Operations Manager
| Posting date: | 23 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 February 2026 |
| Location: | Enfield, EN2 8GH |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 023d631a-4909-4097-8ac3-828d30b0f0ad |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Your Role
To manage the operations of the academy, ensuring the highest operational standardsare implemented. To line manage operational staff and lead effectively. To be astrategic partner for the Principal.
Key Responsibilities
Development and Leadership of the Academy
• Work with the Principal to develop the academy, including operational systems that willwork effectively at scale and support growth.
• Work in partnership with the Principal and members of the leadership team in the cycleof planning, implementation, review and evaluation of the academy's Development Plan.
• Undertake and, when required, deliver or be part of the appraisal system and relevanttraining and professional development.
• Manage the operations teams and support their development.
Estate Management
• Lead the site team and external contractors to ensure the maintenance of theacademy site, grounds, boundaries and buildings to a high standard, including securityof site, upkeep of playing fields, gardens and land drainage.
• Oversee the management and provision of all lettings of the academy’s facilities.
• Act as the academy’s Health and Safety Coordinator, ensuring appropriateprocedures/checks are implemented and operating.
• Co-operate with external advisors and be responsible for monitoring, implementationand review of the academy’s Health and Safety Policy, including all risk assessmentprocedures.
Administration and Compliance
• With external IT contractors, act as a system manager for the computer network and MIS,giving guidance to other users.
• Ensure that the website is kept up-to-date and compliant.
• Be responsible for all statutory and statistical returns and ensure that they are completed asappropriate.
• Lead on data protection, taking responsibility for working with our external DPO to ensuredata protection compliance.
• Track all academy policies and ensure they are updated in accordance with the policy reviewschedule.
• Monitor and update the risk register.
• Provide reports as necessary to the Governing body and Principal.
Other
• Support the academy’s values and ethos by contributing to the development and implementation of policies, practices and procedures.
• Help create a strong academy community characterised by consistent, orderly behaviour and caring, respectful relationships.
• Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, and follow academy policies, including the staff code of conduct.
• Work with finance and HR teams to ensure operational services are delivered on budget and provide value for money.
• Respond to major incidents at the academy, such as fire and theft.
• Cognisant that there may be times when working outside the standard hours is required for operational purposes.
This provides an outline of the responsibilities that this role involves. However, the postholdermust be available to perform such duties at such times and such places as may be specified bythe Principal and which may be reasonably requested as being commensurate with the role and dutiesundertaken.
What the school offers its staff
ODA Perks
Wellbeing
• Clear whole school behaviour systems thatare implemented by all
• Large teaching team to support thelearning and behaviour of students moreeffectively
• Recognition - we take the time togive shout-outs and say thank you tocolleagues
• Additional days of holiday to say thank youfor volunteering to support students onevents that are outside the usual schoolday; e.g. residential trips, attendingstudent performances, etc.
• No late-night parents evenings - we holdthem during dedicated progress reviewdays
• Termly ‘Golden Weeks’ where wecelebrate staff wellbeing
• A golden ticket, enabling staff to enjoy anafternoon off when needed
• A two-week winter half term to enablestaff to take holidays outside of normalterm time so they can rest and rechargefrom those longer darker evenings
• Free breakfast, lunch, tea and coffee
• Discounts on a new bike via the ‘Cycle towork’ scheme
• Free flu jab
• Free eye test
• Leadership planning time to drive forwardwhole school initiatives
Staff Development
• Week-long Bootcamp to induct new staffand set up for the year ahead effectively
• Weekly CPD & coaching
• Supportive line management structure
• Collaborative planning time
• 14 whole school staff inset days dedicatedto incremental improvement, planning anddata analysis
• Free admission to Research ED
• External coaching for Senior Leaders
Staff of ODA Children
• Free breakfast club
• Free after school wrap-around care
• 1 x free after school club
Other
• Laptop/devices are lent to all staff whorequire them
• 10% off Pure Gym Membership
• 10% off car service and MOT at localgarage
• Length of service rewards
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the guidance for keeping children safe in education. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Your Role
To manage the operations of the academy, ensuring the highest operational standardsare implemented. To line manage operational staff and lead effectively. To be astrategic partner for the Principal.
Key Responsibilities
Development and Leadership of the Academy
• Work with the Principal to develop the academy, including operational systems that willwork effectively at scale and support growth.
• Work in partnership with the Principal and members of the leadership team in the cycleof planning, implementation, review and evaluation of the academy's Development Plan.
• Undertake and, when required, deliver or be part of the appraisal system and relevanttraining and professional development.
• Manage the operations teams and support their development.
Estate Management
• Lead the site team and external contractors to ensure the maintenance of theacademy site, grounds, boundaries and buildings to a high standard, including securityof site, upkeep of playing fields, gardens and land drainage.
• Oversee the management and provision of all lettings of the academy’s facilities.
• Act as the academy’s Health and Safety Coordinator, ensuring appropriateprocedures/checks are implemented and operating.
• Co-operate with external advisors and be responsible for monitoring, implementationand review of the academy’s Health and Safety Policy, including all risk assessmentprocedures.
Administration and Compliance
• With external IT contractors, act as a system manager for the computer network and MIS,giving guidance to other users.
• Ensure that the website is kept up-to-date and compliant.
• Be responsible for all statutory and statistical returns and ensure that they are completed asappropriate.
• Lead on data protection, taking responsibility for working with our external DPO to ensuredata protection compliance.
• Track all academy policies and ensure they are updated in accordance with the policy reviewschedule.
• Monitor and update the risk register.
• Provide reports as necessary to the Governing body and Principal.
Other
• Support the academy’s values and ethos by contributing to the development and implementation of policies, practices and procedures.
• Help create a strong academy community characterised by consistent, orderly behaviour and caring, respectful relationships.
• Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, and follow academy policies, including the staff code of conduct.
• Work with finance and HR teams to ensure operational services are delivered on budget and provide value for money.
• Respond to major incidents at the academy, such as fire and theft.
• Cognisant that there may be times when working outside the standard hours is required for operational purposes.
This provides an outline of the responsibilities that this role involves. However, the postholdermust be available to perform such duties at such times and such places as may be specified bythe Principal and which may be reasonably requested as being commensurate with the role and dutiesundertaken.
What the school offers its staff
ODA Perks
Wellbeing
• Clear whole school behaviour systems thatare implemented by all
• Large teaching team to support thelearning and behaviour of students moreeffectively
• Recognition - we take the time togive shout-outs and say thank you tocolleagues
• Additional days of holiday to say thank youfor volunteering to support students onevents that are outside the usual schoolday; e.g. residential trips, attendingstudent performances, etc.
• No late-night parents evenings - we holdthem during dedicated progress reviewdays
• Termly ‘Golden Weeks’ where wecelebrate staff wellbeing
• A golden ticket, enabling staff to enjoy anafternoon off when needed
• A two-week winter half term to enablestaff to take holidays outside of normalterm time so they can rest and rechargefrom those longer darker evenings
• Free breakfast, lunch, tea and coffee
• Discounts on a new bike via the ‘Cycle towork’ scheme
• Free flu jab
• Free eye test
• Leadership planning time to drive forwardwhole school initiatives
Staff Development
• Week-long Bootcamp to induct new staffand set up for the year ahead effectively
• Weekly CPD & coaching
• Supportive line management structure
• Collaborative planning time
• 14 whole school staff inset days dedicatedto incremental improvement, planning anddata analysis
• Free admission to Research ED
• External coaching for Senior Leaders
Staff of ODA Children
• Free breakfast club
• Free after school wrap-around care
• 1 x free after school club
Other
• Laptop/devices are lent to all staff whorequire them
• 10% off Pure Gym Membership
• 10% off car service and MOT at localgarage
• Length of service rewards
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the guidance for keeping children safe in education. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.