Part-time Religious Education Assistant

UUCC is seeking a part-time (5 hours per week) one year position assisting in Youth Religious Education, focusing on social justice and organizing our Service Sunday program. Here is the job description:

Social Justice Coordinator for Religious Education

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia is a progressive, pluralistic faith community with a strong commitment to social justice. In our religious education program, we support our children and youth in developing a sense of their responsibility to build a more just and compassionate world, the ability to recognize their own unique gifts in making this happen, and the tools and the community to put their values into action.

Job Description

We are looking for a social justice coordinator who can help us in our mission of centering social justice in our religious education program and can develop and lead meaningful programming that supports this mission.
Salary and Duration: $20/hour, 5 hours per week for one year position (9/1/26-9/1/27)

Responsibilities

• Develop, prepare, and lead children and youth (preschool to 8th grade) in once-monthly hour-long social justice/service projects for the Service Sunday component of our Religious Education Program.
• Assist in teaching and other responsibilities as needed on Sunday mornings in our religious education program 2-3 times per month.
• Meet with high school students once per semester to help them develop and implement a social justice project.
• Meet once per week with the Director of Religious Education to review and coordinate plans.

Location and Schedule

2 hours on Sunday morning (10 a.m. to noon) at Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia. The remaining 3 hours per week are flexible in schedule and in location.

Skills

• Ability to instruct children of multiple ages and create creative and meaningful projects that are tiered to meet the abilities and interests of kids of multiple ages and learning styles.
• Deep knowledge in social justice issues particularly: anti-racism, LGBTQIA+, economic justice, disability justice, environmental justice, immigration justice, and fat liberation.
• Strong communication skills, and the ability to communicate with a diverse audience.
• Knowledge and connection to social justice issues and organizations in the Columbia community and the ability to develop relationships to partner with other organizations.
• Preferred: Knowledge of Unitarian Universalism.

Experience

• Experience working in an educational setting with children of a variety of ages
• Experience in social justice (coursework, organizing, activism, etc.).

To Apply

Email a resume and cover letter to Director of Religious Education Jamila Batchelder by Aug. 8, 2026.