School Operations Manager
Sandringham School
Hertfordshire
- £33,433 - £41,215 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- M1 plus fringe
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- July 2022
- Apply by:
- 27 June 2022
Job overview
Due to a re-organisation within our Trust, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to join Sandringham School as an Operations Manager.
The successful candidate will work closely with the Senior Leadership Team and will be responsible for the school Resources, Premises and Human Resources functions.
This is an exciting, varied role, and one which is critical in enabling the school to achieve our vision and objectives.
As a result, we are looking for a dynamic individual, with experience of leading similar multi-functional operations, within or outside of an education environment.
The role will suit an individual with the ability to contribute strategically but who also enjoys playing a hands-on role, supporting operational delivery through their teams.
The right person will be well organised and will effectively prioritise their time to balance their focus across their functions. They will closely partner the school Headteacher and Trust Operations Director to actively contribute to strategic decision making and planning within the school. They will also build successful working relationships across the wider school team to influence effectively and successfully deliver the operations agenda.
This role requires someone who has professional integrity, excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to engage and communicate effectively in a wide range of situations with colleagues at all levels.
If you think this sounds like an exciting opportunity and would like to work in a forward-thinking school and make a difference, we would like to hear from you.
Minimum of 30-37 hours, term time + 3 weeks. Alternatively, with additional responsibilities, 37 hours, 52 weeks including holiday.
Pro-rata salary range for 37 hours, term time + 3 weeks: £33,433-£37,234
Full time salary range for 37 hours, full year: £37,008-£41,215
Benefits include:
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Professional development
- Children of staff admission policy
- Cycle to work scheme
Our school
Sandringham School is a high performing and extremely popular Outstanding School. Over £10 million has been invested in developing the learning environment in the past five years to provide a state-of-the-art learning campus.
Sandringham School is a member of the Alban Academies Trust, together with Verul am School, Ridgeway Academy, Wheatfield’s Junior School, Wheatfield’s Infants’ and Nursery School, Garden Fields JMI and Skyswood School. We work in a multi-academy trust to share best practice, deliver joint training, promote the highest of expectations and raise achievement for all students. Our motto is ‘Educational Excellence for Everyone’. The trust offers significant opportunities for career development of staff at all levels within our organisation.
Candidates are welcome to visit the school informally prior to application, by appointment
Closing date – 12 noon, Monday 27th June
Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible as the school reserves the right to close the advert should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate. Full details are available from our website www.sandringham.herts.sch.uk or www.teachinherts.com
Applications should be sent to: Kate Ward, HR Manager, Tel 01727 799560. Email appointments@sandringham.herts.sch.uk. We also welcome online TES applications.
Sandringham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and references. We are strongly committed to promoting equality of opportunity and the elimination of unlawful discrimination. Please note that this post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Attached documents
About Sandringham School
Sandringham is a highly popular and oversubscribed school with an excellent reputation both locally and nationally. Over the past years we have been graded Outstanding by Ofsted at every visit to the school. We have been in the 100 top performing non-selective state schools in England for the past 6 years, and are one of the first to gain 'World Class Schools' status. Each year our examination results demonstrate high performance at all levels. Our value added is very high placing the school in the top percentile rankings of all schools nationally. Saying this, there is still plenty of room for improvement and we are working hard to continue to raise standards wherever possible. We support all areas of the curriculum and, in addition, have a strong focus on STEM subjects and the Arts. We also hold International School status and encourage work on an international basis.
Sandringham School is a member of the Alban Academies Trust, together with Verulam School, Ridgeway Academy, Wheatfield’s Junior School and Wheatfield’s Infants’ and Nursery School. We work in a multi-academy trust to share best practice, deliver joint training, promote the highest of expectations and raise achievement for all students. Our motto is ‘Educational Excellence for Everyone’. The trust offers significant opportunities for career development of staff at all levels within our organisation.
Sandringham also co-ordinates the Alban Federation which is a School Centred Initial Teacher Training Provider. As part of the AAT we offer an enhanced induction programme for all our NQTS. This programme begins at the beginning of July with our 3 week summer induction programme, which attracts an attendance payment of £2,000 and a contract on the main pay scale from 1st September. Support is provided by subject and senior leader mentors and we offer subject specific as well as general training through ATSA and Herts for Learning events. Please see the attached document for further information. We are also a National Teaching School and run the Alban Teaching School Alliance with Sir John Lawes School in Harpenden and STAGS in St Albans, offering significant CPD opportunities for staff across a large number of schools. All our teaching staff are provided with a laptop and iPad and as our own admitting authority our admissions criteria now includes a children of staff rule.
We deliver a blended learning environment with every student able to use their own tablet device in the classroom. One of our most important and well-established networks is the BeauSandVer Consortium that provides high-quality post-16 education across Beaumont, Sandringham and Verulam Schools. We are an eight form entry school with 1482 students including over 380 in the Sixth Form.
We take every opportunity to develop the campus and are proud of the resources and facilities available to all the young people and staff at Sandringham and have invested over £10m in recent developments.
Staff morale at Sandringham is very high, shored up by an excellent working environment. Central to everything that happens at Sandringham are its students. With our direct and simple mission statement: ‘Everybody can be Somebody’ staff have sought to ensure that every young person feels valued and listened to. We pride ourselves in developing staff and providing significant opportunities for leadership and promotion. It is a really exciting and enjoyable place to work.
Additional information can be found on our website.
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