Operations Manager (including health & Safety lead)

Ivel Valley School & College, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG18 0NL

16 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  2 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  15 May 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: £35,887.00 - £37,377.00 Annually (Actual) Pay award pending

Operations Manager (including health & Safety lead) job summary

Ivel Valley School and College is a large special school with two sites in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. We are committed to providing a safe, happy, caring and inclusive environment to all our pupils that prepares them well for adulthood and ensuring that every member of our community feels valued and supported. The school has grown significantly over the last five years and is expected to grow considerably larger in the next five years. We currently have 260 pupils and nearly 250 staff.

The Operations Manager role is a new role that has been developed to support with the day to day running of the school thereby freeing up the Business Manager to focus on finance, business administration and strategy. The role-holder will lead on health & safety and co-ordinate and oversee some of the school’s day to day operational functions across both the school and college sites with the aim of improving overall safety, efficiency and effectiveness. They will directly manage or support teams and colleagues that are involved with health & safety, catering, estates and facilities management.

Hours: 35 hours a week (usually 8:30 - 4pm) Monday to Friday but may need to be flexible on start or finish times due to school activities and cover arrangements. Holiday hours would be different

Weeks worked: All year round but we would consider reduced hours during school holidays for the right candidate

Every day could be different – one day you may be helping the kitchen team to still provide lunch despite a serious leak and the next day helping to safely manage a school event with 200 parents arriving on site. However, every day you will be working alongside various highly committed teams and individuals to overcome the challenges and keep everyone safe to enable the pupils to have the best education.

Being a new role it is likely to evolve over time to meet the developing needs of the school and changes to personnel, buildings and teams. Therefore, the role-holder need to be flexible and able to deal with any change that are in the best interests of the school community.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is very experienced at managing health & safety in a busy organisation and is dedicated to improving health & safety across the school
• Is able to apply their health & safety knowledge and experience in a way that is appropriate to the setting so that it is workable, realistic and sustainable
• Enjoys the challenge of working across different areas and teams with competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Can deal calmly and effectively with whatever the day brings
• Has a proactive, flexible and supportive approach to everyone, whether that is pupils, staff, contractors or visitors
• Is committed to the delivery of effective, high value for money services and solutions across the school
• Wants to work in a large but close and supportive community

• For more information please see the attached job description and person specification.

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.

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About Ivel Valley School & College

• School type: Special school, ages 3 to 19
• School size: 245 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ivel Valley School & College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ivel-valley-school

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