Kidz Zone, the children’s ministries program of Roswell United Methodist Church in Roswell Georgia, is seeking a Production Coordinator to direct the large group weekly programs. Based on the Large Group / Small group model for Children’s Ministries, Kidz Zone large group is the dynamic , multi media teaching arena featuring live drama, praise and worship and media. Kidz Zone currently serves an average of 350-400 children and volunteers each week. The successful candidate will have a background in volunteer recruitment, management, drama, children’s praise music and current trends in Children’s ministries.
Position: Kidz Zone Production Coordinator Date: September 2009
Responsible to: Director of Children’s Ministry
Exempt, part-time (29 hours), salaried position.
General Description: The Production Coordinator coordinates the weekly production of two high-energy, creative, and multi-sensory/media large group learning environments for preschool and elementary aged children as well as seasonal large group productions for special events by managing six teams of adult volunteers. The Production Coordinator must embrace the mission of RUMC: Invite – Grow – Serve.
Specific Job Responsibilities:
Creative Leadership – Provide skilled leadership and strong management for a ministry team of volunteers by: generating creative ideas for curriculum, special/super Sunday themes, production innovations, and trends in large group teaching ministries; planning, communicating with, and preparing staff and volunteers effectively; evaluating, giving and receiving meaningful feedback from staff, interns, and volunteers; collaborating creatively with other RUMC teams (Invite, Serve, Worship, Admin.); implementing children’s team polices and procedures which are intentionally integrated with those of the overall church; accounting for the wise stewardship of all ministry resources; evaluating Kidz Zone productions against other leading edge productions for quality and effectiveness and implementing improvements.
Kidz Zone and Kidz Zone Pre-K Large Group Productions:
Large Group Pre-production Planning – Work with Dir. of Children’s Ministry to find, select, and edit curriculum, drama scripts, and music for weekly productions. Prepare all teams for large group production 30 days out to include:
Recruit, cast, prepare, and train the Kidz Drama, Praise, Teaching, Video, Set/Prop, and Technology teams.
Coordinate pre-production planning with all teams 30 days out to include:
Schedule and lead Wed. production meetings and cue reviews for all teams. Conduct Wednesday rehearsals as needed.
Conduct Sunday morning rehearsals for Drama, Praise, Teaching, Video, and Tech teams.
Coordinate the occasional production of video vignettes by the Video team to be used for teaching in the weekly large group productions.
Coordinate with the Set/Prop Team to provide appropriate sets, props, and costumes for weekly productions.
Program Media Shout in preparation for meetings, rehearsals, and productions.
Large Group Production Execution, Evaluation, and Sharing – Manage and direct the work of all six teams (Drama, Praise, Teaching, Video, A/V, and Tech) in the live production of Kidz Zone large groups to include live drama, music, teaching, audio, video, and lighting. Evaluate productions for improvement and report results to production teams and Dir. of Children’s’ Ministry. Edit and post exemplary podscasts of weekly production on Kidz Zone website.
Super Sunday and Special Event Productions Work with Dir. of Children’s Ministry and productions teams to coordinate four Super Sunday productions, 2-3 special event productions, and Vacation Bible School productions annually.
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