Operations Manager

One Degree Academy, Enfield, EN2 8GH

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 April 2026

• Closing date

  1 February 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 16:30pm (40 hours)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: S21 - S31, £44,179 - £60,141 + LGPS Pension. Starting salary will be based on experience and placed on a four-point band, subject to review.

What skills and experience we're looking for

Your Role

To manage the operations of the academy, ensuring the highest operational standardsare implemented. To line manage operational staff and lead effectively. To be astrategic partner for the Principal.

Key Responsibilities

Development and Leadership of the Academy

• Work with the Principal to develop the academy, including operational systems that willwork effectively at scale and support growth.

• Work in partnership with the Principal and members of the leadership team in the cycleof planning, implementation, review and evaluation of the academy's Development Plan.

• Undertake and, when required, deliver or be part of the appraisal system and relevanttraining and professional development.

• Manage the operations teams and support their development.

Estate Management

• Lead the site team and external contractors to ensure the maintenance of theacademy site, grounds, boundaries and buildings to a high standard, including securityof site, upkeep of playing fields, gardens and land drainage.

• Oversee the management and provision of all lettings of the academy’s facilities.

• Act as the academy’s Health and Safety Coordinator, ensuring appropriateprocedures/checks are implemented and operating.

• Co-operate with external advisors and be responsible for monitoring, implementationand review of the academy’s Health and Safety Policy, including all risk assessmentprocedures.

Administration and Compliance

• With external IT contractors, act as a system manager for the computer network and MIS,giving guidance to other users.

• Ensure that the website is kept up-to-date and compliant.

• Be responsible for all statutory and statistical returns and ensure that they are completed asappropriate.

• Lead on data protection, taking responsibility for working with our external DPO to ensuredata protection compliance.

• Track all academy policies and ensure they are updated in accordance with the policy reviewschedule.

• Monitor and update the risk register.

• Provide reports as necessary to the Governing body and Principal.

Other

• Support the academy’s values and ethos by contributing to the development and implementation of policies, practices and procedures.

• Help create a strong academy community characterised by consistent, orderly behaviour and caring, respectful relationships.

• Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, and follow academy policies, including the staff code of conduct.

• Work with finance and HR teams to ensure operational services are delivered on budget and provide value for money.
• Respond to major incidents at the academy, such as fire and theft.
• Cognisant that there may be times when working outside the standard hours is required for operational purposes.

This provides an outline of the responsibilities that this role involves. However, the postholdermust be available to perform such duties at such times and such places as may be specified bythe Principal and which may be reasonably requested as being commensurate with the role and dutiesundertaken.

What the school offers its staff

ODA Perks

Wellbeing

• Clear whole school behaviour systems thatare implemented by all

• Large teaching team to support thelearning and behaviour of students moreeffectively

• Recognition - we take the time togive shout-outs and say thank you tocolleagues

• Additional days of holiday to say thank youfor volunteering to support students onevents that are outside the usual schoolday; e.g. residential trips, attendingstudent performances, etc.

• No late-night parents evenings - we holdthem during dedicated progress reviewdays

• Termly ‘Golden Weeks’ where wecelebrate staff wellbeing

• A golden ticket, enabling staff to enjoy anafternoon off when needed

• A two-week winter half term to enablestaff to take holidays outside of normalterm time so they can rest and rechargefrom those longer darker evenings

• Free breakfast, lunch, tea and coffee

• Discounts on a new bike via the ‘Cycle towork’ scheme

• Free flu jab

• Free eye test

• Leadership planning time to drive forwardwhole school initiatives

Staff Development

• Week-long Bootcamp to induct new staffand set up for the year ahead effectively

• Weekly CPD & coaching

• Supportive line management structure

• Collaborative planning time

• 14 whole school staff inset days dedicatedto incremental improvement, planning anddata analysis

• Free admission to Research ED

• External coaching for Senior Leaders

Staff of ODA Children

• Free breakfast club

• Free after school wrap-around care

• 1 x free after school club

Other

• Laptop/devices are lent to all staff whorequire them

• 10% off Pure Gym Membership

• 10% off car service and MOT at localgarage

• Length of service rewards

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 guidance for keeping children safe in education.

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.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

ODA Operations Manager - Jan 26.docx.pdf - 4.74 MB (opens in new tab)

Application Form - ODA - Support 25_26.docx - 590 KB (opens in new tab)

About One Degree Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 385 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: One Degree Academy website
• Email address: hr@onedegreeacademy.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/one-degree-academy

One Degree Academy is an innovative school and a World's Best School 2025 finalist. We opened in September 2016, and were graded as outstanding in all areas by Ofsted in 2019 and 2025. We are designed around the idea that tiny changes can have profound effects, and that a committed focus on seemingly small details leads to continuous and sustained improvement. In short, we know that any giant leap to success is preceded by lots of small steps.

We aim for our academic achievements to be amongst the best in the country, and for our young people to go on to become successful employees, citizens and family members. We are proud to have created an environment where our children are happy, inspired and eager to attend every day.

Arranging a visit to One Degree Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@onedegreeacademy.org.

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