Operations Officer
River Learning Trust, Kidlington, OX5 2NTThis job expired on 20 September 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
20 September 2024 at 9am
Date listed
30 August 2024
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
- £24,702.00 - £26,873.00 Annually (FTE)
Operations Officer job summary
Location; River Learning Trust Central Office, located currently within the grounds of Gosford Hill School, Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 2NT with flexibility to work from home up to 3 days per week.
Hours; 37 hrs per week, 5 days per week. We are happy to discuss a range of working patterns, including Term Time only, Term Time only (plus) and Full Time
Pay; Grade6 (NJC Scales) £24,702 - £26,873 FTE
A great opportunity to provide active and important administrative support to ensure the efficient running of estates and facilities across all the schools within RLT. This will include pulling together data and analysis through handling and responding to queries from schools, suppliers and Central Team colleagues.
Skills and Experience required
We’re looking for a motivated, hard-working and highly efficient officer with meticulous attention to detail; to help support the H&S compliances, buildings maintenance and procurement activities of the Trust. You should relish the challenge of working in a busy team and must be able to demonstrate previous experience of delivering quality work to tight deadlines in a customer service environment.
What we can offer
- Working across a growing multi academy trust contributing to the ongoing success of our community of schools
- A lively and fast paced environment
- The opportunity to contribute to a highly skilled and committed team
- Annual pay increase for support staff (in line with grade boundaries) and for Teachers (subject to government framework and successful performance review)
- A Defined Benefit Pension Scheme with favourable terms for all employees (Teachers Pension for Teachers; LGPS for Support Staff)
- Moving from the public sector? Those without a break in service can be reassured that RLT will recognise their continuous service.
- Employee centred and family friendly policies and practises that support you in and beyond your workplace.
- Offering flexible working wherever we can, in order to support the work life balance of our employees.
- Enhanced sick pay, maternity leave, paternity leave and parental leave.
- Competitive holiday entitlement for support staff (minimum 24 days rising to 32 day plus bank holidays per annum - dependent on grade of role and length of service)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Funded eye tests and glasses for DSE users (subject to T/Cs)
Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.
OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.
This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.
Application should be submitted via our recruitment portal MyNewTerm. If you would like to have a confidential conversation about the role, prior to application, then please email staylor@riverlearningtrust.org - Administrator or telephone 01865 558727.
For more information about River Learning Trust please visit our website riverlearningtrust.org
Closing Date: 9:00am Friday 20th September 2024
Shortlisting Date: Wednesday 25th September 2024
Interview Date; Wednesday 2nd October 2024
The River Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
The Trust reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.
For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered
Commitment to safeguarding
The River Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
About River Learning Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.
OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide on the main advert using the link.
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