Operations Manager
Broadleaf Partnership Trust, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1RB4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
25 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
11 November 2024
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
- £33,366.00 - £40,476.00 Annually (Actual)
Operations Manager job summary
Operations Manager
Location: Broadleaf Partnership Trust Schools
Salary: Grade 4 | Full-time (36.5 hours per week, full year)
Are you a proactive, detail-oriented leader with a passion for maintaining safe, functional, and sustainable environments? Do you thrive in a role that combines facilities management, health & safety, and leadership? Broadleaf Partnership Trust is seeking an Operations Manager to join our dynamic team and take responsibility for the smooth running of all our school sites. This is an exciting opportunity to make a tangible difference in the development and delivery of our Estates Strategy while ensuring our schools provide safe, inspiring spaces for learning.
Key Responsibilities:
Site Management: Oversee security, cleanliness, and upkeep of school buildings and grounds, manage lettings, and monitor maintenance work and contractors.
Health & Safety: Ensure compliance with safety procedures, conduct site inspections, and manage risk assessments and statutory checks (e.g., fire safety, asbestos, legionella).
Energy & Utilities: Monitor energy usage and support sustainability initiatives to reduce consumption.
Staff & Contractor Management: Lead and develop the site team, manage external service providers, and oversee staff training and performance.
What We’re Looking For:
Experience: Background in estates management or facilities services, with a strong understanding of health & safety legislation. Experience of working in the education sector is a plus.
Leadership Skills: Proven ability to lead and develop teams, manage contractors, and handle multiple priorities.
Qualifications: NEBOSH, COSHH, and IOSH Managing Safely (or equivalent) preferred, but not essential.
Commitment to Safeguarding: A strong focus on the welfare and safeguarding of children and young people.
Why Join Us?
At Broadleaf Partnership Trust, we value innovation, sustainability, and excellence in every aspect of our operations. Joining our team means becoming part of a supportive, forward-thinking organisation where your contributions will help shape the future of our schools.
We offer a competitive salary, career development opportunities, 29 days annual leave + bank holidays, and a generous local government pension scheme. You’ll also have the chance to work in a collaborative environment where your work has a direct impact on the success and wellbeing of students and staff across the Trust.
Interested?
If you’re ready to take on a diverse and rewarding role within a growing Trust, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and help us create a safer, more sustainable environment for our schools.
Closing Date: Monday, 25 November 2024
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to
speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for the role.
Broadleaf Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Please note successful candidates for all Broadleaf Partnership Trust vacancies will be requested to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service, although a criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining the position.
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 are not accepted.
About Broadleaf Partnership Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
Head office location
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