Chaplain Part-Time, Longview TX area

Position Summary

Chaplain is the frontline staff fulfilling the mission and Christian ministry of MCHAP, using your gifts and talents to serve company employees and their immediate families. Part‑time. Located in Longview, TX. Requires English speaking and technological proficiency. While assigned hours are generally consistent from week to week, there are no guaranteed minimal hours and positional needs will vary depending on Chaplain availability and client requirements.

• Serves as a messenger and conveyor of faith, mission, and purpose.
• Interacts with companies, their 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 wherever care can be expressed and help given: hospitals, nursing homes, funeral homes, family residences, or other sites.
• Provides 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 and budgeting, and other life issues related to financial stress, as well as other personal issues. Provides referral service and acts as coordinator for specialized assistance.
• Assists in planning, conducting or attending funerals for employees or immediate family members, including follow‑up support and encouragement during the grief period.
• Makes 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 tragedies.
• Provides post‑termination care for laid‑off or terminated employees to foster a smooth transition to another work environment.
• Facilitates, but does not lead, spiritual enrichment activities; employee‑sponsored events are encouraged.
• Provides literature and resources to assist employees with life issues.
• Represents companies to clients/customers where appropriate for ministry services (e.g., serious illness, accidents, traumatic events, funerals).
• Participates in new employee orientation to explain the Employee Care Service and the role of the Chaplain Team.
• With EDO permission, responds positively and assertively to other duties and services requested by executive leadership of companies, within 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, and the work environment depends on the clients’ worksite. Work sites can include manufacturing, hospitals, office buildings, and funeral homes with differing levels of temperature, noise, and light exposure.