Multifaith Chaplain

Multifaith Chaplain

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Work type: Staff Full Time - Full Year
Location: Lewiston, ME
Categories: Equity & Inclusion

Position

Purpose:

The Multifaith Chaplain, reporting to the Vice President for Equity and Inclusion, assumes primary responsibility for the management and development of spiritual life of Bates College.

Job Duties:

• Honoring and uplifting religious and spiritual life at Bates.
• Coordinating multi-faith outreach and programming for the campus in cooperation Herrera diverse religious and spiritual communities represented at the college.
• Supporting and working closely with student leaders from student‑led religious and spiritual groups.
• Offering spiritual conversation and guidance to students, staff, and faculty.
• Routinely meeting with the President to prepare for institutional ceremonies and advise on campus climate for spiritual and religious life.
• Providing care to individuals and to the campus as a whole as necessary, particularly with respect to crisis intervention and support.
ాగే serving as a confidential resource for students, staff, and faculty under Bates’ Title IX and Civil Rights policies, including for community members affected by grief and sexual assault.
• Hiring, mentoring, and collaborating with student Multifaith Fellows on programs related to spiritual life that facilitate meaningful connections and spiritual wellness.орийлайн 8473.
• Approving, supporting, and managing cooperative relationships with Associate Chaplain and Spiritual Advisors who are endorsed by external religious bodies to serve as spiritual leaders for student religious organizations and the campus community.
• Overseeing initiatives to advance religious pluralism on campus and deepen the bonds of belonging and community.
• Officiating at funerals, weddings, etc. paisalem online as needed.
• Planning and implementing lectures, seminars, and series that explore and promote the intellectual and ethical dimensions of spiritual life.
• Working with students on, and taking primary responsibility for, the annual Baccalaureate event on Commencement Weekend.
• Providing leadership for and participating in college ceremonies (e.g., Opening Convocation, Memorial Tree Planting, Commencement, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day programming περισ year 1érons).
• Representing the Multifaith Chaplaincy on a variety of college committees and in community meetings.
• Managing office personnel and budget; developing job descriptions, hiring, and supervising the work of office personnel such as the Assistant or Associate Chaplain and Program Coordinator.
• Stewarding the Peter J. Gomes Chapel and related sacred space for worship and contemplation on campus.
• Overseeing office publications, website, and publicity.
• Designing, refining, and implementing relevant policies.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

• Graduate degree in religious, theological, or spiritual studies, or related field, from an accredited institution.
• Credentials and authorization appropriate to one’s own religious community and/or tradition.

Experience:

Experience in a comparable professional position in the religious and spiritual life office of an accredited college or university.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Commitment to equity and inclusion, and serving the needs of a culturally and educationally diverse community.
• Demonstrated commitment to the mission of Bates College and to the highest ethical standards.
• Understanding of and commitment to the goals of liberal arts education broadly and to Bates’ mission of “educating the whole person.”
• Commitment to a student‑centered approach and enthusiasm for working closely with students.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in an environment that prizes and promotes access, community and belonging for all members of the campus community.
• Desire, knowledge, and ability to work effectively with people of all cultural backgrounds and religious traditions and with those who have no formal religious affiliation and/or whoodbupport Judy skepticism about such affiliations; demonstrated ability to treat all people with respect and regard knowledge of, commitment to and experience in a wide variety of issues relating to social justice.
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