Lay Chaplain
St Joseph's College, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 5NT15 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
27 June 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
9 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Religious education
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 Hours per week - 8.30am - 4.30pm Monday - Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £29,093 and £31,067
What skills and experience we're looking for
The role:
- To support, sustain and nurture the distinctive Catholic ethos of the school
- To provide opportunities for sacramental life, prayer, celebration and reflection across the school community
- To plan, develop and celebrate suitable activities to mark major Feasts and Seasons of the Church, and events in the life of the school
- To liaise with the Archdiocese in order to improve and nurture links with parishes and our local/worldwide community
- To engage with the wider Edmund Rice schools’ network and initiatives
- To co-ordinate the school retreat programme for students across all key stages
- To lead, along with PICCL (Person in Charge of Catholic Life) and subject lead for RE on the monitoring and evaluation of the catholic life of the school
- To take a leading role in CSI (Catholic Schools Inspectorate) monitoring and Inspection visits, alongside PICCL / Headteacher / Subject Leader for RE.
We are looking for you if you:
- Are a practising Catholic
- Can identify work priorities and manage own workload effectively
- Can foster and develop good pastoral relationships
- Are flexible and keen to further develop your skills
- Are educated to (Essential: GCSE Grade C / 4 or above in English and Maths, Desirable: Degree )
- Can work calmly under pressure and maintain a high level of professional integrity
- Have knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Word
- Have good communication and interpersonal skills
What the school offers its staff
What we can offer:
- A competitive Salary;
- Pension Scheme
- Holiday Pay
- Employee Assistance Programme;
- Training Opportunities and a commitment to promote staff wellbeing
- Close to bus & train links or staff car parking
Further details about the role
St Joseph’s College wishes to appoint a dynamic, enthusiastic and approachable practising Catholic in the role of Lay Chaplain. With high levels of interpersonal and organisational skills, the Lay Chaplain will take on the role of prayer and liturgy coordinator. You will work alongside a fantastic, experienced and dedicated specialist RE department as well as support the wider Catholic life of the school.
Rated as outstanding in our last section 48 inspection, February 2019, our faith life is at the heart of all we do. Therefore, the role of Lay Chaplain is crucial to this.
Term-time only, 37 hours per week +1 week in the summer holidays
September 2025
LGS grade 5 point 15 – 19 (£29,093 - £31,067) - FTE, Actual (£26,072 – 27,841) Pay Rise Pending
6 Weeks paid holiday
Commitment to safeguarding
St Joseph's College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to fuschmann@stjosephsmail.com
CVs are not accepted.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Joseph's College
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1145 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Joseph's College website
- Email address
- fuschmann@stjosephsmail.com
- Phone number
- 01782 848008
St Joseph’s College is an outstanding highly successful, mixed Catholic School in the trusteeship of the Congregation of Christian Brothers. We are an outstanding school, an Academy since 2011 and in 2012 were designated as the only secondary Teaching School in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.
In our last two Ofsted inspections we have been judged as outstanding in all areas.
The school has grown considerably in size in recent years and there are currently over 1,100 students on roll including a sixth form of 400. A full range of AS and A2 courses are offered in our and we draw on schools from across the city to study in our sixth form.
Arranging a visit to St Joseph's College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email fuschmann@stjosephsmail.com.
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