Women’s Ministry Team Job Descriptions – Part 2

Our list of Women’s Ministry Team job descriptions continues today!

You can find the first 6 job descriptions in the first post – Women’s Ministry Team Job Descriptions Part 1 as well as an overview of why job descriptions are important.

The women who serve in most of the following 12 job positions will likely oversee at smaller team of individuals. Those teams are a great place for women to serve in a smaller capacity in your women’s ministry.

Please feel free to copy, paste, edit, and delete as you need. Use these descriptions as a starting point for your ministry.

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Childcare

• Works with the Pastoral staff and Leadership to establish policies and procedures for the childcare program, if they are not already in place.
• Recruits, trains, and encourages childcare workers, either volunteers and/or paid help.
• Aids in selecting appropriate materials for each class (lessons, videos, music, toys, etc.).
• Coordinates the set-up and take down of all childcare materials and clean-up.
• Guides the planning of biblical, age-appropriate lessons and schedule for each age group.
• Collects/coordinates supplies including craft supplies and snack for each classroom.
• Creates a childcare worker substitute list.
• Ensures that all policies pertaining to childcare at the church are followed.
• Serves on the Leadership Team and attends meetings.

Decorations

• Creatively and resourcefully provides decorations for women’s ministry events.
• Creates and displays decorations which complement the event theme and purpose.
• Recruits, trains, and encourages Decoration team members.
• Practices good stewardship of decorating funds for events.
• Purchases and maintains supply of re-useable decorative items (vases, candles, mirrors, etc.).
• Serves on the Leadership Team and attends meetings.

Encouragement

• Organizes meals for women in the church (new baby, illness, death in family).
• Coordinates encouragement efforts such as sending cards, making phone calls, distributing blessing bags, etc.
• Recruits, trains, and encourages other members of the Encouragement Team.
• Sends cards in recognition of birthdays and anniversaries of the Pastoral staff.
• Serves on the Leadership Team and attends meetings.

Food (Could be combined with Hospitality)

• Organizes the refreshments at each Women’s Ministry event, delegating responsibilities to team members as needed. (See Fellowship Food Fix for ideas.)
• Oversees or delegates the sets up and refilling of refreshments area and food tables as needed.
• Purchases and maintains sufficient supply of paper products for Women’s Ministry events.
• Trains and oversees a team responsible for setting and cleaning up the food at each Women’s Ministry event.
• Serves on the Leadership Team and attends meetings.

Hospitality (could be combined with Food)

• Focuses on the needs of women and works to create a welcoming atmosphere at each Women’s Ministry event.
• Assures a warm welcome for every woman who comes to Women’s Ministry events.
• Trains and oversees team of greeters/hostesses for each Women’s Ministry event.
• With assistance of Hospitality Team members ensures all women receive name tags, complete door prize forms, etc. at each event.
• Serves on the Leadership Team and attends meetings.

Mentoring

• Oversees mentoring program.
• Recruits, trains, and encourages Mentors.
• Prayerfully oversees the pairing of each mentor/mentee.
• Provides guidance to mentors/mentees as needed.
• Shares the praises, needs, and prayer requests of the mentoring program at Leadership Team meetings.
• Serves on the Leadership Team and attends meetings

Missions

• Plans outreach and mission opportunities and events for the women of the church.
• Recruits, trains, and encourages other members of the Missions Team.
• Coordinates the collection and distribution of any donations (food, clothing, or otherwise).
• Supports ongoing mission projects of the church.
• Serves on the Leadership Team and attends meetings.

New Member/Welcome

• Recruits, trains, and organizes new member outreach team.
• Organizes new member meetings/meals.
• Implements a new member procedure for women’s ministry – may involve personal invitations, phone calls, cards, etc.
• Works to connect new members with appropriate women’s ministry and other church resources.
• Serves on the Leadership Team and attends meetings.

Prayer

• Leads the Leadership Team in prayer at each team meeting.
• Gathers and prays over prayer requests submitted at any women’s ministry event.
• Coordinates Prayer Calendars for events as needed.
• Assist with other church prayer events as requested, such as the National Day of Prayer event.
• Trains other prayer warriors to serve in the prayer room, pray for women during an alter call, etc.
• Coordinates the set-up, take down, and staffing of the Prayer Room at women’s ministry events.
• Mails cards/calls women to let them know that she is praying over their prayer request, if appropriate.
• Serves on the Leadership Team and attends meetings.

Registration

• Oversees the registration for all women’s ministry events.
• Recruits, trains, and encourages registration team for each event.
• Creates registration forms for events with help of the Publicity Coordinator and Event leader.
• Tracks registration for events.
• Follows church guidelines for collecting monies for events.
• Discreetly handles scholarship needs and requests for events.
• Serves on the Leadership Team and attends meetings.

Retreat Coordinator

• Recruits, trains, and encourages other members of the Retreat Team.
• Works with Leadership Team in planning date, location, speaker, and theme of retreat.
• Coordinates publicity, registration, decorations, and prayer with the other Leadership Team members.
• Oversees retreat registration.
• Delegates retreat planning duties as needed.
• Prays for retreat attendees and all retreat details.
• Serves on the Leadership Team and attends meetings.

Social Group Coordinator

• Recruits, trains, and encourages Social Group Leaders.
• Maintains calendar of Social Group meetings.
• Oversees the addition or discontinuation for Social Groups as deemed necessary.
• Shares the praises, needs, and prayer request of each social group at Leadership Team meetings.
• Serves on the Leadership Team and attends meetings.

Support Group Coordinator

• Recruits, trains, and encourages Support Group Leaders.
• Maintains calendar of Support Group meetings.
• Oversees the additional of or discontinuation of Support Groups as deemed necessary.
• Shares praises, needs, and prayer requests of each support group at Leadership Team meetings.
• Serves on the Leadership Team and attends meetings.

Whew!! Please don’t feel overwhelmed! I seriously doubt God will ask you to add all 18 positions I’ve shared.  Perhaps He’s highlighted an area your team needs to expand into. Maybe He’s asking you to define your team roles.

I’d love to know what God has been stirring in your heart and I’d love to pray for you!

In my next post I’ll share ideas for how you can recruit women to fill these roles. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss the next post!

Other posts in this series include:

How to Build a Women’s Ministry Team
What positions do you need to fill on your team?
Women’s Ministry Team Job Descriptions – Part 1
How to Recruit Women’s Ministry Team Members
How to Ask Women to Serve on Your Leadership Team