Operations Officer
Sheffield Park Academy, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S2 1SN14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
TBC
Closing date
5 January 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week, 52 weeks per year.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £35,000 gross per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job title: Operations Officer
Location: Fir Vale School
Starting salary: £35,000 gross per annum
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Start date: TBC
We are seeking to appoint an experienced individual to the role of Operations Officer at Fir Vale School. This is an exciting opportunity to support the Operations Manager in embedding systems and processes.
This role requires a focussed individual who is organised and passionate about making a difference for our academy and the local community. The successful candidate will be a highly efficient individual with outstanding attention to detail. This is a challenging role that will bring many rewards.
We will offer you:
- Highly competitive pay above national average.
- 26 days annual leave plus 8 statutory bank holidays per annum.
- An additional day’s paid leave awarded per annum.
- Excellent facilities and resources.
- Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
- A respectful working environment.
- Supportive, friendly colleagues who are committed to each other’s professional development.
- A chance to become part of United Learning, one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
- Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in each academy across the Cluster and United Learning.
- Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
- Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
- Perkbox benefits platform.
- Free on-site parking.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
- We encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.
Fir Vale School is joining the Yorkshire Cluster of United Learning in the near future. As part of United Learning our aim is to bring out ‘the Best in Everyone’ and we continuously strive to ensure that students and staff have every opportunity to succeed, with their potential developed to the utmost.
United Learning is one of the largest and most successful Trusts in the country who offers unrivalled Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and training, including opportunities for nationwide networking.
We are looking for:
- An experienced line manager with excellent communication and team building skills.
- Ability and confidence to coach and mentor colleagues.
- A professional with validated operational services experience.
- Experience of developing a high-quality administrative service.
- Strong problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to present operational proposals in a simple and effective way to senior internal collaborators.
- Good collaborator skills, including an ability to set expectations and balance conflicting demands.
- Report writing and presenting to a variety of audiences.
- Excellent IT skills.
- Ability to effectively contribute to the review and development of policies and procedures.
- You must have good organisational skills and a keen eye for detail.
- Ability to adapt to changing and diverse workload with autonomy and resilience.
- Demonstrate a positive, proactive and professional approach at all times.
Please see the job description and person specification for further detail.
As Fir Vale School is joining United Learning, the advert is hosted by Sheffield Park Academy. To apply, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button at the top of the advert on Sheffield Park Academy’s website using the following link to our vacancies page: Sheffield Park Academy Vacancies and complete our online application form. Please note that CVs are not accepted. The closing date for this post is midnight on Sunday 05 January 2025. Interviews will take place soon after.
If you would like to discuss this exciting opportunity, please contact the PA to Headteacher via email goxley@firvale.com
United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, Right to Work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.
What the school offers its staff
- Highly competitive pay above national average.
- 26 days annual leave plus 8 statutory bank holidays per annum.
- An additional day’s paid leave awarded per annum.
- Excellent facilities and resources.
- Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
- A respectful working environment.
- Supportive, friendly colleagues who are committed to each other’s professional development.
- A chance to become part of United Learning, one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
- Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in each academy across the Cluster and United Learning.
- Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
- Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
- Perkbox benefits platform.
- Free on-site parking.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
- We encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.
Commitment to safeguarding
United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, Right to Work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.
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About Sheffield Park Academy
- School type
- Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1198 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Sheffield Park Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@unitedlearningyorks.org.uk
Sheffield Park Academy is an 11-19 school and is part of the United Learning group. As part of United Learning our aim is to bring out ‘the Best in Everyone’ and we continuously strive to ensure that students and staff have every opportunity to succeed, with their potential developed to the utmost
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