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Operations Manager

Operations Manager

Ivybridge Community College

Devon

  • £32,910 - £36,922 per year
  • Expired
Salary:
Devon NJC Grade G (spine point 29-33)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
As soon as possible
Apply by:
12 July 2021

Job overview

Operations Manager

Pay Grade: Dependent on Experience / Devon Legacy Pay Scales, (Grade G SCP 29-33)

Salary: £32,910 - £36,922

Full Time – 37 hours per week / 52 weeks per year

Contract: Permanent 

This is an exciting opportunity to join Westcountry Schools Trust.  We are a dynamic organisation with our students and staff at our heart.  Built on an extensive track record of excellence, the Trust combines a range of secondary colleges, primary schools and business units based in a variety of sites across Devon and Cornwall.  We are also a stone’s throw from some of the best beaches and countryside in the country.

Ivybridge is an exciting place to work, with lots of aspirational professionals – and other occupational benefits too which come as part of your employment through Westcountry Schools Trust ….

• Generous contractual provisions around maternity, annual leave and sick pay

• We offer a local government pension scheme, with high employer contributions through national provider peninsula pension

• We provide free eye tests and contributions towards VDU use glasses through a choice of national opticians

• You have the opportunity to buy a bike through our cycle scheme.  You pay nothing upfront and the payments are taken tax efficiently from your salary

• From September 2021 we will be offered an new Employee Assistance Programme to all of our employees

• Free wellbeing services 

• Being part of a growing Trust means that we offer further opportunities for personal & professional development both on a school level and across the Trust

• Staff Enrichment programme, offering a variety of activities across the week (locally to Ivybridge)

What does the role involve?

Based at Ivybridge Community College, the Operations Manager will be working in a fast-paced environment, overseeing the College’s support services and reporting directly to the Principal. They will be one of the College’s leading support staff professionals, working as part of the College’s Senior Leadership Team to assist the Principal in their duties, whilst working with wider Trust colleagues to ensure alignment with WeST Strategy. They are responsible for the development and implementation of management processes to support the delivery of the College’s learning objectives.

The Operations Manager will have strong organisational and people management skills, prioritising and managing their own workload and that of their teams well.  The Operations Manager will use their excellent interpersonal skills to maintain a calm and professional manner in the face of many demands across the College.  Promoting the highest standards of business ethos, the post holder will develop and implement management processes, which optimise the effective use of resources, systems and structures to enable the delivery of the College’s core purpose of Teaching and Learning. 

The post holder will lead and manage the College’s professional support services and day-to-day resources which includes its: administrative services, ICT, catering, cleaning, facilities, property, health and safety and buses.  They will manage all aspects of the resources in these areas, from the people, diverse projects, preparation of management information and monitoring of performance against targets.

For an informal discussion regarding this role, please contact Jenna Gipson, HR Business Partner on telephone: 01752 891754, Extension: 1322.

The application form and full job description is available below. 

If you believe you can demonstrate the dedication, skills and passion required, we look forward to receiving your application. 

Completed applications to be returned to HR@ivybridge.devon.sch.uk by the closing date.

Closing date for applications: Monday, 12 July 9.00am.  

Interviews will provisionally take place on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 July. 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this post.







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About Ivybridge Community College

About us

Welcome to Ivybridge Community College.

It is an absolute privilege to be appointed as Principal of Ivybridge Community College and to be given the opportunity to share my passion and enthusiasm for education in a high performing school.  Students, Staff and Governors at Ivybridge Community College are driven by the commitment to providing an excellent education for all students from 11 – 18 years old.  Students and staff at Ivybridge thrive because everyone matters and each individual is celebrated for all their gifts and talents.  Inherent in everything we do is a culture of high expectation and aspiration.  My ambition and vision for the College as Principal is simple: to steer the next phase of the ‘Ivybridge Legacy’ to maintain its momentum as one of the best schools in the country.

Our website provides a glimpse of how we look to provide enjoyable and meaningful learning opportunities and shares our many successes at local, regional and national level across a range of curriculum and sporting excellence.  Please do arrange a visit to us in person, browse the website and see why joining us on Ivybridge’s learning journey is so fulfilling and worthwhile.

Rachel Hutchinson

Ivybridge Community College


Our Values and Ethos

“Ivybridge Community College aims to provide an integrated, comprehensive curriculum in an environment where the whole learning experience is one of opportunity, endeavour, achievement and excellence.”

Ivybridge Community College is a publicly funded non-fee paying mixed comprehensive secondary school for children in Ivybridge and surrounding area.

The College teaches students from Years 7 to 13 (aged 11 to 18) and offers outstanding education for all.  We are highly ambitious and seek to maximise the potential of every child.

We are extremely proud that the College has maintained its ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted status for over twenty years in all areas. This year we have also received the great accolade of being the only school in the South - west of England to have achieved World Class Schools Quality Mark Award.

Inherent in everything we do at the College is a culture of high expectations and aspirations.  Students are encouraged to develop a love of learning, to think for themselves and to maximise their full potential.  Consequently, the College actively appoints teachers with a strong sense of moral purpose and a desire to help all students.  We firmly believe that education can make a difference to the life chances of all young people.

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Applications closed