Chief Operations Officer
St Mary's Catholic School
Hertfordshire, CM23 2NQ
- £55,000 - £75,000 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- £55,000 - £75,000, depending on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023 or earlier
- Apply by:
- 9 December 2022
Job overview
Salary and Grade: £55,000 - £75,000, depending on experience
Hours: Full-time, Permanent
Start date: September 2023 or earlier
We welcome applications from those of the Catholic faith, all faiths and no faith, and who are supportive of our Christian values and ethos.
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy Trust is looking to appoint an exceptional individual to join our Executive Team from September 2023 or earlier. The new role completes the set of three key Executive roles that need to be in place for the successful growth and development of this Academy Trust; the COO will join the CEO and CFO already in place.
Established in September 2021, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy Trust formed with eight schools from the outset. All schools are strong schools, and the financial position of the Trust is equally strong.
The full-time COO is part of our strategic approach to increasing leadership capacity within our Executive Team. Reporting to the CEO, this is an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior leader to lead operational strategy across the Trust with a strong focus on compliance, communication, standards, safeguarding, estates management, including capital projects, and health and safety, as well as supporting our Headteachers to continue to deliver excellence through our nursery, primary and secondary provision. The successful candidate will work alongside the CEO and CFO to ensure that the Trust meets its statutory obligations and continues to deliver the strategic aims and objectives set out by the Trust Board.
The successful candidate will combine leadership experience of managing complex, multi-disciplinary and support functions with excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills. They will be comfortable operating at the most senior levels within an organisation, school or business unit and will be a first-class communicator, able to work collegiately, comfortable supporting and challenging senior staff including Headteachers, as well as working in an engaged and constructive manner to ensure the best possible support for each of the Trust’s eight schools.
We want to appoint a positive, highly driven and dynamic leader wholly committed to to making a significant contribution to the next phase of our trust’s development.
If you are interested in having an informal conversation about this post prior to submitting an application, please download the Application Pack and / or contact Andrew Celano by email at:
Attached documents
- C8 - Child Protection Safeguarding Policy.pdf1.09MB
- Applicant Info Pack1.19MB
- Keeping children safe in education 2022.pdf1.31MB
- Consent_to_Obtain_References_Form.docx37.67KB
- SMCS Recruitment_Monitoring_Form .docx45.83KB
- SMCS Rehabilitation_of_Offenders_Act_1974_-_Disclosure_Form.docx59KB
- School prospectus2.86MB
- Child protection policy1.09MB
- E3 Code of Conduct Policy589.04KB
- Recruitment monitoring form45.83KB
About St Mary's Catholic School
- St Mary's Catholic School
- Windhill, Bishop's Stortford
- Hertfordshire
- CM23 2NQ
- United Kingdom
Welcome
St. Mary’s has a strong tradition of providing an authentic education which aims to deliver excellence for every member of our Catholic community. It is our mission to build on that tradition as we develop the school still further over the years ahead.
Our school is built upon an ambitious mission for each and every young person: to fulfil academic potential; to be fully developed in the personal, social and spiritual areas of life; to achieve excellence in every area of life; and to be underpinned by Gospel Values, enabling each person to value individuals and contribute positively to society. We work in partnership with parents and the wider community to ensure that this mission is accomplished in the lives of all our young people, and in so doing, enable those young people to live life to the full.
The aims of the school are:
• the formation of our young people according to Gospel values;
• the fulfilment of the potential of our pupils in all aspects of the curriculum;
• the personal, social and spiritual development of our pupils into responsible, generous and caring members of society;
• the achievement of all these within a culture of respect and appreciation for the worth and contribution of each member of our school and its wider community.
In 1896, five Sisters from the Belgian congregation of St Mary of Namur came to Bishop's Stortford and established a school with just 9 students. These pioneering Sisters were the first to provide Catholic education for the district, and the school rapidly became a success. Their legacy is St Mary’s Catholic School, and as we look to the future with high expectations for continued success, their vision continues to inspire us. This is expressed in our aspiration towards academic excellence founded on Gospel values. In practical terms this also means the best possible pastoral care and guidance and the challenge and support of a broad range of spiritual opportunities which permeate through all aspects of school life.
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