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Director of Religious Exploration
3 months ago
**Mid-sized Unitarian Universalist congregation in MetroWest Boston (Needham) seeks a half-time Director of Religious Exploration who has experience with children and youth as well as an understanding of UU principles and is committed to our values of environmental and social justice.**
First Parish in Needham, Unitarian Universalist — a vibrant congregation of 230 adults and 20 children and youth — seeks a Director of Religious Exploration to create, lead, and implement this congregation’s programs for children, youth, and families. We are a dynamic, involved, collaborative, and intellectually curious congregation. First Parish is committed to living out its values in the world as a Welcoming Congregation, Green Sanctuary, 8th Principle Congregation, and Level 2 Sanctuary Supporting Congregation. Our religious exploration programs are central to this commitment to social justice work.
This will be a 20 hour position with help from an assistant for 10 hours per week. The DRE has the responsibility of nurturing and guiding children, youth, and their parents on their spiritual journeys, while also fostering a sense of belonging and connection within our congregation. As such, the DRE plays a central role in shaping the present and future of our community.
Due to lower enrollment in the wake of the pandemic and demographic changes in religious affiliation, we are shifting from having a solo, full-time Director of _Lifespan_ Religious Exploration to a children’s and youth religious exploration team staffed by a 20-hour per week Director of Religious Exploration and a 10-hour/week assistant. We hope through collaboration, innovation, and experimentation, the children’s and youth program — and the directorship position itself — will grow over time.
**Essential Functions**
- Coordinate, support, and administer the religious exploration programs for children and youth.
- Provide direct instruction to children as part of the religious exploration program, on co-teaching teams with lay teachers and with some programs fully delegated to lay teachers.
- Recruit, train, and assist volunteer teachers in curriculum development, materials, classroom planning, and consultation around classroom issues and behavior.
- Serve as Youth Group Advisor/Youth Program Coordinator for the youth group, lead youth group programming including service trips and other gatherings to build and sustain community.
- Hire, train, schedule, and supervise paid nursery workers (often, First Parish teens).
- Supervise and support the RE Program Assistant (who assists with RE administration and programming).
- Bring new ideas from the larger community of UU religious educators and others.
- Bring ideas and experience for outreach and expansion of our program.
- Facilitate congregational compliance with our Safe Congregation policies, including teacher safety training and background checks.
- Provide support for families and parents, including pastoral support when needed.
- Maintain religious exploration budget, expenses, files, and registration.
- Work with senior minister, intern minister, and Worship Committee to plan and implement the Time for All Ages portion of weekly worship and multi-generational services.
- Attend regular staff meetings.
- Attend monthly Religious Exploration Committee meetings and provide guidance as needed.
**Core Competencies**
- Understands and supports the Unitarian Universalist principles and purposes and the First Parish mission, vision, and covenant, including environmental and social justice (such as our anti-racist, LGBTQ+, anti-poverty, reproductive justice, and immigration/sanctuary initiatives) and multicultural education.
- Brings current trends and best practices in religious education and communicates these to teachers, families, and congregational leaders.
- Demonstrates enthusiasm for religious education, multigenerational congregations, children, and families, and inspires trust and confidence from teachers, leaders, parents, and children;
- Inspires others and works collaboratively on a staff team, as well as working with the minister as a supervisor and supervising the DRE Assistant
- Demonstrates excellent written and speaking skills and ability to use computer programs and web-based materials relevant to the position (Microsoft Office suite, Google Suite, Doodle, Sign-Up Genius, Constant Contact, social media, Zoom, etc.).
- Manages work time well; marshals resources (people, funding, and materials) to get projects completed on time and successfully.
- Demonstrates sensitivity to different learning and communication styles.
- Ability to establish rapport with and inspire children, youth, and adults.
- Ability to motivate and recruit volunteers and provide opportunities for them to grow and develop.
- Flexibility in adapting to changing circumstances and priorities.
- Strong skills in administering engaging and developmentally appropriate religious exploration programs
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