- School type
- Free School, ages 14 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 179 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 14 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Walsall Studio School website (opens in new tab)
Operations and Administration Manager
More than one location, The Mercian Trust10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
31 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
20 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 Hours a week TTO + 2 weeks
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until 31/08/2025
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 8 SCP 26-31 (£36,124 - £40,476 pa FTE, Actual Salary £33,103 - £37,091 pro rata)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Please note that this role is shared across both Walsall Studio School and The Ladder School, two atypical educational provisions on the same campus in the centre of Walsall. This is a temporary role until 31 August 2025.
This role is open to both internal and external candidates.
The Role
We are seeking a dynamic and highly organized Operations and Administration Manager to oversee and enhance administrative systems and operational functions across The Ladder School and Studio School and Sixth, part of The Mercian Trust. This pivotal role supports the Headteachers and Local Body Governors while ensuring the smooth running of school operations, human resources, and strategic initiatives.
About You
We are looking for an individual with:
- Proven experience in administration or operational management, ideally within an educational setting.
- Exceptional organizational and leadership skills.
- Strong interpersonal and communication abilities.
- Discretion and the ability to handle confidential information.
- Competency in using school management systems (e.g., SIMS) and office software.
- A proactive and flexible approach to problem-solving and task management.
How to Apply
To apply, please complete an application form via The Mercian Trust Recruitment Portal. We are unable to accept CVS/Non-Mercian trust application forms.
Please refer to the Job Description attached for Key Duties and Responsibilities for the role.
Closing Date: Friday 31st January 2025 @ 09:00am
Interviews: To be confirmed
What the school offers its staff
About the Mercian Trust
The Mercian Trust was incorporated in January 2018 and governs nine secondary schools, including selective grammar schools, large comprehensives, an alternative provision free school and a studio school. Six of the Trust’s schools are located in Walsall: Queen Mary’s High School, Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Walsall Studio School, The Ladder School, Aldridge School, and Shire Oak Academy. Three of our schools; Q3 Tipton, Q3 Langley and Q3 Great Barr, are located in Sandwell.
Trust ethos & values
Our name is rooted in history and expresses a geographical identity and ambition. The ancient kingdom of Mercia encompassed much of what we now recognise as the West Midlands – and crucially for us it included what we now call the Black Country. It was in Mercia that St Chad established an association of small monasteries which fostered unity through bonds of kinship.
Now, a thousand years later, we look to demonstrate the same spirit in our approach. We are a family of schools committed to each other – diverse in nature, proud custodians of our history and success, but together, one charitable Trust with a common purpose.
Our Trust exists to equip our students to live life to the full.
Our mission is increasing opportunities andimproving outcomes to enable our students to:
- Realise their potential.
- Thrive in the world of work.
- Make a positive contribution to the local, national and international community.
Our values are:
- Excellence and Rigour
- Challenge and Support
- Safety and Wellbeing
- Acceptance and Applause
Mission Statement:https://www.themerciantrust.org/#our_mission
The Mercian MAT Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website.
This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
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 are not accepted.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
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About the schools
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- bonnie.burns@merciantrust.org.uk
The Mercian Trust is one of the largest regional Trusts in the West Midlands with 9 schools and more than 9,600 students.
We are growing in size and influence, and we are committed to driving social mobility for all our students in the communities we serve through increasing opportunities and improving outcomes. We have stated our commitment to becoming and employer of choice, for leaders, teachers, student support staff and our business professional services staff in whichever school or central team they work.
School Details
Walsall Studio School
The Ladder School
- School type
- Free School, ages 13 to 18
- School size
- 27 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 13 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Ladder School website (opens in new tab)
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