Senior Operations Manager
Kingsmead Community School, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 2NE27 days remaining to apply
Job start date
3 November 2025
Closing date
26 August 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
29 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £43,386 - £46,737
Senior Operations Manager job summary
Job Title: Senior Operations Manager
Actual Annual Salary: £43,386 - £46,737 (CLF Grade G)
Contract Type: Permanent, All Year Round
Hours: Full-Time, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Provisional Start Date: 3rd November 2025
Are you looking for a senior administrative position in Somerset that offers variety, responsibility, and the opportunity to be part of an established trust during a promising period of change?
Exciting opportunity as Operational Lead for Kingsmead School as it integrates itself into a trust of 35 other academies. The successful candidate will join a team of experienced Senior Operations Managers and Operations Managers working in academies in Somerset, North Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire.
Reporting to the Principal, the Senior Operations Manager will be responsible for co-ordination of all large academy operations and administrative activities, as defined by student and staff numbers and complexity of the site. They will work with the Principal, senior leadership team and relevant cluster and central colleagues to ensure that robust administrative, compliance and operations systems, processes and procedures are in place.
About you:
You will -
- Have a passion for working with and supporting children and young people.
- Be hard working and enthusiastic.
- Have a keen interest in working within an education-based environment and commitment to inclusion and acceptance of all.
- Provide evidence of effective leadership and line-management of staff including a team.
- Have experience of undertaking and developing a range of administrative tasks to a high standard.
- Be able to work with and influence colleagues in a variety of roles from across an organisation.
- Manage and prioritise a varied and busy workload as work to deadlines.
- Be knowledgeable in using BromCom or other bespoke Management Information system.
- Show experience of working on confidential matters.
Applicants are advised to refer to the full requirements of the role in the attached job description and person specification, prior to submitting an application.
Why work at CLF?
We are a diverse and inclusive community of 35 academies across five cluster regions in the South West that is committed to excellence and making a positive impact. Our people bring unique perspectives, but we’re all driven by a shared moral purpose and a passion for making a positive impact, whether in a teaching, leadership or support role. We’re proud to foster a culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of others.
We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters and so encourage applications from underrepresented and global majority groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
We aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
What we can offer you:
- Access to a generous pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Generous annual leave.
- A comprehensive induction and ongoing commitment to wellbeing and career progression, through a range of training, apprenticeships and in-role/wider-trust development opportunities.
- Well-being support through an Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs.
- A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay.
- Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, on-site parking plus many more!
Recruitment timeline:
Closing Date: 26 August 2025 @ 11.59pm
Short-listing: 27 August 2025
Interviews: 11 September 2025
If you would like to discuss this opportunity with our Head of Administration prior to the closing date, please contact our recruitment team who will arrange a suitable time.
As part of our commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we do not accept CVs – a full education and employment history must be provided through our application form.
Skilled Worker visas cannot be sponsored through this role, as it does not meet the requirements set out by government.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high level of interest in the role. Therefore, candidates are advised to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid missing out.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Kingsmead Community School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- Up to 725 pupils
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
School location
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