Chaplain Part-time - Sacramento / Cameron Park - Bilingual Spanish Required

LE001 Marketplace Ministries, Inc.; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 27,552 - 55,104; Part time

Job summary

Marketplace Chaplains is seeking a part‑time Chaplain to serve Sacramento area client companies. The role involves providing confidential pastoral care to employees and their families, visiting worksites regularly, and coordinating support during life events and transitions.

The Chaplain will work in an interfaith environment, engaging with diverse teams, and will assist with funerals, grief support, and employee orientation.

Qualifications

• Active state driver's license and auto insurance.
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary and interfaith setting.
• Strong listening and communication to handle sensitive situations.
• Spiritual maturity and commitment to Christian ministry.
• Professional diplomacy and customer service mindset.
• Proficiency with technology and Google/Microsoft tools.

Responsibilities

• Serves as messenger of faith, mission, and purpose.
• Interacts with companies, employees, and community with character.
• Gives brief visits to worksites weekly to build trust with employees.
• Provides confidential pastoral discussions for issues of employees and families.
• Assists in planning or attending funerals and supports grief recovery.
• Provides post-termination care to employees.
• Responds to duties requested by leadership within agreement scope.
• Represents companies to clients when ministry services are appropriate.
• Participates in new employee orientation about Employee Care Service.

Skills

Listening skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Spiritual maturity

Interfaith sensitivity

Diplomacy

Analytical skills

Customer service

Google Workspace

Driver's license

Tools

Google Suites

Microsoft Office

Job description

Position Summary

Chaplains are the frontline staff fulfilling the mission and Christian ministry of Marketplace Chaplains (MCHAP). Chaplains use their gifts and talents to serve company employees and their immediate families.

Location & Hours

Sacramento and surrounding areas. Part‑time, typically 4 hours per week. While assigned hours are generally consistent week to week, there are no guaranteed minimal hours and positional needs will vary depending on Chaplain availability and client requirements.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• 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.
• Gives brief visits to company worksites regularly (usually weekly) to build trust and friendship with employees, motivated by the Chaplain’s deep 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 issues of employees and their immediate families—including family matters, divorce, serious illness, care of aging parents, death and grief recovery, parenting, financial situations, and other life challenges—and offers referral service and acts as coordinator for specialized assistance.
• Assists in the planning, conduct, or attendance at funerals for employees or immediate family members, including follow‑up support 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 various tragedies.
• Provides post‑termination care for laid‑off or terminated employees to foster a smooth transition.
• Facilitates, but does not lead, spiritual enrichment activities; employee‑sponsored events are usually more fruitful.
• Provides literature and other resources to assist employees with life issues.
• Represents companies to clients/customers when ministry services are appropriate (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 (EDO) permission, responds positively and assertively to other duties requested by executive leadership within the scope of the Letter of Agreement between MCHAP Chaplains and the company.

Required Qualifications

1. Ability to work as a member of an interdisciplinary group and in an interfaith setting; acceptance of diverse lifestyles, cultures, beliefs, and values.
2. Skills to effectively listen, interact with clients, employees, and families; to provide community presentations; and to deal with stressful circumstances.
3. Spiritual maturity and commitment to a Christian lifestyle and to MCHAP’s ministry values, with a fundamental understanding of the Holy Bible and active participation in a biblically‑based church.
4. Professional diplomacy, patience, courtesy with diverse groups; ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships and provide exceptional customer service.
5. Strong oral and written communication skills; emotional stability to cope with human suffering and emergencies.
6. Analytical skills to define objectives, follow up on problems, identify solutions, and interpret policy and procedures related to the position.
7. Computer proficiency using Google Suites, Microsoft Office, or equivalent software, including internet, email, and web‑based applications, with ability to learn new technology.
8. Must have an active state driver’s license and state minimum auto insurance (state(s) where servicing clients).

Conditions of Employment

Must pass a pre‑employment background check.

Work Environment

This is a field position. Work environments can include manufacturing, hospitals, office buildings, and funeral homes with varying levels of temperature, noise, and light exposure.