Chaplain; Part-Time - Hamburg, NY

Position Summary

Chaplains are frontline staff fulfilling the mission and Christian ministry of MCHAP, serving company employees and their immediate families. Part‑time role, Hamburg, NY.

• Serve as a messenger and conveyor of faith, mission, and purpose.
• Interact with companies, their employees, and the community in a manner that exhibits character through personal and spiritual disciplines.
• 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 immediate family members wherever care can be expressed and help given: hospitals, nursing homes, funeral homes, family residences, or other sites.
• Provide confidential pastoral discussions for problem issues of employees and their immediate family members including family matters, divorce, serious illness, care of aging parents, death and grief recovery, parenting, financial situations such as debt discussions, budgeting, and other life issues related to financial stress, as well as any other personal issues.
• Provide referral service and act as coordinator for specialized assistance to employees and/or immediate family members with specific needs.
• 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.
• Make jail visits to employees and immediate family members.
• Work with companies to serve notifications of death and serious injuries to families and other employees, encouraging those impacted by various tragedies.
• Provide post‑termination care for laid‑off or terminated employees in order to foster a smooth transition to another work environment.
• Facilitate spiritual enrichment activities, as an employee‑sponsored and led activity will usually be more fruitful than a chaplain‑led event.
• Provide, as appropriate/requested, literature and other resources to assist company employees with life issues.
• Represent companies to clients/customers where it would be appropriate to ministry services involved (i.e., serious illness, accidents, traumatic events, and funerals).
• Participate in new employee orientation to explain the Employee Care Service and the role of the Chaplain Team.
• Respond 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.

Must pass a pre‑employment background check.

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