Chaplain Part Time - San Diego, CA

Marketplace Chaplains•San Diego, CA

3d•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 role is in San Diego, California, and involves approximately 5–10 hours per week. Assigned hours are generally consistent from week to week, but there are no guaranteed minimum hours; hours vary depending on chaplain availability and client requirements. The pay rate is $21 per hour. The Chaplain serves as a messenger and conveyor of faith, mission, and purpose, and interacts with companies, employees, and the community in a manner reflecting personal and spiritual discipline. The role provides relationship-based pastoral care, support, referrals, and resources to employees and their immediate families in a range of personal, family, workplace, and crisis situations. This is a remote field position. The work environment depends on client worksites and may include manufacturing facilities, hospitals, office buildings, and funeral homes, with varying temperature, noise, and light exposure. Employment is contingent on passing a pre-employment background check.

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, including the ability to interact with clients, employees, and their families.
Ability to deliver community presentations and to deal 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; attestation to 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 to establish 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 policies and procedures related to the position and keeping others informed.
Computer proficiency using Google Suites, Microsoft Office, or equivalent software, internet, email messaging, and web-based applications, and 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

Make regular visits to company worksites, usually weekly, to interact with employees and build relationships of trust and friendship motivated by Christian faith.
Visit employees or their immediate family members in places where care and assistance can be provided, including hospitals, nursing homes, funeral homes, family residences, or other sites.
Provide confidential pastoral discussions, as appropriate, about personal and family issues such as divorce, serious illness, aging parents, death and grief, parenting, financial stress, and other life concerns.
Provide referrals and coordinate specialized assistance for employees or their immediate family members with specific needs.
Assist with planning, conducting, or attending funerals for employees or immediate family members, and provide follow-up support during the grief period.
Make jail visits to employees and immediate family members, as needed.
Work with companies to deliver notifications of death and serious injuries to families and other employees, and encourage people affected by tragedies.
Provide post-termination care to laid-off or terminated employees to support their transition to another work environment.
Facilitate, but not lead, spiritual enrichment activities when appropriate.
Provide literature and other resources to company employees, as appropriate or requested.
Represent companies to clients or customers when appropriate to ministry services, including in situations involving 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 between MCHAP chaplains and the company.
Interact with companies, employees, and the community in a manner that exhibits character through personal and spiritual disciplines.