Graduate Student Employee Monthly - Resident Chaplain - BC

Job Title: Graduate Student Employee Monthly - Resident Chaplain - BC

Job Classification: Ministry, Student

Department: Spiritual Life

Hiring Manager: Tyler Conway

Contact: [email protected]

Work Schedule: 20hrs per week

Desired Length of Employment: Fall 2026 & Ongoing

Pay Rate: $1,125/month for 10 months

Job Description:

The Resident Chaplain will live in an on-campus residential community as a pastoral presence. This role of “chaplain-in-residence” is to be an incarnational ministry, focused on relationships, spiritual care, and formation, as well as leadership within the residential community.  

The Resident Chaplain will work to be a visible and known presence in the residential community.

This work will include:

• Regular participation in weekly residence hall staff meetings and regular meetings with both the Residence Hall Director and Spiritual Life Supervisor (regular supervision, both group and individual, also occurs with the Department of Pastoral Care)
• Leadership with and participation in residential life, events, and gatherings
• Intentional, ongoing relationship building with residents
• Being highly visible through various activities and creative use of media (newsletters, fliers, social media)

The Resident Chaplain will seek out and offer pastoral care to those in need in the residential community. 

This work will include:

• Meeting with and maintaining contact with residents who are in a crisis. This includes hospital visitation (not including the transportation of students), grief care, and supporting those having health, academic, relational, and spiritual difficulties
• Being available for ongoing spiritual direction, guidance, and care
• Making referrals to the Chaplain’s office, Student Life case managers, Baylor Counseling Center, Title IX, and others in the Baylor community as appropriate

The Resident Chaplain will provide pastoral leadership in the residential community. 

This work will include:

• Offering theological perspectives and spiritual guidance to residential staff
• Working with the residence hall staff, their Spiritual Life Supervisor, and other Spiritual Life Staff to encourage the spiritual development of students, through small group discussions, Bible studies, seminars, missional work, worship, etc. 
• Leading spiritually formative experiences for residents and developing/maintaining programs for their residents
• Encouraging student participation in local communities of faith
• Helping students to identify Spiritual Life as a community of ongoing care and spiritual development for the entirety of their Baylor experience

The Resident Chaplain will be involved in spiritual and professional development/training.

This work will include:

• Being responsible for leading verbatim discussions and attending Spiritual Life didactics
• Regular participation in Resident Chaplain weekly meetings and in individual supervision

Employer: Baylor University

Work Location: Bobo Spiritual Life Center

Work Address: 500 Speight Ave, Waco, TX 76706