Career Opportunities

St. Lawrence College takes enormous pride in its teaching and support staff, who are the school’s most precious resource.

Staff at St. Lawrence College enjoy an outstanding working environment with access to top quality training and support.

Our school takes a proactive and vigorous approach to safeguarding the security and wellbeing of its pupils. Consequently, full background checks will always be pursued before any applicant is employed by the school. Moreover, every applicant for any position will be sent the school’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.

When seeking to recruit, St. Lawrence College will employ by advertising openings in the appropriate media as well in this section of the school website.

We welcome applications from qualified, passionate, driven people, who would like to join our community and help us to achieve our goals. Such individuals should email us and attach their CV and covering letter (both in English).

Any CV sent to the school will be handled in confidence according to the school’s Privacy Policy.

Teachers of secondary/senior school subjects should submit an up-to-date CV and covering letter, in English, to  careers@slc.gr addressed to Mr Phil Holden, The Headmaster of St. Lawrence College.

Teachers or classroom assistants for Early Years or the primary/junior school should submit an up-to-date CV and covering letter, in English, to  careers@slc.gr addressed to Ms Shona Good, The Headmistress of the Junior School of St. Lawrence College.

 St. Lawrence College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.  Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, local authorities and the Disclosure and Barring Service in the UK.

Teaching Vacancies

Teacher of IGCSE Biology and Chemistry and KS3 Science

Teacher of IGCSE Biology and Chemistry and KS3 Science

Maternity Cover for the entirety of the 2023-2024 school year

The position

St. Lawrence College, Athens, Greece is currently seeking to recruit a suitably qualified and experienced teacher of Biology, Chemistry and Science to join our science departments in our senior school for the entirety of the 2023-2024 school year, covering the maternity leave of a colleague.

Brief Job Description

Alongside supportive colleagues, the successful applicant will be responsible for teaching Biology and Chemistry to pupils in Key Stage 4 (IGCSE) and Science to pupils in Key Stage 3 for the entirety of the 2023-2024 school year. He or she will work closely with the current Head of Department in all areas of the planning and delivery of these subjects, including strengthening the schemes of work, creating and sourcing teaching aids, developing and implementing assessment tasks, and engaging all pupils in the attainment of science skills and knowledge.

St. Lawrence College places great importance on the excellence of the delivery of pastoral care and on the provision of extracurricular activities for all pupils. The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to these vital spheres of British education fully and with enthusiasm.

Brief Person Specification

In addition to appropriate teaching qualifications and, preferably, experience teaching sciences in a British school either in the UK or overseas, the successful applicant will possess outstanding subject knowledge, excellent communication skills and the stamina to realise the continual improvement of the teaching of this very important and popular subject area.

The successful applicant will be available to work from 1st September 2023.

Remuneration

Our new teacher of sciences will receive a competitive salary by standards of British education in Greece plus additional benefits. The successful applicant will work alongside friendly and supportive colleagues across our 20-acre school campus set in the stunning natural surroundings of the suburbs in southern Athens. A relocation package is available to new colleagues recruited from outside Greece.

Application

A full recruitment pack is attached to this advertisement, containing 1. An introduction to the position. 2. A full job description. 3. A full person specification. 4. The St. Lawrence College ‘Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy’, 5. Our GDPR policy regarding the protection of applicants’ personal data during the recruitment process and 6. An electronic application form. Interested applicants should complete and return the application form as an attachment to the Headmaster, Phil Holden, at careers@slc.gr along with a covering letter and a current CV. The final deadline for applications is 09.00am (Athens time) Friday 17th February 2023.

Applicants should note that the pdf application form should be saved to a device before being completed and returned.

St. Lawrence College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.  Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers.

 

Closing Date:
Friday, February 17, 2023
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Teacher of SEN for secondary school section of St. Lawrence College

Teacher of SEN for secondary school section of St. Lawrence College

A full-time teaching position starting September 2023

 

The position

Due to growth of pupil numbers, and the need to expand the number of teaching staff as a consequence, St. Lawrence College, Athens, Greece is currently seeking to recruit a suitably qualified and experienced teacher of SEN to join the SEN department of our senior school. The successful candidate will start employment on 1st September 2023, at the start of the 2023-2024 school year.

Brief Job description

The successful applicant will be responsible for supporting pupils in our senior school, under the direction of the school SENCo. He or she will work closely with the SENCo, colleagues in the SEN department, and other teaching colleagues across the school.

St. Lawrence College places great importance on the excellence of the delivery of pastoral care and on the provision of extracurricular activities for all pupils. The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to these vital spheres of British education fully and with enthusiasm.

Brief person specification

In addition to appropriate teaching qualifications and, preferably, experience teaching SEN in a British school, the successful applicant will possess outstanding and up-to-date subject knowledge, excellent communication skills and the stamina to realise continual improvement in this area of our school.

Remuneration

Our new teacher of SEN will receive a competitive salary by standards of British education in Greece plus Christmas, Easter and summer bonuses and other benefits. The successful applicant will work alongside friendly and supportive colleagues across our 20-acre school campus set in the stunning natural surroundings of the suburbs in southern Athens.

Application

A full recruitment pack is attached to this advertisement, containing 1. An introduction to the position. 2. A full job description. 3. A full person specification. 4. The St. Lawrence College ‘Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy’. 5. The St. Lawrence College Data Privacy Policy and 6. An electronic application form. Interested applicants should complete and return the application form as an attachment to the Headmaster, Phil Holden, at careers@slc.gr no later than 09.00am on Friday 17th February 2023.

Interested individuals should note that the school will invite strong candidates for immediate interview (in person or online) and will appoint the right person without delay. Interested individuals are therefore encouraged to submit completed applications as soon as possible.

Applicants should note that the pdf application form should be saved to a device before being completed and returned.

St. Lawrence College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.  Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers.

Closing Date:
Friday, February 17, 2023
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