Operations Manager

Overview

What skills and experience we're looking for

Your Role

To manage the operations of the academy, ensuring the highest operational standards are implemented. To line manage operational staff and lead effectively. To be a strategic partner for the Principal.

• Work with the Principal to develop the academy, including operational systems that will work effectively at scale and support growth.
• Work in partnership with the Principal and members of the leadership team in the cycle of planning, implementation, review and evaluation of the academy's Development Plan.
• Undertake and, when required, deliver or be part of the appraisal system and relevant training and professional development.
• Manage the operations teams and support their development.

• Lead the site team and external contractors to ensure the maintenance of the academy site, grounds, boundaries and buildings to a high standard, including security of site, upkeep of playing fields, gardens and land drainage.
• Oversee the management and provision of all lettings of the academy’s facilities.
• Act as the academy’s Health and Safety Coordinator, ensuring appropriate procedures/checks are implemented and operating.
• Co-operate with external advisors and be responsible for monitoring, implementation and review of the academy’s Health and Safety Policy, including all risk assessment procedures.

• With external IT contractors, act as a system manager for the computer network and MIS, giving guidance to other users.
• Ensure that the website is kept up-to-date and compliant.
• Be responsible for all statutory and statistical returns and ensure that they are completed as appropriate.
• Lead on data protection, taking responsibility for working with our external DPO to ensure data protection compliance.
• Track all academy policies and ensure they are updated in accordance with the policy review schedule.
• Monitor and update the risk register.
• Provide reports as necessary to the Governing body and Principal.

• Support the academy’s values and ethos by contributing to the development and implementation of policies, practices and procedures.
• Help create a strong academy community characterised by consistent, orderly behaviour and caring, respectful relationships.
• Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, and follow academy policies, including the staff code of conduct.
• Work with finance and HR teams to ensure operational services are delivered on budget and provide value for money.
• Respond to major incidents at the academy, such as fire and theft.
• Conscious that there may be times when working outside the standard hours is required for operational purposes.

This provides an outline of the responsibilities that this role involves. However, the postholder must be available to perform such duties at such times and such places as may be specified by the Principal and which may be reasonably requested as being commensurate with the role and duties undertaken.

• Clear whole school behaviour systems that are implemented by all
• Large teaching team to support the learning and behaviour of students more effectively
• Recognition - we take the time to give shout-outs and say thank you to colleagues
• Additional days of holiday to say thank you for volunteering to support students on events that are outside the usual school day; e.g. residential trips, attending student performances, etc.
• No late-night parents evenings - we hold them during dedicated progress review days
• Termly ‘Golden Weeks’ where we celebrate staff wellbeing
• A golden ticket, enabling staff to enjoy an afternoon off when needed
• A two-week winter half term to enable staff to take holidays outside of normal term time so they can rest and recharge
• Free breakfast, lunch, tea and coffee
• Discounts on a new bike via the Cycle to work scheme
• Free flu jab
• Free eye test
• Leadership planning time to drive forward whole school initiatives

• Week-long Bootcamp to induct new staff and set up for the year ahead effectively
• Weekly CPD & coaching
• Supportive line…