Chaplain; Part-Time - Carlisle, PA

Position Summary

Part‑time chaplain, 4-8 hours a week, located in Carlisle, PA. Chaplains serve as frontline staff fulfilling the mission and Christian ministry of MCHAP, using their gifts and talents to serve company employees and their immediate families.

• Serves as a messenger and conveyor of faith, mission, and purpose.
• Interacts with companies, employees, and the community in a manner that exhibits character through personal and spiritual disciplines.
• Makes regular visits to company worksites (usually weekly) to interact with employees and build relationships of trust and friendship motivated by Christian faith.
• Visits employees or immediate family members where care can be expressed and help given: hospitals, nursing homes, funeral homes, family residences, or other sites.
• Provides confidential pastoral discussions for employees and family issues: family matters, divorce, serious illness, care of aging parents, death and grief recovery, parenting, financial situations (debt discussions, budgeting, etc.), and other personal issues.
• Provides referral service and coordinates specialized assistance to employees and/or immediate family members with specific needs.
• May assist in the planning, conduct or attend funerals for employees or immediate family members, including follow‑up support and encouragement to family members during the grief period.
• May make jail visits to employees and immediate family members.
• Works with companies to serve notifications of death and serious injuries to families and other employees, encouraging those impacted by various tragedies.
• May provide post‑termination care for laid‑off or terminated employees to foster a smooth transition to another work environment.
• May facilitate, but not lead, spiritual enrichment activities; employee‑sponsored and led activities are usually more fruitful than a chaplain‑led event.
• Provides literature and other resources to assist company employees with life issues.
• Represents companies to clients/customers where appropriate to ministry services involved (e.g., serious illness, accidents, traumatic events, and funerals).
• Participates in new employee orientation to explain the Employee Care Service and the role of the Chaplain Team.
• With Executive Director of Operations permission, responds 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; work environments include manufacturing, hospitals, office buildings, funeral homes, and other client sites with varying temperature, noise, and light exposure.