Operations Manager

Connect Multi Academy Trust, Stanley, DH9 0TW

15 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  22 April 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  7 April 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: £48,226.00 - £52,413.00 Annually (Actual)

Operations Manager job summary

Operations Manager

Connect Multi‑Academy Trust - North Durham Academy, Stanley
Salary: Support Staff Grade 8

Connect Multi‑Academy Trust is looking for a proactive, experienced Operations Manager to lead on Estates, Health & Safety and Facilities functions across all our Trust sites (3 secondary schools and 5 primary schools).

What you’ll do:

• Lead and support Site Teams across the Trust
• Manage the Facilities Service Desk and ensure KPIs are met
• Oversee PPM schedules and statutory compliance
• Lead capital projects from scope to delivery
• Act as Health & Safety Lead, including risk assessments and training
• Manage catering, cleaning and transport contracts
• Oversee site security, CCTV, access control and emergency response

What you’ll bring:

• 3+ years’ experience in estates/facilities management
• Strong project management and contractor‑management skills
• Excellent knowledge of health & safety regulations
• Great communication, organisation and IT skills
• A solutions‑focused, resilient approach

Desirable: NEBOSH/IOSH, PRINCE2, education‑sector experience.

If you’re ready to make a real impact across a growing Trust, we’d love to hear from you!

Connect Multi-Academy Trust is legally obligated to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before making appointments to relevant posts. The DBS check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and bind-overs as well as pending prosecutions, which aren't 'protected' under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and check to establish that a person is not barred from 'regulated activity' as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.

Please note that we operate a probationary period of 6 months across all jobs in the Trust (see attached policy for further details). You will receive a comprehensive induction to support you to successfully pass your probation.

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

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.

About Connect Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/new-college-durham-academies-trust

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