Chief Operating Officer

Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust, Wantage, OX12 9AU

21 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  28 September 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  4 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £85,000.00 Annually (FTE)

Chief Operating Officer job summary

The role?

This newly created role provides an exciting and intriguing opportunity to be a key part of our senior team, providing strategic leadership for the Trust, overseeing the IT, Operations and Estates teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality support to schools, while supporting the CEO in our ongoing development and growth.

About you?

You will be an experienced leader with a strong track record of strategic leadership and practical management in IT, Operations and Estates, hands-on experience of managing a complex, multi-site operation and good project management skills. You will be a great communicator, a strong influencer, supportive of the ethos of ODST and committed to enabling all within our schools to thrive.

Our offer to you?

The opportunity to be part of an established and effective central team, to shape the role into the future and to make a real difference.  

• This will be a full-time role- notionally 37 hours per week,  

  38 days annual leave inclusive of public holidays, 

• Starting salary of £85k,

• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (a defined benefit scheme), 

• A ‘unique’ working environment based on the site of a convent,

• Great opportunities for professional development, access to a supportive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work scheme etc.

The role will be based in Wantage (OX12 9AU) with some scope for working from home. The post holder will require access to a vehicle as regular travel across ODST schools in Oxfordshire and Berkshire will be expected. There will also be the need to attend evening meetings on occasion.

For an informal conversation about the post, please contact Sharon Mullins on 01865 208217.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust

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

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