Chaplain at The British Army

Description

• The most important part of the Army is its people. The role of the chaplain or non-religious pastoral officer is to care for those people.
• The Royal Army Chaplains’ Department recruits both religious and non-religious personnel.
• Life as an Army Chaplain or non-religious pastoral officer is a calling like no other.
• Belonging to a remarkable organisation of young men and women, sharing your life with them and serving alongside them wherever they go brings tremendous opportunities and challenges. It is a vocation that is both demanding and rewarding.
• Chaplains or non-religious pastoral officers are Professionally Qualified Officers who deliver pastoral care, provide or facilitate spiritual support and give moral guidance to the whole force and their families irrespective of faith, world philosophy or status.
• Chaplains wear British Army uniforms, provide leadership but do not command, are non-combatant and do not bear arms.

Key Responsibilities

• Play a key role in improving the Army’s culture and behaviours to forge a winning team
• Deliver pastoral care to everyone at home and abroad
• Provide or facilitate spiritual support publicly and privately, at every level of the Army
• Offer moral guidance and ethical leadership to Service personnel and the Chain of Command
• Live and work with your unit and travel with them wherever they go
• Opportunities to study postgraduate qualifications.

Entry Requirements
Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2-3 years’ post-accreditation experience, or equivalent, in a full-time leadership capacity in a pastoral context.
• Be (or eligible to be) endorsed by an Endorsing Authority representing your belief or faith community.
• You must be under the age of 50 at the time you commission into the RAChD.

Age:

• From 26 years to 50 years.

Basic physical fitness assessment:

• Mid Thigh Pull 76kg
• Medicine Ball Throw 3.1m
• MSFT (beep test) level 8.07.

Pay & Benefits
On commissioning you will earn £57,642 Annually.