Domestic Operations Manager
Bedales School
Hampshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- £31,926 to £33,798 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
Job overview
Our school is a unique educational establishment, set in the beautiful Hampshire countryside. Our aim is to create an environment where questioning, divergent thinking and freedom to learn from mistakes are all encouraged. Central to our success is the sense that each person is a member of our community whose voice is entitled to be heard and treated with respect. Both our staff and students expect of each other the best kind of relationships – co-operative, authentic and trustful.
To succeed in this position, you should be keen to play a full and inclusive role in the life of our busy boarding community and be able to contribute to the development of our innovative school.
The Domestic Operations Manager will take the lead role in the provision of an efficient, pro-active and effective domestic, portering and security management service, adopting a professional, welcoming and helpful, customer-focused approach to the role. You will also be required to appoint and supervise contractors to support the provision of domestic services.
The ideal candidate will have proven experience in a comparable role gained within a large service organisation or school. You will be a highly experienced people manager and capable of managing a large diverse team, possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with others in a demanding service environment.
The hours of work will be 8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday.
Benefits
Our benefits include onsite parking, free school lunches during term-time, life assurance, pension and personal accident cover.
For further information and to apply, please visit: http://www.bedales.org.uk/home/about-bedales/bedales-schools-jobs
Closing date: Monday 21 October 2019 at 9:00am
Interview date: Tuesday 29 October 2019
Recruitment and advertising agency support not required for this vacancy.
Bedales is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All teaching posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all successful applicants will undergo safeguarding screening including an enhanced DBS and Barred List check from the Disclosure and Barring Service and a Prohibition from Teaching Check.
About Bedales School
Bedales School is an independent, co-educational, selective, day and boarding school for children aged 3-18. It is situated in Petersfield in Hampshire and there are 460 pupils on its roll. There are admission fees and scholarships and bursaries are available.
Bedales is a charitable trust and was founded in 1893 by J H Badley as a humane alternative to the authoritarian regimes of the late-Victorian public schools. Its founding ethos was, and still is, “Head, Hand and Heart.”
Headteacher
Will Goldsmith
Values and vision
The school prides itself on having a strong sense of belonging and it has five core aims for its pupils; to develop inquisitive thinkers with a love learning, to help develop talents through doing and making, to foster each individual and encourage initiative, creativity and appreciation of beauty, to ensure students, alumni, parents and staff take pride in the communities distinctiveness and to feel valued and nourished, and to foster interest beyond the school, with the community and to develop national and international awareness
ISI
“The School is extremely successful in achieving its aims. It is a mutual learning society, determined to maintain its momentum for continuous development. At all stages, students are well educated, and the quality of their achievement and learning is excellent. Students with SEND or EAL achieve well and make rapid progress through the excellent support they receive as their needs are carefully met. More able students and those with particular gifts or talents achieve suitably high standards in a variety of activities.”
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