Program Lead Shiloh Kids

Shiloh Church SK Program Lead for Shiloh Kids Department 

Job Description

About Shiloh Church:

Shiloh Church is an established multi-cultural, multi-generational spirit-filled body of over three-thousand members in Oakland, California. With more than 50 years of history, Shiloh Church is a divinely called and Scripturally-ordained ministry which has been provided by our Lord for a two-fold purpose: the evangelization of the world and the edifying of the Body of Christ. We believe in the infilling of the Holy Spirit with all its attendant expressions, in water baptism, and that the Bible is the word of God.

General Expectations:
Shiloh Church Staff members work as a team with other pastors, ministry leaders and
volunteers to fulfill the vision and mission of the church. Specific duties and areas of ministry are assigned based on giftedness, passion and abilities. A “Kingdom” eye with an outward focus is critical. We seek to connect people to Jesus, equip them with knowledge and training and set them free to serve the world as God leads.

Bilingual Spanish/ English candidates strongly considered.

Position Summary:
The vision of Shiloh’s Kids Department is to provide for the physical, physiological, and spiritual needs of the children by having a safe, warm place for them to come to where they can be shown and taught the love of Jesus.  The SK Program Lead position reports to the Shiloh Kids Director and supports all programs, events and administrative needs of the educational areas of the department and serves as the department safety coordinator.  The ideal candidate is detail oriented, courteous, and responsive with high ethical standards and an appropriate professional image. This ideal candidate will have strong communication and interpersonal skills.
The position is part-time.

Job Responsibilities and Duties:

• Assist SK Director in implementing SK programs, events and activities.


• Support the SK Director to help recruit and add to the SK team.


• Recruit, train and communicate with volunteers, caregivers, teachers and staff.


• Serve as Safety Coordinator/Emergency lead, keeping bags stocked in each room, schedule yearly training for main leaders, posting emergency response instructions in each room.


• Ensure classrooms and support work areas are orderly, well-stocked and prepared for learning.


• Assist in providing teachers and other volunteers with communications, training and calendar support.


• Maintain, print and distribute all curriculum; including creating the playlister each month and scheduling the post on the SK Facebook page. 


• Help plan, promote and implement SK events, such as family park days, special performances, SK Summer Camp and SK Leader and volunteer gatherings.


• Create Elementary Playlister each month and schedule post on SK Facebook


• Assist in managing all form creation, intake and tracking for the department.


• Maintain a teacher directory.


• Communicate weekly via powerpoint, organizing activities, and maintaining communication and support to all Elementary teacher volunteers for Sunday and Wednesday service.


• Support team building and smooth communications and partnerships amongst volunteers, caregivers and children.


• Administer and help staff any child care requests for Shiloh Staff and Leaders as needed.


• Support administration and payment processing for SK Dance Classes. 


• Cross train in various other SK roles to ensure team members have back ups


• Various other duties as assigned.

Skills Required:

• Ability to multitask and prioritize workload with an eye for detail.


• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.


• Show initiative and ability to work independently as well as in a team.


• Skilled user of Microsoft Office, Google Docs and Social Media.


• A high degree of responsibility, initiative and professionalism.

Education and ExperienceHigh School diploma or GED.

This position requires experience 1+ year in an administrative position.
The successful individual must have a proven track record of effective judgment, and above reproach character. This position requires someone with a minimum of 2 years of experience working in a multi-ethnic, urban environment with an understanding of the dynamics of this culture. 

Additional Skills for Success for This Position:•A heart after Jesus; a heart that serves with competence, joy and passion, while personally growing in Jesus as his disciple.
•Agreement with the Shiloh Church’s statement of faith, vision and mission.
•Have a personal character and lifestyle that is acceptable in accordance with 1 Timothy 3.
•A loving heart and a servant spirit.
•Faithful in responsibilities by working hard and striving for excellence.
•Willing to support and maintain unity with other leaders.
•A team player and builder.
•A self-starter and learner.
•Humble, flexible, teachable and trustworthy.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: 

The work environment and characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The work environment is an office environment, community meeting room, or public venue. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate although music played over loud speakers is also typical of this work environment.

The physical demands below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk, or hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, climb, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift/team lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.