Associate Chaplain

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Recruitment #FP-001
Location Brooklyn, CT
Date Opened 1/2/2026 12:56:00 PM
Salary $90,516 - $122,070/year
Job Type: Open to Agency Employees
Close Date 1/12/2026 11:59:00 PM

The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction (DOC) is expanding our Religious Services Department and hiring an Associate Chaplain to work and cover multiple Correctional Centers and Correctional institutions across Connecticut.

• Visit our NEW State Employee Benefits Overview page!
• The State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loans forgiven after 10 years of service.  for more information;
• Professional growth and development opportunities;
• A healthy work/life balance for all employees!

• This position is full‑time, following a first shift schedule, 40 hours a week, Monday ­– Friday, and 7:30 AM ­– 3:30 PM.

This recruitment will cover multiple Correctional Centers and Correctional institutions across the State. Please refer to the list below:

• Brooklyn CI – Brooklyn, CT
• Corrigan CC – Uncasville, CT
• York CI – Niantic, CT

The Connecticut Department of Correction is a diverse agency with a wide variety of employees from correction officers to educators, to managers and skilled professionals. We value differences that make us stronger as a team and support our mission statement.

The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The agency operates 13 correctional facilities and has its headquarters in Wethersfield. The DOC protects public safety by ensuring offenders serve their sentences of imprisonment in facilities that are safe, humane, and provide re‑entry programming.

The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction is a unified system; all sentenced and unsentenced offenders are supervised by the DOC. The Department also provides supervision for offenders on parole, community release and other discretionary release programs.

The Religious Services Unit offers to the inmate population trauma‑informed presence, pastoral care, spiritual guidance, religious facilitation and programming that reduces recidivism.

Annually, more than 80 000 hours of ministry time, more than 20 000 worship services and religious programs and more than 50 000 individual and group counselling sessions are provided to offenders by the Chaplaincy staff, which is supplemented by numerous religious volunteers from the community.

At this stage the Selection Plan outlines how we will assess applicants according to the minimum qualifications and required credentials. Please review the detailed instructions on the official State of Connecticut Online Employment Center job posting.

• Meet
  
  Minimum Qualifications:
  
  Ensure you meet the Minimum Qualifications listed on the job opening by the job closing date. You must specify your qualifications on your application.
• Educational Credits:
  List your earned credits and degrees from accredited institutions accurately on your application. To receive educational credits towards qualification, the institution must be accredited. If the institution of higher learning is located outside the U.S., you are responsible for providing documentation from a recognized USA accrediting service which specializes in determining foreign education equivalencies.
• Resume Policy:
  Per Public Act 21‑69, resumes are not accepted during the initial application process. As the recruitment process progresses, candidates may be required to submit additional documentation to support their qualification(s) for this position. This documentation may include a cover letter, resume, transcripts, diplomas, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the request and discretion of the hiring agency.
• Preferred Shift/
  
  Location:
  
  Select all location(s) and shift(s) you are willing to work on your application. Failure to do so may result in not being considered for vacancies in that…