Part Time Chaplain - Anchorage, AK

Marketplace Chaplains•Anchorage, AK

5d•Remote

About The Position

The Chaplain serves as frontline staff fulfilling MCHAP’s mission and Christian ministry by using their gifts and talents to serve company employees and their immediate families. The role is part time in Anchorage, Alaska, with approximately 10 hours of work weekly. Assigned hours are generally consistent from week to week, but there are no guaranteed minimum hours; 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 building relationships with employees, providing pastoral care and referrals, supporting families during illness, injury, death, grief, and other life challenges, and helping companies respond to difficult events. The position also participates in employee orientation and may assist with other duties requested by company leadership, with Executive Director of Operations permission and within the Letter of Agreement between MCHAP Chaplains and the company. 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. Applicants must pass a pre-employment background check.

Requirements

Ability to work as a member of an interdisciplinary group and in an interfaith setting, accepting different lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and values.
Effective listening and interpersonal skills, presentation skills, and ability to support 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; incorporates Christian values and beliefs in daily activities and job duties.
Fundamental understanding of the Holy Bible and its proper application; attests to saving faith in Jesus Christ and actively participates in a biblically based church.
Professional, diplomatic, patient, and courteous interaction with diverse groups, and ability 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 interacting with leadership, colleagues, employees, and families.
Emotional stability to cope with human suffering, emergencies, and other stresses.
Ability to analyze information, identify and solve problems, follow up on objectives, interpret relevant policies and procedures, and keep others informed.
Computer proficiency with Google Suites, Microsoft Office, or equivalent software, internet, email, 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

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 immediate family members in settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, funeral homes, family residences, or other locations where care and help can be provided.
Provide confidential pastoral discussions, as appropriate, concerning personal and family matters, serious illness, aging parents, death and grief, parenting, financial stress, and other life issues.
Provide referrals and coordinate specialized assistance for employees or immediate family members with specific needs.
Assist in 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 notify families and employees of deaths and serious injuries and encourage those 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 employees dealing with life issues, as appropriate or requested.
Represent companies to clients or customers when appropriate to ministry services, including in cases 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 Executive Director of Operations permission, respond to other duties and services requested by company executive leadership within the scope of the Letter of Agreement.