Awana Clubs Early Childhood Curriculum Developer
At Awana, we believe true change happens in the communities when children and youth are transformed by the gospel and engaged in Biblical discipleship in the presence of a caring adult. We believe that kids can come to know, love and serveJesus, following Him for a lifetime. This is why, for 75+ years, Awana has been working with leaders in local churches in the US and around the world, providing solutions that equip these women and men to make disciples in children and youth.
Today, God is using Awana to reach over 10 million kids in 140 countries around the world. With over 500,000 equipped leaders in 91,000 clubs/churches, Awana is able to play a vital role in global evangelism and discipleship of children and youth. If you are passionate about being integral to reaching kids with the gospel, join us, and become a part of our global cause.
The Awana Clubs Early Childhood Curriculum Developer works to advance the ministry of Awana by developing and creating content for Awana Clubs Curriculum and other resources for churches to use with children and their leaders. This role is responsible for delivering assigned projects that are complete, biblically accurate, engaging to kids, and within the specifications provided by the Awana Clubs Lead Developer. This role will work cross-functionally and with freelancers to develop the curriculum.
In this role, you will collaborate with Awana Clubs team members and others across the ministry to finalize the curriculum and other resources.
This position is primarily remote with occasional travel required based on strategic organizational meetings, promotion, training, or resource creation. Primary travel locations would be our offices in St. Charles, IL or Nashville, TN and various other cities as needed.
Hiring Range for this position is: $25 to $26.50 an hour
Who We Are Looking For:
- A passionate advocate for child discipleship with a strong understanding of child development, including cognitive, social, and spiritual growth.
- A biblically grounded leader with a deep love for Scripture and a commitment to representing theology accurately and faithfully.
- A creative and thoughtful content developer who can translate complex biblical truths into engaging, age-appropriate experiences for young children.
- Collaborative, self-motivated team player who builds strong relationships and communicates clearly across internal teams and external partners.
- Proactive problem solver who manages workflows effectively and adapts to shifting priorities with flexibility and ownership.
- Passionate about Awana's mission and values, with a heart to help children belong, believe, and become resilient disciples.
Key Responsibilities:
Curriculum Content Development
- Develop and write curriculum content for children, including leader-facing teaching resources and family-oriented materials that support engagement beyond the classroom or club setting.
- Contribute to new product development, as well as ongoing curriculum updates, maintenance, and evaluation.
- Ensure that all content is on-brand, aligned with Awana's Statement of Faith, and consistent in terms of style, quality, tone of voice, and optimized for the Awana audience.
Collaboration and Coordination
- Collaborate with internal teams to support the development, refinement, and execution of curriculum and product initiatives.
- Coordinate freelancers and production partners, providing key details, timelines, and information needed to complete their assignments.
- Facilitate and lead check-in meetings with freelancers and production partners as needed.
- Ensure that work delivered by freelancers and production partners meets Awana's required specifications.
Organizational Support and Culture
- Actively collaborate in the ideation, development, improvement, and promotion of curriculum.
- Contribute to a culture of integrated workflow and information sharing.
- Partner cross-functionally to support content integration across print, digital, and ministry experiences.
- Support, uphold, and demonstrate Awana's cultural values in internal and external communications and relationships.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
What You Need:
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in children's ministry or curriculum development
- Strong understanding of child development principles and how they apply to faith formation and discipleship.
- Experience developing or writing curriculum content for children, including leader-facing teaching resources and family-oriented materials that support engagement beyond the classroom or club setting.
- Intermediate proficiency in Google Workspace required; familiarity with Adobe InDesign is a plus.
- Working knowledge of the Bible from an orthodox evangelical point of view required.
- Familiarity with the US Evangelical Church landscape, specifically children's ministry and relevant children's culture.
- Familiarity with Awana Clubs, curriculum, and ministry approach is strongly preferred, with preference given to candidates who have actively served in a leadership or volunteer role within an Awana Club setting.
- Eligibility to work in the United States is required; this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
- Availability and willingness to travel occasionally, including local and overnight trips.
Spiritual Life
Must be a born-again Christian. Must have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Must be in agreement with the Awana Doctrinal Statement. Must be in fellowship with the body of Christ through a local church. Regularly reads the Holy Bible as a guide and standard for living.
Physical Demands/Working Conditions
While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to communicate. The team member is also required to regularly utilize computer equipment (e.g., screens and keyboards) to perform work. Awana recommends maintaining ergonomic posture, utilizing properly positioned computer equipment to minimize strain, and taking regular breaks to stretch and move around. Specific vision abilities required by this job included close vision. Local and out-of-town, overnight travel may be required.
What We Offer:
As a ministry that equips leaders to reach kids with the gospel and engage them in lifelong discipleship, we value our team that makes this happen and are excited to offer:
- Mission-driven work that changes the lives of children and youth around the world.
- Intentional connection, flexibility, family, and community engagement are part of our culture.
- Remote-first work environment, allowing you to do the majority of your work from where it is you call "home". We also have two office locations designed for collaborative work and connection with colleagues in St. Charles, Illinois, and Nashville, Tennessee, that can be used at your convenience.
- Benefits package, including a variety of programs you can choose from to meet you and your family's needs. Some of these include paid family leave, 401(k) & Roth 401(k) retirement savings plans with employer match, generous paid vacation & holidays, adoption assistance, an employee wellness program, and more!
This Job Description reflects the current assignment of essential functions and is not meant to be all-inclusive. Responsibilities may be assigned or reassigned to this job at any time based on the needs of the organization and may be modified to reasonably accommodate an individual with a disability or for other reasons. Please note, this opportunity is contingent upon favorable completion of a reference check, background check, and I-9 completion.
Awana Clubs Early Childhood Curriculum Developer
At Awana, we believe true change happens in the communities when children and youth are transformed by the gospel and engaged in Biblical discipleship in the presence of a caring adult. We believe that kids can come to know, love and serveJesus, following Him for a lifetime. This is why, for 75+ years, Awana has been working with leaders in local churches in the US and around the world, providing solutions that equip these women and men to make disciples in children and youth.
Today, God is using Awana to reach over 10 million kids in 140 countries around the world. With over 500,000 equipped leaders in 91,000 clubs/churches, Awana is able to play a vital role in global evangelism and discipleship of children and youth. If you are passionate about being integral to reaching kids with the gospel, join us, and become a part of our global cause.
The Awana Clubs Early Childhood Curriculum Developer works to advance the ministry of Awana by developing and creating content for Awana Clubs Curriculum and other resources for churches to use with children and their leaders. This role is responsible for delivering assigned projects that are complete, biblically accurate, engaging to kids, and within the specifications provided by the Awana Clubs Lead Developer. This role will work cross-functionally and with freelancers to develop the curriculum.
In this role, you will collaborate with Awana Clubs team members and others across the ministry to finalize the curriculum and other resources.
This position is primarily remote with occasional travel required based on strategic organizational meetings, promotion, training, or resource creation. Primary travel locations would be our offices in St. Charles, IL or Nashville, TN and various other cities as needed.
Hiring Range for this position is: $25 to $26.50 an hour
Who We Are Looking For:
- A passionate advocate for child discipleship with a strong understanding of child development, including cognitive, social, and spiritual growth.
- A biblically grounded leader with a deep love for Scripture and a commitment to representing theology accurately and faithfully.
- A creative and thoughtful content developer who can translate complex biblical truths into engaging, age-appropriate experiences for young children.
- Collaborative, self-motivated team player who builds strong relationships and communicates clearly across internal teams and external partners.
- Proactive problem solver who manages workflows effectively and adapts to shifting priorities with flexibility and ownership.
- Passionate about Awana's mission and values, with a heart to help children belong, believe, and become resilient disciples.
Key Responsibilities:
Curriculum Content Development
- Develop and write curriculum content for children, including leader-facing teaching resources and family-oriented materials that support engagement beyond the classroom or club setting.
- Contribute to new product development, as well as ongoing curriculum updates, maintenance, and evaluation.
- Ensure that all content is on-brand, aligned with Awana's Statement of Faith, and consistent in terms of style, quality, tone of voice, and optimized for the Awana audience.
Collaboration and Coordination
- Collaborate with internal teams to support the development, refinement, and execution of curriculum and product initiatives.
- Coordinate freelancers and production partners, providing key details, timelines, and information needed to complete their assignments.
- Facilitate and lead check-in meetings with freelancers and production partners as needed.
- Ensure that work delivered by freelancers and production partners meets Awana's required specifications.
Organizational Support and Culture
- Actively collaborate in the ideation, development, improvement, and promotion of curriculum.
- Contribute to a culture of integrated workflow and information sharing.
- Partner cross-functionally to support content integration across print, digital, and ministry experiences.
- Support, uphold, and demonstrate Awana's cultural values in internal and external communications and relationships.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
What You Need:
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in children's ministry or curriculum development
- Strong understanding of child development principles and how they apply to faith formation and discipleship.
- Experience developing or writing curriculum content for children, including leader-facing teaching resources and family-oriented materials that support engagement beyond the classroom or club setting.
- Intermediate proficiency in Google Workspace required; familiarity with Adobe InDesign is a plus.
- Working knowledge of the Bible from an orthodox evangelical point of view required.
- Familiarity with the US Evangelical Church landscape, specifically children's ministry and relevant children's culture.
- Familiarity with Awana Clubs, curriculum, and ministry approach is strongly preferred, with preference given to candidates who have actively served in a leadership or volunteer role within an Awana Club setting.
- Eligibility to work in the United States is required; this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
- Availability and willingness to travel occasionally, including local and overnight trips.
Spiritual Life
Must be a born-again Christian. Must have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Must be in agreement with the Awana Doctrinal Statement. Must be in fellowship with the body of Christ through a local church. Regularly reads the Holy Bible as a guide and standard for living.
Physical Demands/Working Conditions
While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to communicate. The team member is also required to regularly utilize computer equipment (e.g., screens and keyboards) to perform work. Awana recommends maintaining ergonomic posture, utilizing properly positioned computer equipment to minimize strain, and taking regular breaks to stretch and move around. Specific vision abilities required by this job included close vision. Local and out-of-town, overnight travel may be required.
What We Offer:
As a ministry that equips leaders to reach kids with the gospel and engage them in lifelong discipleship, we value our team that makes this happen and are excited to offer:
- Mission-driven work that changes the lives of children and youth around the world.
- Intentional connection, flexibility, family, and community engagement are part of our culture.
- Remote-first work environment, allowing you to do the majority of your work from where it is you call "home". We also have two office locations designed for collaborative work and connection with colleagues in St. Charles, Illinois, and Nashville, Tennessee, that can be used at your convenience.
- Benefits package, including a variety of programs you can choose from to meet you and your family's needs. Some of these include paid family leave, 401(k) & Roth 401(k) retirement savings plans with employer match, generous paid vacation & holidays, adoption assistance, an employee wellness program, and more!
This Job Description reflects the current assignment of essential functions and is not meant to be all-inclusive. Responsibilities may be assigned or reassigned to this job at any time based on the needs of the organization and may be modified to reasonably accommodate an individual with a disability or for other reasons. Please note, this opportunity is contingent upon favorable completion of a reference check, background check, and I-9 completion.
