Careers

POSITION TITLE: Childcare Provider

Reports to: Director of Children, Youth, & Family Ministries
FLSA: Hourly, non exempt
Hourly Rate: $16.37/hour
Additional Benefits: Paid Sick and Safe Time accrual of 0.0461 hours per hour worked. Eligible for MN Family and Medical Leave.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

• Provides supervision and care for babies, toddlers and preschoolers while their parents and caregivers attend worship services and church activities on-site
• Works Sundays from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. with potential for additional hours on Wednesday evenings if desired

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS:

• Creates safe, playful, and welcoming environment in church nursery
• Provides care for babies and young children ages 6 months through PreK
• Supports youth and adult child care volunteers
• Sets-up and cleans-up the childcare space
• Ensures families sign-in and sign-out their child/ren
• Contacts on-site parents and caregivers for child/ren toileting needs or other support
• Affirms and supports children and families with varying identities, family configurations, disabilities, neurotypes, and lived experiences

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Skills and experience caring for babies and young children
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
• Both a good team member and a self-directed worker
• Warm and welcoming to children and adults
• Familiarity with or willingness to learn about Unitarian Universalism
• Must be available to work every Sunday morning
• Must attend required training
• Must be or willing to become CPR certified
• Must meet background check criteria
• Must have reliable transportation on Sunday mornings

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Racial Justice. An ability to articulate what an anti-racist ministry looks like, normalizing this conversation in all ministry settings and especially in worship, and partnering with congregants and others to achieve this goal. A commitment and clear pathways to facilitate Black and Brown liberation and joy, as well as ongoing learning and development about race and racial/ethnic identity for both BIPOC and White congregants. Demonstrates willingness and capacity to work against racism and decent White Supremacy Culture.
• Team Player. Works well in collaboration with others. Finds its own sense of purpose and meaning in supporting the larger vision of the church, while simultaneously bringing vision and leadership to the areas within their purview. Publicly supports ministers and staff, while freely bringing concerns/suggestions/thoughts to the ministers and staff in team meetings and private conversations.
• Managing vision and purpose. Articulates and supports the vision and mission of First Universalist church.
• Developing volunteers. Is able to identify and recruit capable people into positions of responsibility; builds people up; maintains open and active dialogue with volunteers; communicates expectations clearly and holds people accountable.
• Managing conflict. Deals with problems quickly and directly; steps up to conflicts, seeing them as opportunities; reads situations quickly; focuses when listening; settles disputes collaboratively and equitably; finds common ground and gets cooperation.
• Interpersonal relationships. Relates well to a wide range of people, inside and outside of the congregation; builds appropriate rapport; builds effective and constructive relationships; is diplomatic and tactful; is regarded as a team player.
• Trust and integrity. Is widely trusted; seen as direct and truthful; keeps confidences; takes responsibility for mistakes; adheres to an appropriate and effective set of core values during good and bad times; acts in line with those values; practices what they preach.

TO APPLY: Email your resume and a statement of interest to Allison Connelly-Vetter, Director of Children, Youth, and Family Ministries, at allison [at] firstuniv.org.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Sunday, June 14, 2026