50 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    to be agreed with successful candidate

  • Closing date

    31 January 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    12 December 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per week, all year round

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

SO2 (SCP 26-28) £37,280 – £39,182

What skills and experience we're looking for

At Leeds Mathematics School (LMaS), we are seeking to appoint a well-qualified, enthusiastic, dynamic and inspirational Operations Manager. The role of Operations Manager is crucial to ensuring the smooth, safe and successful day-to-day operations of the school, and to medium- and long-term planning. The Operations Manager will lead the support staff team and ensure they are maximally effective in their roles and that their work always exemplifies GORSE and LMaS values.

If you are the ideal applicant, you will have:

  • GCSE Grade C/4 and above (or equivalent) in English and Mathematics.
  • Experience of management in a school and/or office environment.
  • Experience of managing financial and/or HR processes and/or Health and Safety.
  • Experience of working agilely and flexibly, sometimes under pressure, always in confidence.
  • Commitment to the highest quality ‘front of house’ experience.
  • Commitment to the highest standards of accuracy, while always meeting deadlines.

What the school offers its staff

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

  • Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
  • A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
  • Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
  • £2k Cycle to work scheme.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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About Leeds Mathematics School

School type
Free School, ages 16 to 19
Education phase
Sixth_form_or_college
School size
168 pupils enrolled
Age range
16 to 19
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