Chaplain

As an RAF Chaplain, you will provide spiritual support, strength, and guidance to service personnel and their families, serving alongside them wherever they go, including deployed operations.

• Assume the pastoral role of a leader from an endorsed faith or belief community, performing the duties of a Chaplain/Non‑Religious Pastoral Officer.
• Counsel personnel and their dependants on spiritual or emotional matters.
• Help personnel work through difficult moral issues as they carry out their duties.
• Provide welfare support to dependants and families.

• The academic qualifications required are those set by the Sending Churches / Endorsing Authority / Panel of Reference for ministerial training.
• You must be accredited/registered/ordained/licensed by the endorsing authority of your faith or belief and subsequently have a minimum of 2–3 years’ experience in a full‑time leadership capacity (or equivalent), in a pastoral context.
• Be aged 26 – 53 years old (must attest before 54th birthday).
• You will need to meet specific Nationality and Residency criteria. Please see full details in the Entry Requirements section below.

You will receive subsidised food, travel, accommodation and free gym facilities.