Operations Manager

Linwood School; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 49,000

Job description

BCP Council Grade 36-39

Salary Range £45,718 - £48,710

Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday

52 weeks per year, on-site working

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Linwood School, Bournemouth is an Ofsted graded Outstanding SEND school. We are an outward facing centre of excellence in the area. Our values speak of respect, support, inclusivity, positivity, harmony, excellence and responsibility, all underpinned by our actions and personal accountability.

We are looking for a dedicated and proactive individual to join our team as Operations Manager. In this role you will be responsible for developing and managing a large and diverse business support function within a multi-campus school to deliver comprehensive, efficient and effective corporate or administrative support to individuals and teams to maximise service continuity and quality.

There is a genuine occupational requirement for the postholder to have access to a vehicle for work purposes due to the multi-campus working requirement.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Lead on medium/long term planning for the school on the key areas of responsibility, translating wider objectives into a clear Service Plan for the teams and the school.
2. Recruit and manage teams of staff to enable high standards of performance and customer service and ensure that appropriate workforce planning is in place to enable effective service delivery to high standards.
3. Define work standards and monitor service levels for the support functions, to ensure that an effective and efficient service is delivered, and that they are measured and analysed to inform wider operational improvements.
4. Build and develop partnerships and relationships with senior colleagues, external organisations, and the community to ensure services are developed in line with changing priorities and needs.

Requirements:

1. A Degree in a relevant subject or ability to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skills, and proven experience in the related service area.
2. Experience of operational management within a large and complex organisation, ideally over multiple sites.
3. Knowledge of national and regional policy and legislation relevant to the public sector and/or education.
4. Leadership experience with the ability to manage and develop an operational team and manage sometimes conflicting service priorities.
5. Proven financial management skills and commercial acumen.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and strive for our staff to be from diverse backgrounds. We positively encourage applications from individuals within under-represented groups and welcome applications from individuals regardless of their protected characteristics.

If you have any questions or would like to have an informal conversation about the role please contact [e-mail] who will arrange this for you.

Only fully completed application forms will be accepted.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date should suitable applications come through. This is to ensure our teams can manage application levels while maintaining a positive candidate experience. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the successful applicant will be required to have an enhanced DBS check as well as an overseas criminal records check, if worked or lived outside the UK within the past 10 years. Offers of employment are also subject to satisfactory references, health, and right to work checks.

All Linwood School staff are expected to adhere to our policies and procedures in respect of safeguarding and child protection, including Keeping Children Safe in Education and Guidance for adults working with children and young people in an education setting.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. If the role is exempt, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed, and if they are disclosed, we cannot take them into account.