Hours: Full time, 40 hours

Location: Mount Pleasant

This position reports to: Director of Seacoast Kidscoast Ministry 
The mission: Seacoast Church goes all out in our mission to help others Find God, Grow their Faith, Discover their Purpose, and Make a Difference. Our Lil Coasters and MTP Childcare Manager is passionate about the planning, organizing, and coordinating our childcare ministries and are committed to providing a safe and nurturing environment for the children entrusted to our care.

Key Responsibilities

• Lil Coasters Responsibilities
• Leading Team
  • Plan, oversee, and evaluate all components of Lil Coasters; ensuring a standard of excellence in staffing, curriculum and childcare.
  • Create a positive, fun and joyful atmosphere among children, parents and staff.
  • Recruit and select staff in accordance with applicable laws to meet appropriate staff to child ratios and in alignment with program budget.
  • Develop and implement orientation program for all new childcare staff (Little Coasters and evening childcare) ensuring full understanding of Seacoast policies and procedures and guidelines.
  • Conduct regular training and development sessions and coordinate periodic evaluations for staff.
  • Plan lessons and oversee their implementation providing coaching and direction to staff.
  • Build volunteer team for Preschool Kids Camp (approximately 125 children attend daily).
• A Calling to Serve
  • Act as a liaison between Little Coasters staff and parents.
  • Oversee the check-in/check-out procedure and ensure security protocols are being met; Greet parents, pay special attention to specific needs, and develop relationship of trust.
  • Leads tours with prospective families, highlighting key features about the program with exceptional customer service.
  • Regularly communicates with families regarding childs progress.
  • Practice continued quality improvement by evaluating classrooms and programs and implementing change as needed.
  • Available to respond to emergency or urgent situations involving childrens health and safety in a calm a decisive manner; Administer first-aid as needed.
• Administrative Duties
  • Manage team in Paycom, approve all timecards prior to payroll in timely fashion, and manage Payroll budget.
  • Purchase equipment and supplies for the classrooms, reconcile expenses monthly.
  • Responsible for accident/incident reporting (including following up).
  • Medication management.
  • Plans/Conducts quarterly emergency safety drills.
  • Schedule staff and provide weekly encouragement during staff weekly huddle.
  • Participate in monthly All Staff sessions, but be responsible for scheduling All Staff Childcare and overseeing the quality of the experience.
  • Ensures the physical environment and health/safety standards are in full compliance with local and state licensing regulations even though licensing is not required.
  • Schedule registration for special events (All Staff, ARC, etc.) using MinPlat and Espace.
• MTP Childcare
• Oversee Childcare Needs for MTP Events & Programs
  • Plan, oversee, and evaluate all components of the Childcare Ministry ensuring a standard of excellence in staffing, curriculum and childcare.
  • Recruit and select staff in accordance with applicable laws to meet appropriate staff to child ratios.
  • Lead and collaborates with childcare staff in designing and implementing appropriate programs and activities.
  • Work closely with the Care and Connect Teams to provide childcare for morning and evening programs, as well as small groups (schedule childcare workers, set up events in MinPlat and Espace, and oversee all aspects of the childcare experience).
  • Schedule spaces Little Coasters will use for programs using Espace.
  • Acts as Liaison between childcare staff and Seacoast ministries.
  • Develop an associate to take leadership during childcare events empowering them to oversee check-in/check-out; greet parents; available to respond to emergencies and administering first-aid as needed.
• Administrative Duties
  • Responsible for accident/incident reporting (including following up).
  • Manage team in Paycom, approve all timecards prior to payroll, and manage payroll budget.
  • Partner with Small Group & Care Ministries to manage events in Ministry Platform to ensure adequare schedule of staff/volunteers for all events

Job Essentials

• Christ Follower (As a religious organization Seacoast Church makes hiring decisions that are aligned to our faith and beliefs)
• Experience in Children's Ministry with ability to coordinate, organize and lead staff while fostering a teamwork environment.
• Available to be present, in the office, during Little Coaster hours 8:30am-4:30pm, M-Th.
• Be able to understand, maintain and set budget.
• Ability to recruit, train, and motivate team members; setting clear expectations for team work and sharing of responsibilities.
• Ability to effectively respond to a variety of situations and needs, utilizing effective problem-solving skills in order to resolve issues.
• Ability to research, plan, and lead age-appropriate activities.
• Live and drive Seacoast cultural values to Love God. Love People. Make it Better. And Have a Good Attitude.

Acknowledgement

By submitting my application I acknowledge and consent to terms of the privacy policy which applies to the applicant tracking service being offered by Trakstar on behalf of Seacoast Church. The privacy policy offers an explanation of how and why your data will be collected, how it will be used and disclosed, how it will be retained and secured, and what legal rights are associated with that data (including the rights of access, correction, and deletion). The policy also describes legal and contractual limitations on these rights. The specific rights and obligations of individuals living and working in different areas may vary by jurisdiction.

I certify that my answers to all questions will be true and correct. I understand that if I am employed, any false, misleading or otherwise incorrect statements made on this application or during the pre-employment process may be grounds for my immediate termination.  I understand and authorize and agree that Seacoast Church may conduct national and local criminal biographical searches, state sexual offender searches, credit file and motor vehicle checks when appropriate and applicable.  I agree to sign any and all authorizations by appropriate companies or entities who are engaged in, including but not limited to, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, The Federal Bureau of Investigation, and any other necessary agencies.

I also understand, if employed, that I am required to abide by all the rules and regulations of Seacoast Church. Seacoast Church is an Equal Opportunity Employer. While we make employment decisions that are aligned to our faith and beliefs, we do not discriminate based on race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. This application will only be valid for the position in which I am applying and will remain active for 45 days. If I wish to apply to another position or the 45 active period has passed, I may need resubmit a new application.