Chaplain
St Mary's Catholic School, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2NQ2 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
1 July 2024 at 9am
Date listed
24 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
- Pastoral, health and welfare
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Term Time Only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £29,777 - £32,076 + £689 FTE (£25,496 - £27,419 pro rata)
Pay scale
- H7 19 - 23 (Plus Fringe)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Trust Chaplaincy Lead - H7 - Term Time Only - Full Time (37 hours per week)
To deliver the very best possible Catholic education now and for generations to come.
This new post is crucial to our delivery of that mission. At the heart of great Catholic education you should always find Christ. Whilst the responsibility for that imperative sits with all leaders, employees, directors, governors and members of our community, the role of Trust Chaplaincy Lead will obviously have a very special contribution to make to our mission.
The Trust Chaplaincy Lead, through his/her work and witness, will contribute to the spiritual and pastoral care of all members of the school community. He/she will have a central role in implementing the vision statement and work with the Headteachers in leading and developing the Catholic life of the school. He/she will nurture the faith formation and liturgical life of the school community. The Chaplain may also work to enhance the Religious Education curriculum where appropriate.
The Chaplaincy Trust Lead is a hybrid post.The post holder will be expected to support the delivery of Mission and Chaplaincy as set out below.They will spend half their week as Chaplain and Chaplaincy Lead at St. Mary’s, and the other half of the week will be spent working across the remaining Trust schools.
It is essential that this post enriches and enhances beyond the school’s core capacity and is at no time seen as a replacement to that provision. The Directors of the Trust will seek to understand the ways in which this post has:
- Provided additional opportunities for prayer and liturgy for pupils and staff.
- Provided additional opportunities to live out the Mission of each school and the Trust as an expression of Catholic life and Catholic Social Teaching.
- Established the Trust as a place where Mission is lived.
The core purpose of the Trust Chaplaincy lead as witness:
- Help people to recognise God’s love for them and their need of God
- Inspire through example
- Encourage staff and pupils to live the faith by being involved in projects (such as the St Francis of Assisi Award)
- Assist young people and staff in the effective planning, preparation and execution of the liturgy so that each celebration is a catechetical moment as well as a time of personal encounter with Jesus Christ.
What the school offers its staff
Commitment to safeguarding
St. Mary’s is committed to keeping children safe and upholding their safeguarding responsibility.
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) is Miss Deirdre McHugh, Interim Headteacher
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to headspa@stmarys.net
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Mary's Catholic School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1158 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- St Mary's Catholic School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- headspa@stmarys.net
- Phone number
- 01279 654901
St. Mary’s has a strong tradition of providing an authentic education which aims to deliver excellence for every member of our Catholic community. Our three core values of 'Love, Respect, Flourish' permeate through all aspects of our work.
Our school is built upon an ambitious mission for each and every young person:
To fulfil academic potential
To be fully developed in the personal, social and spiritual areas of life
To achieve excellence in every area of life
To be underpinned by Gospel Values, enabling each person to value individuals and contribute positively to society.
Arranging a visit to St Mary's Catholic School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email headspa@stmarys.net.
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