Associate Assistant Headteacher in Charge of Catholic Life

In partnership with the Archdiocese of Birmingham, the School Standards Committee of
John Henry Newman Catholic College are seeking to appoint a practising Catholic to the role
of Lay Chaplain for September 2024.

• Is your faith your daily inspiration?, To animate the spiritual, religious and liturgical life of the school and promote the Mission Statement, aims and

objectives of the school.
To lead,maintainand coordinatethe annualspirituallifeprogrammeof the school for both staff and students in
collaborationwith the Associate Assistant Headteacher in Charge of Catholic Life.
To develop innovative models of liturgy.
To train, develop, support and nurture staff and students within the school so that they become skilled in leading
and supporting the spiritual life programme
To contribute to the school improvement plan and monitor the effectiveness and direction of the spiritual life of the
school via this process in line with Catholic Schools Inspectorate.
To liaise and networkwith a wide range of externalcontextsto enlivenand enrich the spiritual lifeprogramme.
To produce, maintain and develop the Spiritual Life calendar of events annually.
To manage the Spiritual life budget.


Prayer and Collective Worship

To support the prayer life of the school and ensure with Heads of Year that prayer is part of Form Tutor
ritual and routines.
To develop and monitor prayer in form time at start and end of the day.
To ensure 'Prayer Spaces' in all rooms are maintained.
To develop and model different approaches to prayer for students.
To maintain and oversee the prayer rota in the Chapel.
To ensure prayers are in line with the liturgical calendar and are developed annually.
To devise and ensure that the prayer rota for staff briefing is produced regularly.
Inlinewiththe liturgicalcalendartoensuretheseasonofAdvent,Lentand theRosaryismarkedby prayer and
reflection in the Chapel by arrangement with the RE Faculty and Form tutors.
To support prayer services in the Chapel for staff and members of the school community in cases of
bereavement and illness.

Masses

Liaise with and support Heads of Year in the delivery and planning of Year group Masses.
To plan and coordinate all family Masses and recruit and identify staff and students to help and support these.
To plan and coordinateStaff Mass as in line with the spiritual life calendar.


Assemblies

Developand contributeto a programmeof assembliesthat involvesstudentsin the deliveryand designof the
assemblies and to support form tutor in developing student participation in public prayer.

Retreat Programmes

To plan,leadanddeliverinschool retreatsandto planand coordinateallexternalandresidentialretreats as per
Spiritual Life calendar.




Penitential services

To develop creative services on occasions such as Lent and Advent.
To liaise with parish priests to put in place the sacrament of reconciliationfor all students during Lent and Advent.


Students as leaders:
To develop and support the Catholic Life Student Chaplaincy leadership team.
To train students to take on leadership roles to lead in the area of spiritual life.
To recruit older students to support the role of sacristan.
To recruitolderstudents tobecomeEucharisticministers.

Staff Enrichment

To plan and coordinate staff Inset as outlined in the Spiritual Life calendar.

Form Tutor resources

To ensure the form tutor Prayer resourcesarea is updated regularlyto include allrelevant informationon the prayer
life and collective worship.


MAC Primary Masses

To developstronglinkswiththe MACPrimarySchoolsso to plan,coordinatethe celebrationof theMasses together.
To liaise with priests within their parishes.

Charitable Projects

To lead on coordinating the Charity and Fundraising committee across the school supporting our local, national
and international community.

Youth Service

Encourage and support student involvement in Diocesan Youth activ ties.


In conjunction with the line manager, take responsibility for personal professional development, keeping up to date with
research and developmentsrelated to school efficiency,which may lead to improvementsin the day-today running of the
school.
Undertake any necessary professional development as identified in the School Improvement Plan taking
advantage of any relevant training and development available.


• Do you have a burning desire and proven ability to share their faith with others?



• Do you have a deep commitment to work with young people?



• Do you bring energy, creativity and passion to your work?



• Are you excited about the possibility of joining a dedicated team of committed and

hardworking staff?

Salary: Grade B £22,737 - £23,500