Chief Operations Officer

Inova Multi Academy Trust Limited, Sheffield, S10 5RG

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  15 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  9 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Competitive

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Chief Operating Officer (COO) who will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our Trust’s strategic vision. The successful candidate will be a values‑driven, highly skilled professional with strong commercial and operational expertise, capable of leading and developing our services to enable educational excellence across our academies.

Working in close partnership with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Trustees and C-Suite, the COO will ensure the Trust’s operations are efficient, financially robust, compliant and resilient, creating the conditions in which schools and young people can thrive.

The COO will be responsible for the strategic leadership and operational management of the Trust’s non‑educational functions. This typically includes:

- People/Human Resources

- Data Protection

- Estates and facilities

- IT and Digital

- Insights

- Health and safety & Risk

- Marketing & Communications

- Public Relations

The role ensures that operational excellence underpins strong educational outcomes.

What the school offers its staff

Local Government pension scheme

Flexible working

Cycle to work scheme

Discounted membership for Westfield Health

Occupational Health

Wellbeing programme

Continuous CPD and training

BUPA Healthy Minds scheme

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

INOVA MAT Chief Operations Officer Application Pack.pdf - 4.73 MB (opens in new tab)

About Inova Multi Academy Trust Limited

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: kmellors@inovamat.org
• Phone number: 01145532840
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/tapton-school-academy-trust

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