[Hiring] Prospective Chaplain @Marketplace Chaplains

Role Description

Chaplains are the frontline staff fulfilling the mission and Christian ministry of MCHAP, by using their gifts and talents to serve company employees and their immediate families.

• Serves as a messenger and conveyor of faith, mission, and purpose.
• Interacts with companies, their employees, and the community in a manner that exhibits character through personal and spiritual disciplines.

Ministry

• Makes regular visits to company worksites (usually weekly) to interact with employees and build relationships of trust and friendship motivated by Christian faith.
• Visits employees or immediate family members wherever care can be expressed and help given: hospitals, nursing homes, funeral homes, family residences, or other sites.
• May provide confidential pastoral discussions for problem issues of employees and their immediate family members including, but not limited to:
  • Family matters
  • Divorce
  • Serious illness
  • Care of aging parents
  • Death and grief recovery
  • Parenting
  • Financial situations that may include debt discussions, budgeting, and other life issues related to financial stress
  • Any other personal issues
• Provides referral service and acts as coordinator for specialized assistance to employees and/or immediate family members with specific needs.
• May assist in the planning, conduct or attend funerals for employees or immediate family members, including follow-up support and encouragement to immediate family members during the grief period.
• May make jail visits to employees and immediate family members.
• Works with companies to serve notifications of death and serious injuries to families and other employees, encouraging those impacted by various tragedies.
• May provide post-termination care for laid-off or terminated employees in order to foster a smooth transition to another work environment.
• May facilitate, but not lead, spiritual enrichment activities, as an employee-sponsored and led activity will usually be more fruitful than a chaplain led event.
• Provides, as appropriate/requested, literature and other resources to assist company employees with life issues.
• Represents companies to clients/customers where it would be appropriate to ministry services involved (i.e., serious illness, accidents, traumatic events, and funerals).
• Participates in new employee orientation to explain the Employee Care Service and the role of the Chaplain Team.
• With Executive Director of Operations (EDO) permission, responds positively and assertively to other duties and services requested by executive leadership of companies, within the scope of the Letter of Agreement between MCHAP Chaplains and the company.

Qualifications

• Ability to work as a member of an interdisciplinary group and in an interfaith setting.
• Skills to effectively listen and interact with clients, employees, and their families.
• Skills to deliver community presentations.
• High regard for the dignity and worth of clients, employees, and their families.
• Spiritual maturity and commitment to a Christian lifestyle and to MCHAP's Ministry values.
• Demonstrated ability to interact professionally with diplomacy, patience, and courtesy with diverse groups.
• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated skill in analyzing information to define and follow up on problems or objectives.
• Demonstrated computer proficiency using Google Suites, Microsoft Office, or other equivalent software.
• Must have active state driver’s license and state minimum auto insurance (state(s) where servicing clients).

Requirements

• Must pass a pre-employment background check.

Work Environment

This is a remote position in the field, and the work environment is dependent upon the clients’ worksite. Work environments can include manufacturing, hospitals, office buildings, and funeral homes with differing levels of temperature, noise, and light exposure.