Job Description

SUMMARY: The responsibility of this position is to lead and direct Tyson chaplains and the chaplaincy program as follows: by ensuring appropriate spiritual/pastoral care, as desired or requested by the Team Member, while protecting them from religion being imposed upon them (i.e. no proselytizing); providing leadership and management with insight as to the importance of spiritual and pastoral care's contributions to the holistic care of Team Members; ensuring information the chaplain learns from a Team Member or Tyson Foods be held as confidential, with certain exceptions set forth by Company policy.

Providing for the spiritual and emotional wellbeing of Team Members by making available a well-trained and committed chaplaincy program; maintaining a chaplaincy program with no ethical or moral breaches of conduct; providing Tyson chaplains that can appropriately support Team Members no matter their faith by recruiting and training chaplains from diverse backgrounds and faith traditions best representing Team Members at each location; ensuring chaplains maintain a high standard of integrity and strictly avoid inappropriate behavior with any individual he/she may be counseling; providing the management team with chaplain expertise in spiritual and religious matters affecting the performance of business units; maintaining the highest level of trust and integrity between his/her chaplains and the Team Members they serve.

Providing chaplain support of Team Members' families and loved ones in limited situations (accident at or away from plant) resulting in injury or death; recruiting, training, and supervising new chaplains in coordination with the complex/plant managers and location HR managers; providing supervision to the HQ chaplains and indirect supervision for all plant, complex and distribution center chaplains in the U.S. and overseas for pastoral care, counseling, and visitation to Team Members; consulting with senior management on matters relating to chaplaincy, faith and religion in the workplace; providing guidance - 24/7 - crisis response to management and a chaplain's response team when a traumatic event or weather disaster occurs at a Tyson location.

REQUIREMENTS:

Education: Master of Divinity Degree or an equivalent degree from an accredited institution; board certified by a professional chaplaincy organization or a member of the Military Chaplains Association preferred.

Experience: 5 plus years as a supervisory chaplain or director of pastoral care department providing leadership to staff or unit chaplains in military, hospital, institutional or other workplace setting; prior experience managing remote employees spread around multiple locations. The style of ministry in the workplace is very different than that of a traditional ministry and some experience in business is preferred.

Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Computer Skills: Requires standard computer skills.

Special Skills: Requires the use of an ecumenical and pluralistic approach to ministry; must have an ecclesiastical endorsement indicating good standing.

Supervisory: This position will have direct reports.

Travel: Some domestic trips and limited overseas travel

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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