School Operations Manager

Required from September 2025

Full time

Term time only

Permanent

Grade F points 20-24 (£31,586-£34,314 FTE per annum)

              £27,167.60- £29,513.99 Actual Salary per annum

Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School is seeking to appoint an Operations Manager to manage the school office and provide HR, payroll and other administrative, financial, organisational processes within the school. Working closely with Head Teacher and the Transform Trust central team to ensure school finance and HR processes are completed in an accurate and timely manner.

You will contribute to the planning, development and monitoring of support services and/or management of support staff, including delegation of relevant activities. The role will also involve supporting the Senior Leadership Team by enabling effective strategic decision making.

You will:

• have general office or similar experience, ideally in an educational setting
• experience of managing people
• be able to carry out both routine and more difficult financial calculations
• have the ability to interpret data / information and present this to senior staff in an appropriate, understandable fashion
• be accurate and take pride in your work
• work well as part of a team
• be literate and numerate
• have excellent communication skills with children and adults
• know how to build and maintain relationships
• be committed to your own professional development

In return we offer:

·       A welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driven towards continuously raising standards

·       Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives

·       Calm and purposeful learning environments

·       Friendly, polite, well-behaved children who deserve the very best

·       Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community

·       A forward-thinking approach to leadership and teaching and learning throughout the school

·       Career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed, please contact the school office to arrange a convenient time.

Please complete the online application form which you will find on the Transform Trust website http://www.transformtrust.co.uk/vacancies  

Any questions or queries should be directed to Sarah Griffith at Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School, Westbourne View, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. NG17 2HT Email: bforestoffice@bforest.notts.sch.uk Telephone: 01623 553189 

Closing date for applications 4^th July 2025 at 12:00pm 

Transform Trust is a Multi Academy Trust with over 9300 children in 26 Primary Schools covering Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire. Joining us, you will be part of an ambitious and innovative organisation. We have a strong focus on empowering our member schools to drive their improvement journey whilst maintaining their own individual identity and community focus.  

We believe education has the power to transform lives and communities. Our purpose is to be an innovative and inclusive Trust working for all children. 

We are an employer that encourages flexible working and promotes wellbeing through workload considerations.