Unit of Synod/Presbytery/Congregation: Placements and Safe Church
Classification: Full Time Fixed Term
- Development of chaplaincy ministries across healthcare, aged care, education, disability, mental health, and community sectors, building partnerships that extend the church’s mission and impact.
- Foster the wellbeing and flourishing of chaplains, ministers, and supervisors through pastoral care, professional development, mentoring, and collaborative leadership across the Synod and wider community.
- Promote a culture of integrity, ethics, supervision, and accountability by overseeing professional standards, safeguarding practices, and ongoing formation for ministry agents and chaplains.
Description:
- 5 year fixed term for Deacon or Minister of the Word
- 2 year fixed term for Ministry of Pastor
The Chaplaincy and Professional Standards Manager is an integrated leadership role within the Placements and Safe Church team, bringing together responsibility for the oversight and development of chaplaincy ministries across South Australia and the promotion of professional standards, ethics, supervision, and accountability for ministry agents.
The role reflects the Synod’s commitment to safe, healthy, and effective ministry. Chaplaincy and professional standards are deeply interconnected expressions of the church’s mission. Chaplains engage with people in times of vulnerability, crisis, hope, and transition, while professional standards ensure that all ministry is undertaken with integrity, accountability, and care. Together, these responsibilities support the flourishing of ministry agents and the safeguarding of those they serve.
Working across congregations, presbyteries, chaplaincy organisations, Uniting College, and community partners, the Manager fosters a culture where formation, supervision, ethics, and pastoral wellbeing are understood as essential dimensions of faithful ministry.
The integration of chaplaincy oversight and professional standards within a single role provides:
- A coherent framework of accountability and pastoral support for ministry agents;
- Greater relational depth and continuity in supporting ministers, chaplains, and supervisors;
- Improved missional effectiveness through coordinated engagement across the Synod;
- Stronger safeguarding practices in ministries serving vulnerable people; and
- A culture of ongoing formation in which ethics, supervision, and professional development are experienced as supports for flourishing ministry.
Application close date: 13 July 2026 at 5.00PM
Contact person: Rev Andrew Robertson, Associate General Secretary, Placements and Safe Church
By phone: 0430 666 959
By email: [email protected]
