EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Buddhist
About the role
Bridges of Canada must provide Qualified Professional Official Representatives (QPOR) of Canada’s religious and spiritual communities as applicants to supply institutional chaplaincy services.
This typically means that an Ordination, Final vows, or Licensure by one of Canada’s religious or spiritual communities is required.
It is Bridges of Canada’s responsibility to ensure that all proposed Chaplain candidates meet the following minimum qualifications:
Each applicant must have a minimum of 3 years compensated (this includes salary, hourly wage, honorarium, stipend or in-kind goods and/or services) experience in religious or spiritual service as a QPOR of their faith or spiritual community.
Qualifications
Bridges of Canada must provide Qualified Professional Official Representatives (QPOR) of Canada’s religious and spiritual communities as applicants to supply institutional chaplaincy services.
This typically means that an Ordination, Final vows, or Licensure by one of Canada’s religious or spiritual communities is required.
Each applicant must have a minimum of 3 years compensated (this includes salary, hourly wage, honorarium, stipend or in-kind goods and/or services) experience in religious or spiritual service as a QPOR of their faith or spiritual community.
Salary & Benefits
• Starting rate of pay: $28.46/hour
• 9% biweekly pension contribution (based on Gross Wages) by employer. Employee contribution is not required.
Benefits paid by employer:
• Medical
• Paramedical (massage, physiotherapy, chiropractor)
• Dental
• Vision
• Short-term Disability
• Long-term Disability is a cost to employee because it is a taxable benefit (approximately $40 per pay)
The above suite of medical benefits must be taken as a package.
• Four (4) weeks Paid Time Off per year (accrued)
• Ten (10) days of Paid Sick Leave per year (accrued)
Application Instructions
Applicants must provide the organization’s official recommendation and support to serve as a chaplain for Correctional Service Canada and to provide services in a multi-faith, interdisciplinary and regulatory setting as a correctional chaplain in a correctional milieu under Request for Standing Offer number 21120-221607/001/ZH until March 31, 2027.
The letter must be in English or French, signed and dated on the Organization’s letterhead and include the signatory’s title and signature. The letter must be dated within 6 months of the applicant’s start date.
Please Note:
The Applicant’s Resume and Mandate Letter must cross reference. This means, for example, the faith or spiritual community who writes the mandate letter for a candidate must also appear on the candidate’s resume to explain the concept of “compensated faith based experience”.
All interested candidates are encouraged to contact hr@bridgesofcanada.com to request valuable information and guides to assist with ensuring their application package meets the requirements for proper review of eligibility for the position.
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