St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School
Surrey
£27,634 - £29,604 per year
Salary:
SP5 Actual Salary £13,207 to £16,979 depending on skills and experience
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Apply by:
13 October 2025
Job overview
RE: Careers & Work Experience Coordinator
We are seeking to appoint a highly capable, proactive and dynamic Careers & Work Experience Coordinator to take on this highly valued role within the school. We are committed to supporting every student's journey beyond the classroom. You will play a pivotal role in preparing students for the world of work by coordinating high quality careers advice, work placements and work experience activities for students across a variety of curriculum areas, including as part of the post-16 study program. This role presents an exciting opportunity for someone with prior experience working in either a business or school environment – we are looking for someone who is passionate about helping our young people gain real-world experience and kick start their careers.
You'll be part of a dynamic, inclusive team that values innovation, collaboration, and the power of meaningful work experience in transforming futures. The successful candidate will be working alongside the Assistant Head i/c Personal Development, our Independent Careers Advisor and the wider Pastoral Leadership Teams. The 20-24 hours per week can be worked flexibly across 3, 4 or 5 days to suit individual needs. Some remote working is possible, however, it is a student facing role and as such a minimum of 15 hours a week in school is required. The successful candidate will be able to flex their hours when we have careers evening events so that they can fully realise their role. If you would like to know more about the role, and if you would like to come in and discuss the opportunity further, please contact Bethan Paling, Assistant Head
* Location: Woking, Surrey - 15 minute walk from the train station and excellent transport links via A3 and M25
* Post: Careers & Work Experience Coordinator
* Contract type: Permanent
* Hours: pw / 39 weeks pa
* Start Date: ASAP
* Pay Scale: PS5 FTE £27,634 - £29,604 FTE, (Actual £13,207 - £16,979 based on the pro-rata hours)
* Closing Date: 9am on Monday 13 October
* Interviews: w/c 13 October
About our School
St John the Baptist School, part of the Xavier Catholic Education Trust, is a highly successful, over-subscribed mixed Catholic school and sixth form based in Woking, Surrey.
We are incredibly proud of our school community and in particular our students who are hardworking, well-balanced and enjoy both learning and spending time with each other and our staff. We work in a very positive culture and strive to make all students' time at school some of the happiest times of their lives.
Our staff are vibrant, enthusiastic, and passionate about ensuring our students get the very best deal. Standards at SJB are high and academic progress excellent. We work closely with the Xavier Teaching School Hub, Teach SouthEast SCITT and Schools Alliance for Excellence (SAfE) and lead the North East Hants and Surrey Maths Hub.
Our Ethos:
SJB is a community where every individual is highly valued and where care and concern for others is central to our work. We aim to blend academic learning with excellence pastoral care so that all students and staff thrive and feel successful.
As an employee at SJB, we offer an excellent benefits package including:
* Corporate discount package provided by Edenred (including pre-tax car scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, dental insurance and many other retailer discounts)
* Flexible opportunities for part-time staff
* Mentor/Coach
* Excellent training and professional development opportunities both within the school and across the Trust including access to the National College Online, SAfE and all NPQs fully funded
* Generous Pension Scheme (LGPS)
* Ability to book MOT through the school with onsite pick-up/drop-off
* Free annual flu vaccination
* Excellent onsite catering facility
• Free use of the onsite gym (6-8am and 5-8pm weekdays)
• Weekly dry-cleaning pick-up/drop-off service
* Tax free Apple laptop/desktop purchasing scheme with optional payment plan
* Regular staff social events
* Discretionary time off for one-off, special events
* Opportunities to shape the future of our school – staff voice/feedback is incredibly important to us.
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About St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School
St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School
Elmbridge Lane, Kingfield, Woking
Surrey
GU22 9AL
United Kingdom
SJB is an over-subscribed, mixed Catholic comprehensive school of approximately 1550 students (including a thriving Sixth Form), located just outside Woking town centre, and a 15-minute walk from the train station (22 minutes from London Waterloo on the train). We are part of the Xavier Catholic Education Trust; a group of nineteen schools in the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton who have come together to work collaboratively for the benefit of all the children they serve. The Trust's aim is to provide a caring and supportive environment within which all children receive the best possible education.
Our staff are vibrant, enthusiastic and passionate about ensuring our students get the very best deal, and we work hard to ensure they are supported and cared for. The School Leadership Team see it as their role to serve the staff, and ensuring an effective work-life balance for all is key in that. Our staff enjoy working here because our standards, facilities and staff wellbeing are excellent; and because we like to have fun
We are also exceptionally fortunate to work with such brilliant students; they are a pleasure to teach and make excellent progress. If you come to visit us, you will see that they are happy, hard-working and very positive about the school and learning. We want all our children to grow into happy, confident, resilient and articulate young people who leave SJB equipped to lead fulfilling lives and make a positive contribution to society. Everything we do is with that aim in mind, and we always seek to 'do what is best for the children' and as a result they thrive and achieve their potential. During the public exams our Year 11 students achieved a Progress 8 score of +0.73; with 90% of all grades 4+; 43% of all grades 7+; 78% achieving 5+ grades in English and Maths. Post-16 results were also very strong with 42% A*-A grades and 89% gaining A*-C grades.
Technology at St John the Baptist School is a major part of teaching, learning and school/teacher administration. We have developed a strong 'can do' approach to supporting staff which encourages everyone to embrace the possibilities that technology has to offer within the school for teaching, learning or administration. Every child has their own iPad which they use to support their learning (as do teachers). We have developed several 'in-house' apps for both staff and students and are always seeking new opportunities to improve our use of technology. We are a designated Apple Distinguished School. The ideal candidate will have a good grasp of technology and be keen to develop this within their role. However, full training will be provided for all new staff.
We are very committed to improving the whole school system and have a long-standing history supporting other schools and the development of teachers for many years as Teaching School and now as a lead school in the Xavier Teaching School Hub. We also lead the North East Hampshire and Surrey Maths Hub and have strong links with Teach South East SCITT. This means we are able to offer our staff new opportunities in: training future teachers and various support roles; developing Maths teaching across all phases; and supporting local primary and secondary schools. We currently have a number of staff that work in a variety of capacities in other schools. We work hard to offer development to all stages of a teacher's career; from initial teacher training to NPQH for prospective Headteachers.
We are very proud to have been recognised as "transforming" under the SSATs Framework for Exceptional Education in all twelve aspects of our practice including: climate for learning; culture of reflection; professional learning; variety of teaching; wellbeing and leadership through moral purpose. The first school in the country to do so We have also recently been awarded the Chartered College Research Mark in recognition of our we are commitment to embedding an evidence-informed culture in our school.
Support for staff is exceptional and there are significant opportunities for professional development at all levels. The school is fully staffed, partly because staff know that they can concentrate on teaching and are very well supported by both the School Leadership Team and the excellent support staff. We have a well-established programme of support for newly appointed staff, which enables them to settle into the school routine quickly and effectively.
As an employee at SJB, we offer an excellent benefits package including:
* All teachers are allocated 15% PPA time
* Corporate discount package provided by Edenred (including pre-tax car scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, dental insurance and many other retailer discounts).
* Department planning and collaboration time is built into the week; it is not an add-on
* A smart feedback policy minimises marking, allowing teachers to spend time planning engaging lessons
* Flexible opportunities for part-time staff
* staff induction day and leadership development day (if relevant to post)
* staff CPD programme
* Mentor/Coach
* Individual iPads for staff and bespoke iPad support and training
* Excellent training and professional development opportunities both within the school and across the Trust including access to the National College Online, SAfE and all NPQs fully funded.
* Generous Pension Scheme (TPS)
* Ability to book MOT through the school with onsite pick-up/drop-off
* Free annual flu vaccination
* Excellent onsite catering facility
* Free use of the onsite gym (6-8am and 5-8pm weekdays)
* Weekly dry-cleaning pick-up/drop-off service
* Tax free Apple laptop/desktop purchasing scheme with optional payment plan
* Regular staff social events
* Discretionary time off for one-off, special events
* Opportunities to shape the future of our school – staff voice/feedback is incredibly important to us.
Working in a Catholic school is unique. The Christian ethos is at the core of everyday life at SJB and is one of our greatest strengths. Visitors frequently comment on the care, compassion and real sense of community that permeate everything that we do. We appoint members of staff, who, whatever their beliefs, support the ethos of our school and will always put our children first.
Expectations are incredibly high here at SJB. We expect the very best from and for our students and we expect the same of ourselves as staff. All the staff at SJB are highly valued and contribute in various ways to the overall success of our students. If you feel you would like to know more about this opportunity to join the SJB community, you are welcome to visit and look round the school at any time.
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