Chaplain - Reserve

You must be under the age of 54 at the time you commission into the RAChD.

• Mid Thigh Pull 76kg

• Medicine Ball Throw 3.1m

• MSFT (beep test) level 4.2

More information about the fitness test

• Minimum of 3 years’ post-accreditation experience, or equivalent, in a full-time leadership capacity in a pastoral context.

• Be (or eligible to be) endorsed by an Endorsing Authority representing your belief or faith community.

• You must be under the age of 54 at the time you commission into the RAChD.

• Play a key role in improving the Army’s culture and behaviours to forge a winning team

• Deliver pastoral care to everyone at home and abroad

• Provide or facilitate spiritual support publicly and privately, at every level of the Army

• Offer moral guidance and ethical leadership to Service personnel and the Chain of Command

• Live and work with your unit and travel with them wherever they go

• Opportunities to study postgraduate qualifications

Step 1
Initial training is completed at the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre at Shrivenham.

• Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre

Step 2
Attend modules A and B at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, within the first two years of commissioning.

You’ll be paid for all your training and other service starting at £144.72 per day. This rises by annual increment to a maximum of £229.43 per day assuming satisfactory performance and progress.

You will also:
receive additional payment in lieu of holiday pay
be enrolled into a non-contributory pension scheme
on completion of your annual training commitment (usually 27 days) and mandated tests, receive an annual tax-free lump sum (bounty) rising from £558 in year one to £2,209 in year 5

More about Reserve benefits

Opportunities for study include:

• Master of Theology in Chaplaincy Studies

• Postgraduate Certificate in Education