ministry Assistant
Job Title: Children’s Ministry Assistant

Reports to: Children’s Ministry Director

Status: Exempt

Classification: Part Time (3-5 hours per week): Typical hours will be Sunday mornings from 8:45 – 11:45am. There will also be opportunities throughout the year to serve during Sunday/Wednesday evening programming, as well as special church events and services. Our children’s director will notify the team when the need for additional support arises.

Summary of the Position: The Children’s Ministry Assistant provides dependable, safe, secure, and loving care and support to our children’s ministry and nursery primarily on Sunday mornings during worship and Sunday school.

Requirements:
- Must be 18 years old.
- Must complete our Safe Sanctuary training and pass a background check.
- Must have experience caring for children with the ability to interact with a variety of personalities.
Responsibilities/Essential Functions:
- Provide age-appropriate care which may include feeding, changing diapers, escorting children to the bathroom, maintain a safe environment, holding or sitting with and cheerfully interacting with children through games, stories, play and prayer.
- Interact with all children, parents, and staff politely and courteously, seeking to develop trusting relationships.
- Setting up and cleaning up children’s ministry rooms.
Core Competencies:
- Compassion and Care: Exudes a natural sense of care for the wellbeing of others; responds to concerns with empathy and communicates a sense of support.
- Interpersonal Skills: Establishes good working relationships with all others on the children’s ministry team. Works well with people at all levels of the congregation.
- Team Orientation: Demonstrates interest, skill, and success in team environments. Shares credit for success with others; takes appropriate responsibility for their team failures.
- Love of Jesus: Carries with them the love of Jesus, prioritizes loving God and neighbor above all else. Is able to demonstrate this with the fruits of their Spirit: joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, and self-control.
To Apply
Send your resume to our Senior Pastor, Rev. Steve Lefebvre: steve@fumcdyersburg.com
For more information about our church visit: fumcdyersburg.com