ASSISTANT CHAPLAIN
Bates College invites applications for an Assistant Chaplain. The position is three quarters time, nine months a year, August 15 through May 15, with benefits prorated to half-time. The Assistant Chaplain works with the Multifaith Chaplain to coordinate multi-faith programs and projects that advance religious pluralism. The Assistant Chaplain: offers pastoral conversation and spiritual guidance to students, staff and faculty; assists with planning, implementation and direct participation in a variety of programs that engage students in social service and social justice projects; assists in the design of occasional rituals, services and special events; assists with lectures, seminars and series that explore and promote the intellectual and ethical dimensions of the spiritual life; offers pastoral care to individuals and to the campus as a whole as necessary, particularly with respect to crisis intervention and support.
Required qualification is formal academic training in religious studies. Pastoral training and experience is preferred. Experience in a professional position in the religious and spiritual life office of a college or university is preferred. A demonstrated ability to work effectively in an environment that prizes and promotes diversity is a necessity. The desire, knowledge and capacity to work effectively with people of all religious traditions and with those who have no formal religious affiliation, and/or who are openly skeptical about such affiliations, is a necessity. Employment is conditional upon successful completion of a background check.
Review of resumes will begin IMMEDIATELY and continue until the position is filled. Please send a cover letter, resume and the name, address and telephone number of three references to:
ASSISTANT CHAPLAIN
BATES COLLEGE
HUMAN RESOURCES
215 COLLEGE STREET
LEWISTON, ME 04240
Visit our Web Page at http://www.bates.edu or call our job line at 207-753-6959.
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