JOB POSTING Interim DRE at All Souls Washington DC
Pat Infante
Job Posting:
Interim Director of Children’s Religious Education
All Souls Church, Unitarian, Washington, DC
Summary Description
All Souls Church, Unitarian in Washington, DC, seeks an Interim Director of Children’s Religious Education to lead our vibrant children’s education ministry through a period of growth and change. Working with other staff and lay leaders, the Interim DCRE will direct and manage the daily functioning of a program of over 300 children. Furthermore, the interim DCRE will manage two specific interim tasks: managing a space transition as we renovate our building, and helping facilitate a vision for the future of All Souls education and family ministries.
Term: The 1 ½ year term begins January 2, 2014 and continues through July 2015.
Core Qualities and Competencies
Ø Ability to balance the dual roles of an interim: serving as consultant and attending to the administrative details of a large and complex program.
Ø Experience as a religious educator, preferably of a large program, with a demonstrated love of children and families.
Ø Ability and experience facilitating change and transition, while exhibiting a stable, non-anxious presence.
Ø Ability and experience working collaboratively with lay leaders and staff.
Ø Ability and experience supervising staff.
Ø Ability and experience working in a multiracial/multicultural community.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
1. Direct and manage the children’s religious education ministry and its many programs, maintaining its existing high quality while bringing new and innovative ideas.
Ø Guide and oversee curriculum for the religious education of children and youth.
Ø Direct and administer the RE program for children and youth
Ø Supervise the recruitment, safety clearances, training and support for teachers, facilitators, advisors and other volunteers.
Ø Provide leadership for weekly children’s chapel and monthly Story for All Ages.
Ø Provide leadership and support to the Religious Education Committee.
Ø Maintain policies and practices that support the religious education program.
Ø Develop and track annual budget and current and long-term space use needs for the program, including issues related to the on-going capital renovation.
Ø Articulate and promote children’s religious education through church communication venues.
Ø Supervise part-time RE Assistant, Youth Ministry Coordinator and two nursery care providers.
Ø Coordinate, prepare parents for, and co-officiate at child dedication ceremonies.
Ø Provide leadership for Coming of Age and High School Graduation and other rites of passages.
Ø Serve as staff
liaison to the annual intergenerational Weekend on the Bay church camp.
2. Direct and Manage Interim Tasks
Ø Help manage the children’s religious education program’s transition to temporary space (likely within our current building) during our capital renovation, and then into newly renovated children’s religious education space.
Ø Working with an outside consultant, guide the church through a process of envisioning the future of its educational ministry and ministry to children and families.
Compensation and Reporting
This is a full-time salaried position that will initially report to the Senior Minister and later to the Program Life Minister. All Souls offers a competitive salary dependent upon skills and experience, as well as a generous benefits package that includes insurances, paid time off, retirement (if already vested) and professional development expenses.
Application Process
For more information, please don’t hesitate to contact Robert Hardies at rhar...@allsouls.ws.
To apply, please e-mail:
- A cover letter explaining your interest in and qualifications for the position at All Souls
- A detailed resume
- Contact information for at least three references
Please e-mail all materials (hard copies will not be accepted) by December 2nd to:
tea...@allsouls.ws with “Education Search” as subject heading
Interviews will be conducted in early December with a decision made by December 15.