Operations Manager

The Lowry Academy, Manchester, M28 0SY

32 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  10 August 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 July 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: £39,794.00 - £46,398.00 Annually (Actual)

Operations Manager job summary

About the role

The Lowry Academy is committed to providing an exceptional education for all students. We are seeking a dedicated and professional individual who will play an important part in ensuring the smooth and safe operation of the academy. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a thriving school community and make a real difference to the educational experience of our young people.

The Operations Manager will play a key role in ensuring the efficient operational management of The Lowry Academy. The postholder will lead and coordinate the school's administrative functions, oversee the management of the PFI contract, support compliance with Health & Safety requirements, manage First Aid provision and records, and ensure there is effective administrative support to the wider school community.

The role requires a highly organised and proactive individual who can manage multiple priorities, maintain compliance with statutory requirements, and build effective working relationships with staff, contractors, pupils and external stakeholders.

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Employee Referral Scheme

Bespoke career pathways for every member of staff

Competitive salary

5 INSET days per year +3 additional planning days each term, dedicated to development and planning.

The benefits of working in a successful multi-academy trust and full access to ongoing CPD

Cycle to Work Scheme

At The Lowry Academy we have high expectations and believe every single child can achieve their potential. Our staff are very professional, and we are relentlessly ensuring those high standards are maintained so teachers can teach, and students can learn. We prepare children for future success and ask students to live our values of Aspiration, Respect, Confidence, Creativity and Resilience.

To maintain this strong culture, we have non-negotiable expectations:

All students arrive on time for their lessons. Students must arrive on time to be admitted to the lesson.

All students are expected to have full equipment for every lesson.

All students must think hard and work hard in lessons. Students are not allowed to opt out of their learning.

The school has a straightforward approach to disruption to lessons. We follow a warn remove policy where any student who disrupts learning, having been previously warned and given the opportunity to correct their behaviour, including opting out of work, is removed from the lesson.

We are not just about academic success; we work hard to ensure that we role model the right behaviours and provide opportunities for our pupils to develop the skills and understanding required to both be personally successful in the future workplace but also have a positive impact on the world. Our aim is to prepare our students for adulthood and to be good citizens with high ambitions and the courage to exceed in their future. If you are passionate and share the same desire about changing the lives of students, we would like to hear from you.

We welcome visits to our academy so that you can experience the unique ethos of The Lowry Academy for yourself. If you would like to visit the academy, please contact HR, on or via email to Human.Resources@lowryacademy.org.uk

Why Us?

We are a caring yet ambitious academy at the heart of our local community. Our mission is to provide every student with the opportunity to strive for academic excellence while developing the interpersonal skills needed to make a positive contribution to society. We take pride in our calm, supportive environment, built on respectful relationships between staff and students. With a clear focus on delivering excellent academic standards for all, high-quality teaching and learning sit firmly at the centre of everything we do.

By joining The Lowry Academy, you also become part of United Learning, a successful Multi-Academy Trust. United Learning schools work closely together, achieving more collectively than any single school could alone. Our subject specialists, Group-wide intranet, shared curriculum, and online learning portal enable us to collaborate effectively, streamline processes, and support staff in managing workload to promote a healthy work-life balance.

As a Group, we are committed to rewarding and developing our staff. This includes strong career pathways, competitive pay, excellent benefits, and the deep professional satisfaction that comes from helping young people succeed. We invest in staff wellbeing through generous INSET provision—at least eight days per year, with three dedicated solely to planning—and through a Trust-wide wellbeing programme. This commitment reflects our ethos: bringing out the best in everyone.

The Lowry Academy is committed to creating the best place to work, where all staff can reach their full potential. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation. We look forward to receiving your application.

Suitable candidates will be interviewed on receipt of application, and The Lowry Academy reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.

The Lowry is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all of its students. This responsibility necessitates a child protection policy and robust procedures. Each student’s welfare is of paramount importance. Our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy can be read on our website.

Closing Date: 10/08/2026 @9am Interview Date: Proposed 20/08/2026

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 The Lowry Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 884 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Lowry Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-lowry-academy

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