Chaplain (Part-Time) - Hatfield, PA area

LE001 Marketplace Ministries, Inc.; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 24,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

Marketplace Ministries, Inc. is seeking a part-time chaplain to support employees and families across client sites in the United States. You will visit worksites, provide confidential pastoral conversations, and coordinate spiritual and chaplain services with sensitivity to diverse backgrounds.

The role emphasizes building trust, offering crisis support, and coordinating resources for personal and family challenges rooted in Christian faith. Regular visits and remote coordination are expected.

Qualifications

• Ability to work as a member of an interdisciplinary group and in an interfaith setting, accepting diverse lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and values.
• Skills to effectively listen and interact with clients, employees, and families; to deliver community presentations; to cope with stressful situations; and to document accurately.
• Spiritual maturity and commitment to a Christian lifestyle, fundamental understanding of the Holy Bible, saving faith in Jesus Christ, and active participation in a biblically based church.
• Professional diplomacy, patience, courtesy, and the ability to establish effective, cooperative relationships while providing exceptional customer service.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; emotional stability to cope with human suffering, emergencies, and other stresses.
• Analytical skills to define problems, follow up on objectives, identify solutions, interpret policies, and keep others informed.
• Computer proficiency using Google Suites, Microsoft Office, or other equivalent software; ability to learn new technology programs.
• Must have an active state driver’s license and state minimum auto insurance for the service area.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Ministry duties: 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: hospitals, nursing homes, funeral homes, family residences, or other sites.
• Provides confidential pastoral discussions for a wide range of employee and family issues—including family matters, divorce, serious illness, care of aging parents, grief, parenting, budgeting, and other life issues related to financial stress.
• Provides referral services and coordinates specialized assistance.
• May assist in the planning, conduct, or attendance of funerals, provide post‑termination care for laid‑off employees, and facilitate, but not lead, spiritual enrichment activities.
• May provide literature and resources, represent companies to clients/customers when appropriate, and participate in new‑employee orientation.
• Handles death or serious‑injury notifications to families and other employees and works with executive leadership when requested within the scope of the Letter of Agreement.

Skills

Interfaith collaboration

Active listening

Emotional resilience

Job description

Position Summary

It’s fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they’re doing! We’re committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. This part‑time chaplain position is typically about 50 hours a month and varies with client needs.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• 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.
• Ministry duties: 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: hospitals, nursing homes, funeral homes, family residences, or other sites.
• Provides confidential pastoral discussions for a wide range of employee and family issues—including family matters, divorce, serious illness, care of aging parents, grief, parenting, budgeting, and other life issues related to financial stress.
• Provides referral services and coordinates specialized assistance.
• May assist in the planning, conduct, or attendance of funerals, provide post‑termination care for laid‑off employees, and facilitate, but not lead, spiritual enrichment activities.
• May provide literature and resources, represent companies to clients/customers when appropriate, and participate in new‑employee orientation.
• Handles death or serious‑injury notifications to families and other employees and works with executive leadership when requested within the scope of the Letter of Agreement.

Requirements

1. Ability to work as a member of an interdisciplinary group and in an interfaith setting, accepting diverse lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and values.
2. Skills to effectively listen and interact with clients, employees, and families; to deliver community presentations; to cope with stressful situations; and to document accurately.
3. Spiritual maturity and commitment to a Christian lifestyle, fundamental understanding of the Holy Bible, saving faith in Jesus Christ, and active participation in a biblically based church.
4. Professional diplomacy, patience, courtesy, and the ability to establish effective, cooperative relationships while providing exceptional customer service.
5. Excellent oral and written communication skills; emotional stability to cope with human suffering, emergencies, and other stresses.
6. Analytical skills to define problems, follow up on objectives, identify solutions, interpret policies, and keep others informed.
7. Computer proficiency using Google Suites, Microsoft Office, or other equivalent software; ability to learn new technology programs.
8. Must have an active state driver’s license and state minimum auto insurance for the service area.

Conditions of Employment

• Must pass a pre‑employment background check.

Work Environment

This is a remote position in the field; the chaplain works at client worksites which can include manufacturing plants, hospitals, office buildings, and funeral homes. Conditions such as temperature, noise, and light vary and may require flexibility.