Operations Manager

Atlas Academy, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN1 3QP

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  23 February 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 February 2025

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: £30,293.00 - £34,610.00 Annually (Actual) £32,654 - £37,308 Annually (FTE)

Operations Manager job summary

Atlas Academy have an exciting opportunity for an Operations Manager to join our motivated, supportive team. We are looking for somebody with commitment, energy and expertise to work closely with staff to ensure that our children achieve their very best.

We are a two-form entry academy serving a diverse local community.

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, dynamic, up for a challenge, determined and wants to have a positive impact on the lives of children. You will be organised, able to use your initiative, work with a range of stakeholders and get on well with everyone! This role will support the invaluable work delivered by the team at Atlas Academy and is directly linked to the priorities of the school for the children and families we serve. It is a crucial role in providing high quality business support administration to ensure the smooth running of the school.

Our ideal candidate:

• Has experience of providing administrative support in a busy school office environment
• Has excellent IT skills, with the confidence to use Microsoft programmes such as Excel and learn new school systems and processes.
• Passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs.
• Can work autonomously, prioritise conflicting demands whilst managing a broad and demanding workload.
• Is highly organised, with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with a wide range of contacts effectively and professionally.
• Is proactive and flexible and approaches challenges pragmatically to ensure the best outcome for children, families, and the wider academy team.
• Can pay attention to detail and utilise systems and data to find the best way to successfully support projects and tasks, whilst working in conjunction with the Senior Leaders of the school and Astrea Regional Operations Manager.

About us:

Atlas Academy is a 3 -11 Academy; we sit in central Doncaster and joined Astrea Academy Trust in November 2017. The Trust and staff work together to give our children the very best start they could have. We are a committed team that are dedicated to school improvement and strive for the best outcomes for all learners. We provide a warm and friendly ethos and serve a diverse community. Anyone joining us will have the opportunity to work in a vibrant, professional learning community that seeks excellence and be a key part of the next chapter in our journey.

We welcome visits to the school to experience the atmosphere, ethos and approach and to have an opportunity to meet the children and staff who make Atlas a great place to be.

In return we offer:

• Excellent CPD opportunities
• A strong caring ethos and supportive team
• The opportunity to make a real difference
• Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
• The opportunity to work 41 weeks per year, 39 weeks of term time plus two additional weeks
• An induction package
• A school focused wellbeing approach which prioritises staff wellbeing
• Networking opportunities across the wider Astrea Academy Trust team.

Interested in applying?

Please see the attached Applicant Brief for more information, and don't hesitate to get in touch to arrange a visit to the school or to find out more.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early - please apply as soon as you can to avoid disappointment.

If you are joining us from another school, academy or trust we recognise your continuous service date with confirmation from your current employer. This can positively impact a number of entitlements, including increased annual holiday payments which represent an increase in salary. This can be discussed in more detail at interview.

The Astrea Resourcing Team supports this job advert. Agency involvement is not required.

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS check.

Commitment to safeguarding

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and staff. Every child should feel safe and should be protected from any form of child abuse. We have robust policies and procedures that support our commitment to Safeguarding, this includes our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. The in-house Safeguarding teams at each Academy work in partnership with families and safeguarding partners to ensure the safety of children is paramount. We are committed to ensuring that all staff access regular, contextual safeguarding training to meet the needs of the local community.

Applying for the job

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

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About Atlas Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 440 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Atlas Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/atlas-academy (opens in new tab)

A warm welcome to the website of Atlas Academy. We are a vibrant and diverse primary school located in the centre of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, providing education for children from 3 to 11 years. Most pupils speak English as an additional language; many speaking two to three languages, and we are proud of our multi-cultural community. We enjoy learning about each other’s backgrounds and beliefs.

Leaders have created a truly inclusive school. Pupils say that they are ‘united through diversity’. They know the importance of being respectful to each other. Pupils feel safe at school. Teachers are kind and take the time to speak to them if pupils are worried. (Ofsted, 2022)

Whether you are a prospective parent interested in a place for your child or looking to join the team, we are proud to offer:

• A staff team who are committed to raising standards, and providing a high standard of education for all of our pupils;

• Supportive, friendly and professional environment, which is always welcoming;

• A dedicated Pastoral Team with specialist skills to support pupils and families;

• Our own nursery offering both 15 and 30 hours free childcare for 3 and 4 year olds;

• A calm, safe, inclusive and nurturing learning environment for all pupils;

• An environment that promotes positive behaviour expectations and relationships;

• Exciting learning experiences through a knowledge rich curriculum so that they develop into confident, capable, resilient and independent learners;

• A range of wider curriculum activities and specialist sports;

• Great outdoor spaces with purpose built outdoor climbing equipment;

• And….. the best pupils ever, who are eager to learn and make new friends.

We are part of the Astrea Academy Trust. This means we are part of a family of schools within South Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire. Astrea aims to provide every child with a brilliant education by pursuing aspirational standards with tenacity and drive. They aim to never settle for second best and do not tolerate something that does not live up to their standards. They stand to remove performance barriers and develop a scholarly culture of behaviour and learning from students and of pedagogy and curriculum from its staff to ensure our children learn, thrive and lead successful lives.

We hope you enjoy finding out about Atlas Academy. Prospective parents and pupils are welcome to visit the school. We shall be delighted to show you around our school and discuss with you and your children what we are able to offer. Please telephone us to make an appointment or call into the school office.

Paper copies of anything you find on our website are available from the School Office.

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