Operations Manager
Oasis Academy Brightstowe, Bristol, BS11 0EB13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
11 November 2025
Closing date
24 November 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
11 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- OCL SCP 25 - 29 (£36,363 - £39,862 FTE)
Operations Manager job summary
Our Academy
We are a dynamic and progressive secondary academy in Shirehampton, Bristol. Our education is values-led, and the development of our students’ character, competence and community is integral to our curriculum. Every day, we work to provide an exceptional education, equipping young people not only with qualifications, but with the skills and attributes to thrive in life.
As part of the Oasis Community Learning Trust, we benefit from regional collaboration and support from a strong national network. Our Bristol hub of academies regularly shares best practice, expertise, and encouragement.
The Role
This is an exciting on-site opportunity for a committed and skilled Operations Manager to oversee the efficient and effective day-to-day operations of the Academy. You will manage areas including Health & Safety, Data Protection, and act as the key interface between the Academy and its PFI Partners (Bristol City Council and BAM). You will also liaise with the national Oasis services across IT, Finance, People, Property & Estates, and Marketing & Communications.
Your leadership will directly support the delivery of high-quality education by ensuring that our operational functions run smoothly, safely, and in line with all statutory and organisational standards.
The successful candidate will:
- Have excellent interpersonal skills and build strong working relationships
- Have recent experience of working within an educational setting
- Demonstrate knowledge of Health & Safety and Data Protection legislation
- Show confidence in guiding and supporting others with professionalism
- Be a proactive team player who thrives in fast-paced environments
- Have experience of supervising or line managing within a service-oriented organisation (desirable)
- Be a competent IT user with strong skills in Microsoft Office and digital systems
- Have a track record of coordinating projects and managing conflicting priorities under pressure
- Demonstrate emotional resilience and a calm, solution-focused approach
- Be willing to model and support the Oasis ethos and values
Our Offer to You
When you join the Oasis family, you benefit from a strong culture of development, wellbeing and professional support. Our offer includes:
- Comprehensive CPD and training opportunities based on the latest research
- Integrated national support and expertise from across the Trust
- Access to a free counselling service and regular wellbeing resources
- Free eye tests and contribution to glasses
- Cycle to Work Scheme and travel-to-work support
- Corporate Health Cash Plan for medical and therapy services
- Competitive family leave entitlement
- Generous pension plan
- A genuine opportunity to make a difference
- A fantastic community of students, families, and colleagues
So what are you waiting for? Apply today!
Location: Oasis Academy Brightstowe, Shirehampton, Bristol
Salary: OCL SCP 25 - 29 (£36,363-£39,862 FTE)
Contract: Full Time / All Year Round (37 hours per week)
Holiday: 34 days (26 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays)
Fluency Duty
This role requires fluency in spoken English. You must be able to communicate effectively and confidently, including in extended conversations and responses to queries.
Equal Opportunities
We welcome applications from all sections of the community. As a secular and inclusive academy, we value diversity and actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation and religion.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Oasis Academy Brightstowe
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 739 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Oasis Academy Brightstowe website
Oasis Academy Brightstowe is a successful, collaborative and community centered Academy which maintains high expectations of staff and students, and considers its members a ‘family’. In October 2018, the Academy was again rated Good by Ofsted inspectors, whose report reflects the sustained progress made across the Academy since the last Ofsted in 2015
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