Chief Operating Officer

Birmingham Diocesan Multi Academy Trust, Birmingham, B20 3LP

21 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  1 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £69,850.00 - £86,711.00 Annually (Actual) Starting salary negotiable depending upon experience

Chief Operating Officer job summary

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Birmingham Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust (BDMAT) will work closely with MAT Educational Leads (MELs) and the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) to provide strategic leadership across the Trust. Leading the heads of service for IT, Estates and HR, the COO will ensure the delivery of high-quality operational support to schools, while supporting the CEO in the ongoing development and growth of the Trust.

The COO will be responsible for the procurement and management of all trust-wide contracts, alongside operational compliance areas not held by the CFO. This includes:

• Acting as the Trust’s Data Protection Officer (DPO)
• Acting as the named lead for Health and Safety
• Leading the development and implementation of a Trust-wide Operations Strategy covering estates management, catering and external lettings, including responsibility for a dynamic ten-year capital investment plan
• Working with the CFO to develop annual maintenance, lettings and catering budgets across the Trust and its schools
• Providing strategic leadership for catering provision across the Trust
• Leading the integration of new schools into the Trust’s business and support functions

The COO will ensure the operations team delivers high-quality services across all BDMAT schools and facilities, supporting teaching, learning, leadership and wider organisational activities in line with the Trust’s strategic aims and development plans.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Birmingham Diocesan Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/birmingham-diocesan-multi-academy-trust

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