House Manager
St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy, Bradford, BD9 4BQ13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
16 March 2026
Closing date
25 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
11 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week - Term Time only plus 2 days, 08.30 to 16:30 Monday – Thursday 08.30 to 16:00 Friday
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £26,399.73 to £29,048.56 (actual salary)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The House Manager takes a central role in maintaining the highest standards of behaviour, discipline, presentation, progress, achievement and participation within the House; working with Scholastica, Ecclesia and Olympia leaders to support student academic, pastoral and social needs.
Qualifications/ Experience /Disposition and attitude / required include:
Qualified to NQF (National Qualification Framework) Level 3 level in relevant area or equivalent qualification or equivalent experience
GCSE’s or equivalent at Grade C or above Maths and English
Evidence of continuing professional learning including evidence of recent leadership and management development
Able to use the Internet effectively and efficiently
Can
meet English (Advanced Threshold Level) fluency expectations
Previous office clerical/administrative experience
Experience of working in a school or similar environment
Reprographics Experience
Ability to understand classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these.
Encourages participation in, and engagement with, the Catholic life of the College, leading by example
Has a good telephone manner
Approachable, courteous and able to present a positive image of the school to callers and visitors.
Displays a strong sense of belonging and promotes community
Is committed to and aligned with College policies, processes and procedures
Is resilient under duress and calm under pressure
Displays flexibility, adaptability, initiative
Demonstrates emotional intelligence, self-awareness, courtesy and integrity
Able to promote a sense of fun, enjoyment and achievement
Thoroughness with an eye for detail.
Able to deal with confidential information
Key Responsibilities for the role include:
To:
- Promote and support the Catholic values and aims of the College at all times
- Promote and implement College and House policies and protocols
- Exercise pastoral care of students (in accordance with individual care plans where appropriate), attend care meetings, or other meetings concerned with welfare where required and support students’ emotional, cultural and intellectual development
- Maintain detailed student records, with particular attention to the confidentiality, privacy and sensitivity of issues
- Manage student progress and participation data, ensuring that accurate, up-to-date information is available to House leaders and tutors as required
- Supervise standards of uniform and personal appearance of students of the House, liaising with tutors and/or parents as required – assist students with lost property etc
- Supervise students during non-timetabled time when present in the House area to ensure an orderly environment at all times including the attendance to Masses and assemblies
- Coordinate academic support for students who are struggling to complete work
- Provide individual attention and guidance to students of the House, as required
- Monitor standards of cleanliness, tidiness, presentation, good repair and maintenance within the House area, referring issues that arise to the site manager, Ignite or Scholastica as required
- Ensure that House displays are lively, engaging, informative, accurate and up-to-date
- Assist
House leaders and tutors
What the school offers its staff
At St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive, and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress, and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.
In return you will benefit from:
Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contribution
Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
Employee Assistance Programmes- including access to free counselling and 24/7 helpline
- A strong and caring ethos among staff and students
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1794 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- personnel@sbsj.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01274 941941
St Bede’s and St Joseph’s Catholic College is a highly aspirational learning community, striving to provide an outstanding 21st century education for all learners in a learning environment of the highest possible quality. We work constantly to promote a passion for learning, to create innovative ways of working and to nurture the talents and ambitions of all our students and staff.
The College operates across the impressive former sites of its two foundation schools, St Joseph’s Catholic College and St Bede’s Grammar School – now known respectively as “Ignis” for Years 7–9 and “Ardor” for Years 10-13 – approximately one mile apart. The rich history and tradition of the two foundation schools stretches back over 100 years, with the originally stated mission to provide,
“a thorough training in the knowledge and principles of the Catholic faith combined with a secular education equal in every respect to the best public schools in England.”
This is an exciting time to join the College as we continue to develop this mission and build on our tradition, with a determined focus on strong teaching, and wide-ranging co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. Our mission inspires the three elements of our College Diploma – Scholastica, academic achievement, Ecclesia, contribution to the Catholic life of the College, and Olympia, participation in activities outside the classroom. These elements of the College Diploma form the foundation of our newly implemented House system, with our 1500 lower school students divided into five Houses, each with three leaders who are responsible for the achievement, personal growth and well-being of students within their House. Each House is supported by a House Manager who upholds standards and expectations within the House, as well as playing a major role in clerical and administrative organisation to support students.
The College motto, Christus Lumen Gentium, Christ, Light of Nations, inspires the organisation of our subject areas into five Learning Divisions, again, each with three leaders: Ignite, the Division Leader, responsible for overall performance, Illuminate, responsible for quality of teaching and professional learning, and Shine, responsible for tracking student progress and organising intervention and support. Each Learning Division is complemented by a Division Manager who provides efficient and effective clerical and administrative support for teachers. As need arises, we also make temporary, fixed term appointments on TLR3 to enhance the professional development within specific Learning Divisions, to develop future leaders and to continue to improve attainment at GCSE.
After GCSE, the majority of students continue with us into St Benedict’s Sixth Form, our very successful Post-16 provision, where approximately 450 students enjoy fantastic study and social facilities and achieve excellent results. Ofsted’s most recent judgement concludes,
“as a result of strong leadership and consistently good teaching, achievement in the sixth form is good. Leaders know the priorities for improvement and take effective action to further improve students’ opportunities.”
We make every effort to secure and enhance the success of our sixth form students, through work experience, academic and pastoral support and an intensive focus on careers advice and guidance to steer them to the most appropriate Post-18 choices.
Our Houses and Learning Divisions and our high-performing sixth form reflect our passion to achieve success for all and we want to appoint staff who share this passion and are committed to supporting the development of our mission. For every post, we seek staff who can inspire, have high expectations and raise the aspirations of young people. If this is you, we look forward to reading your application and welcoming you as a member of our community.
Arranging a visit to St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email personnel@sbsj.co.uk.
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