Chaplain (Part-Time) Columbus, OH

Marketplace Chaplains•Columbus, OH

1d•Remote

About The Position

Chaplains are frontline staff fulfilling MCHAP’s mission and Christian ministry by using their gifts and talents to serve company employees and their immediate families. This part-time field position serves clients in Columbus, Ohio. Assigned hours are generally consistent from week to week, but there are no guaranteed minimum hours; positional needs vary depending on Chaplain availability and client requirements. The Chaplain serves as a messenger of faith, mission, and purpose and interacts with companies, employees, and the community in a manner that reflects personal and spiritual discipline. Ministry includes regular worksite visits, relationship building, pastoral support, referrals, crisis and grief care, and representing client companies when ministry services are appropriate. The Chaplain also participates in new employee orientation and may provide resources or facilitate employee-sponsored spiritual enrichment activities.

Requirements

Ability to work as a member of an interdisciplinary group and in an interfaith setting, and to accept different lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and values.
Effective listening and interpersonal skills; ability to deliver community presentations and work effectively with family members and staff under stressful circumstances.
High regard for the dignity and worth of clients, employees, and their families.
Ability to cope with stressful situations and document accurately according to standards.
Spiritual maturity and commitment to a Christian lifestyle and MCHAP’s ministry values; ability to incorporate Christian values and beliefs into daily activities and job duties.
Fundamental understanding of the Holy Bible and its proper application; attested saving faith in Jesus Christ; and active participation in a biblically based church.
Ability to interact professionally with diplomacy, patience, and courtesy with diverse groups and maintain effective, cooperative working relationships while providing exceptional customer service.
Ability to make administrative and procedural decisions and judgments on sensitive, confidential issues.
Excellent oral and written communication skills for effective interaction with leadership, colleagues, employees, and families.
Emotional stability to cope with human suffering, emergencies, and other stresses.
Ability to analyze information, define and follow up on problems or objectives, identify solutions, and solve problems.
Skill in interpreting position-related policies and procedures and keeping others informed.
Computer proficiency with Google Suites, Microsoft Office, or equivalent software, internet, email messaging, and web-based applications; ability to learn new technology programs.
Active state driver’s license and state-minimum auto insurance in the state or states where clients are served.
Must pass a pre-employment background check.

Responsibilities

Serve as a messenger and conveyor of faith, mission, and purpose.
Interact with companies, employees, and the community in a manner that exhibits character through personal and spiritual disciplines.
Visit company worksites regularly, usually weekly, to interact with employees and build relationships of trust and friendship motivated by Christian faith.
Visit employees or their immediate family members at locations where care and assistance can be provided, including hospitals, nursing homes, funeral homes, and family residences.
Provide confidential pastoral discussions about personal and family matters, serious illness, aging-parent care, death and grief, parenting, and financial stress, among other life issues.
Provide referrals and coordinate specialized assistance for employees and immediate family members with specific needs.
Assist with planning, conducting, or attending funerals for employees or their immediate family members, and provide follow-up support during the grief period.
Make jail visits to employees and immediate family members when needed.
Work with companies to notify families and employees of deaths and serious injuries and encourage people affected by tragedies.
Provide post-termination care to laid-off or terminated employees to foster a smooth transition to another work environment.
Facilitate, but not lead, spiritual enrichment activities when appropriate.
Provide literature and other resources to help employees address life issues, as appropriate or requested.
Represent companies to clients or customers when ministry services are appropriate, such as in serious illness, accidents, traumatic events, and funerals.
Participate in new employee orientation to explain the Employee Care Service and the Chaplain Team’s role.
With permission from the Executive Director of Operations, respond to other duties and services requested by company executive leadership within the scope of the Letter of Agreement.