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Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrate a missionary mindset by building caring, trusting relationships with employees and workplace leaders.
• Provide regular on-site workplace visits and relationship-based pastoral care within assigned businesses and organisations.
• Offer confidential emotional, pastoral, and spiritual support to employees and their family members.
• Provide prayer, biblical encouragement, practical guidance, and compassionate care when welcomed.
• Respond appropriately to personal crises, hospitalisations, bereavement, family emergencies, and other significant life challenges.
• Build and maintain strong, two-way communication and trusted relationships with employees, client leadership, and LEAPCare Africa leadership.
• Respect individual beliefs, cultural backgrounds, and personal boundaries while remaining faithful to LEAPCare Africa's Christian mission.
• Follow LEAPCare Africa policies, ministry standards, training materials, and established care protocols.
• Demonstrate professionalism, compassion, humility, cultural sensitivity, and servant leadership in all interactions.
• Maintain accurate records of ministry activities, timely follow-up, and appropriate communication with employees and workplace contacts while protecting confidentiality.
• Foster a collaborative, team-oriented environment with fellow Care Coaches, managers, and organisational leadership.
• Follow reasonable and lawful instructions from LEAPCare Africa leadership while upholding the organisation's mission, values, and ministry standards.

Qualifications and Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of full-time experience in a secular workplace environment. Experience exclusively within church ministry does not satisfy this requirement. A relevant business qualification may reduce the required years of workplace experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent recognised tertiary qualification in Biblical Studies, Theology, Ministry, or a related field from an accredited or appropriately recognised institution.
• Strong personal Christian faith, commitment to historic biblical Christianity, and demonstrated servant leadership.
• Genuine calling to pastoral care and a passion for demonstrating Christ's love through workplace ministry.
• Ability to establish trusting relationships, maintain strict confidentiality, and exercise sound judgement in sensitive situations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively across diverse cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Ability to provide compassionate, permission-based pastoral and spiritual care to individuals of all faith backgrounds, including those with no religious affiliation.
• Ability to work effectively within industrial, manufacturing, warehousing, corporate office, and other workplace environments.
• Emotional maturity and the ability to respond appropriately to employee crises, bereavement, family difficulties, and other significant life challenges.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, email, internet-based applications, and mobile communication platforms.
• Valid South African driver's licence and access to reliable transport for regular workplace visits.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master of Divinity (MDiv), postgraduate qualification in Theology, Pastoral Ministry, or a related discipline.
• Formal ordination, ministerial credentials, or recognised endorsement from a Christian denomination or ministry organisation.
• Previous experience in pastoral ministry, chaplaincy, pastoral counselling, social work, employee assistance, caregiving, or Christian ministry leadership.
• Demonstrated experience supporting individuals and families through crises, grief, trauma, or major life transitions.
• Experience serving in multicultural workplace or community ministry environments.
• Proficiency in additional South African languages beyond English.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Regular local travel to assigned client workplaces and surrounding communities.
• Ability to conduct routine visits across various workplace environments, including offices, factories, warehouses, and industrial facilities.
• Ability to respond to urgent pastoral care needs, including hospital visits, bereavement support, and family emergencies, as reasonably required.
• Work may involve a combination of office, industrial, manufacturing, and field-based environments.
• Ability to fulfil the essential responsibilities of the position, with reasonable accommodation where appropriate.

Ministry Expectations