School Operations Manager

Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 2HT

8 days remaining to apply

Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
4 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
18 June 2025

Job details

Job role: Other support roles
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £27,167.60- £29,513.99

School Operations Manager job summary

School Operations Manager

Required from September 2025

Full time

Term time only

Permanent

Grade F points 20-24 (£31,586-£34,314 FTE per annum)

£27,167.60- £29,513.99 Actual Salary per annum

Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School is seeking to appoint an Operations Manager to manage the school office and provide HR, payroll and other administrative, financial, organisational processes within the school. Working closely with Head Teacher and the Transform Trust central team to ensure school finance and HR processes are completed in an accurate and timely manner.

You will contribute to the planning, development and monitoring of support services and/or management of support staff, including delegation of relevant activities. The role will also involve supporting the Senior Leadership Team by enabling effective strategic decision making.

You will:

have general office or similar experience, ideally in an educational setting
experience of managing people
be able to carry out both routine and more difficult financial calculations
have the ability to interpret data / information and present this to senior staff in an appropriate, understandable fashion
be accurate and take pride in your work
work well as part of a team
be literate and numerate
have excellent communication skills with children and adults
know how to build and maintain relationships
be committed to your own professional development

In return we offer:

· A welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driven towards continuously raising standards

· Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives

· Calm and purposeful learning environments

· Friendly, polite, well-behaved children who deserve the very best

· Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community

· A forward-thinking approach to leadership and teaching and learning throughout the school

· Career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed, please contact the school office to arrange a convenient time.

Please complete the online application form which you will find on the Transform Trust website http://www.transformtrust.co.uk/vacancies

Any questions or queries should be directed to Sarah Griffith at Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School, Westbourne View, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. NG17 2HT Email: bforestoffice@bforest.notts.sch.uk Telephone: 01623 553189

Closing date for applications 4^th July 2025 at 12:00pm

Transform Trust is a Multi Academy Trust with over 9300 children in 26 Primary Schools covering Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire. Joining us, you will be part of an ambitious and innovative organisation. We have a strong focus on empowering our member schools to drive their improvement journey whilst maintaining their own individual identity and community focus.

We believe education has the power to transform lives and communities. Our purpose is to be an innovative and inclusive Trust working for all children.

We are an employer that encourages flexible working and promotes wellbeing through workload considerations.

Commitment to safeguarding

Safeguarding
Transform Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment procedures and pre-employment background checks, including satisfactory references, medical, Enhanced DBS with children’s barred list clearance, online and social media checks and completion of relevant safeguarding training including Safeguarding Children in Education
All school roles are classed as regulated activity and as such, it is an offence to apply to for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children