Associate University Chaplain for Community and Religious Life, Office of the Chaplain

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Job Description Summary

The Associate University Chaplain for Community and Religious Life is responsible for leading the Office of the Chaplain (OC) programs for students, faculty, and staff related to Care and Community and Religious Life. Care and Community encompasses coordinating crisis response with other caregiving offices, scheduling on-call chaplain services, and resourcing office staff and partners for spiritual care and counsel. Care and Community also involves executing or participating in planning for several legacy events, including Service of Remembrance and Lovefeast. Religious Life includes oversight of Religious Life Professionals and student religious life organizations, exploration and nurture of emergent ministries, and direct programming related to religious life on campus.

Job Description

Essential Functions:

Care and Community (55%)

• Provide psychologically informed spiritual care and counsel, and resource OC staff and Religious Life Professionals (RLPs) to do the same, including connections with other caregiving offices and departments.

• Coordinate on-call schedule and crisis response for OC staff, including representation on related Campus Life and University working groups.

• Participate in regularly scheduled chaplain on-call shifts and support campus crisis response, which may include after hours and weekends.

• Supervision of policies and processes related to the Chaplain’s Emergency Fund (CEF).

• Plan and lead Summit: Christian Life at Wake Forest, a pre-orientation program, including identifying student leaders and managing a program of community building and leadership development for them throughout the year.

• Serves as primary liaison for New Deac Week and other university and college/school orientation activities.

• Coordinates regular community gatherings, including Service of Remembrance, Lovefeast, etc.; coordinates gatherings or vigils in response to crises on or beyond campus.

• In collaboration with Advancement and Human Resources, maintain a list of Wake Forest University students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends who have died.

• Establish and oversee a system of residence hall, school/college, and/or departmental OC liaisons.

Religious Life (35%)

• Support a vibrant campus community of diverse religious, spiritual, and secular worldviews.

• Provide oversight and support for student religious life organizations.

• Provide resources, support, and advice to Religious Life Professionals (RLPs).

• Provide guidance to informal and formal emerging student religious groups, including access to emerging ministry funds, information about securing space on campus, connection to local or national religious life organizations, and advice on formalizing presence on campus as a student religious life organization.

• Lead campus programming and training to promote religious literacy and combat religion-based discrimination.

• Coordinate development of the religious observances calendar, religious accommodations policies, and communication regarding observances and accommodations to students, faculty, and staff. 

Systems, Processes, and Resources (10%)

• Manage budget and fina