Head of Operations
Westminster City School, London, SW1E 5HJ19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
2 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
14 May 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
- £47,928.00 - £50,207.00 Annually (Actual) Plus Performance Related Bonus linked to Lettings Income targets
Head of Operations job summary
Are you passionate about how high-quality curriculum thinking, planning and delivery can transform young people’s lives?
Do you wish to join an aspirational and collaborative school which is transforming the life chances of all pupils?
Westminster City School is seeking to appoint a dedicated and solution-focused leader with a background in supervising premises to take up this newly created role in the school.
We have split leadership of our support staff and the successful candidate would have oversight of our premises team, oversee our extensive programme of lettings, lead on health and safety as well as being the day-to-day manager of our outsourced catering and cleaning services. They would work closely and collaboratively with the Head of Finance and the Headteacher’s PA who is also the main HR Officer in the school.
Applications are strongly welcomed from candidates with a global majority heritage and the school works closely with all its support staff to provide effective and developmental training.
The candidate:
You, like us, will share our belief in the importance of excellent educational facilities and how this can transform young people’s lives.
The successful applicant will have:
Strong personal values of integrity, wisdom and compassion;
Excellent communication skills both written and oral;
Sound IT skills and experience managing varied and diverse teams;
A keen interest in developing leadership and management skills;
Have a track record in effective premises management and delivery on maintenance projects
Aspirations to lead whole school initiatives; and
Excellent attention to detail.
You will be joining a team of support staff who work tirelessly to play their role in our mission of providing transformative educations in the heart of London.
We believe in developing our staff and have a dynamic and supportive management team and an effective CPD programme which includes membership of professional networks, bespoke in-house CPD strands and opportunity for secondment to the Leadership Team. At WCS we will offer you:
A supportive and collegiate staff culture;
A bespoke CPD programme which will extend to support staff in 2026-27; and
Staff benefits including an interest-free season ticket loan and cycle-to-work scheme.
Westminster City School is a successful 11-18 boys’ Christian non-denominational comprehensive academy with a heavily oversubscribed, mixed sixth form. Ours is a vibrant learning community situated in the heart of central London with all the opportunities and advantages of an inner-city school.
“Pupils are happy and safe. They typically spoke enthusiastically about their school and said that the school community feels like a family.” OFSTED 2022
“Leaders and Governors are proud of and ambitious for the school. They consider staff workload carefully, for example when introducing recent changes to the school’s feedback policy” OFSTED 2022
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will need to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.
f you would like to discuss the role informally via phone or video call with the Headteacher please e-mail l.ellens@wcsch.com (PA to Headteacher). You may also wish to visit our website www.wcsch.com to read more about the school.
We reserve the right to interview exceptional candidates before the deadline closes.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Westminster City School
- School type
- Academies, Christian, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 800 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Westminster City School website
Westminster City School is a comprehensive with a mixed Sixth Form located in the heart of central London close to Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. We are proud of our diverse school community which is multi-faith, multi-cultural and a true reflection of the modern city we live in. Ours is a school with a Christian foundation and character but we welcome boys of all faiths and of no faith. Our strong moral and spiritual ethos ensures pupils develop and prosper during their time at our school.
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