Chief Operations Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 10 Mawrth 2026 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 15 Mawrth 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Sheffield, Not recorded, S10 5RG |
| Cwmni: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 5bb2ac2d-16a0-41b8-bcf2-7c616048f97b |
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What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Chief Operating Officer (COO) who will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our Trust’s strategic vision. The successful candidate will be a values‑driven, highly skilled professional with strong commercial and operational expertise, capable of leading and developing our services to enable educational excellence across our academies.
Working in close partnership with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Trustees and C-Suite, the COO will ensure the Trust’s operations are efficient, financially robust, compliant and resilient, creating the conditions in which schools and young people can thrive.
The COO will be responsible for the strategic leadership and operational management of the Trust’s non‑educational functions. This typically includes:
- People/Human Resources
- Data Protection
- Estates and facilities
- IT and Digital
- Insights
- Health and safety & Risk
- Marketing & Communications
- Public Relations
The role ensures that operational excellence underpins strong educational outcomes.
What the school offers its staff
Local Government pension scheme
Flexible working
Cycle to work scheme
Discounted membership for Westfield Health
Occupational Health
Wellbeing programme
Continuous CPD and training
BUPA Healthy Minds scheme
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 keeping children safe in education guidance. 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.
We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Chief Operating Officer (COO) who will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our Trust’s strategic vision. The successful candidate will be a values‑driven, highly skilled professional with strong commercial and operational expertise, capable of leading and developing our services to enable educational excellence across our academies.
Working in close partnership with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Trustees and C-Suite, the COO will ensure the Trust’s operations are efficient, financially robust, compliant and resilient, creating the conditions in which schools and young people can thrive.
The COO will be responsible for the strategic leadership and operational management of the Trust’s non‑educational functions. This typically includes:
- People/Human Resources
- Data Protection
- Estates and facilities
- IT and Digital
- Insights
- Health and safety & Risk
- Marketing & Communications
- Public Relations
The role ensures that operational excellence underpins strong educational outcomes.
What the school offers its staff
Local Government pension scheme
Flexible working
Cycle to work scheme
Discounted membership for Westfield Health
Occupational Health
Wellbeing programme
Continuous CPD and training
BUPA Healthy Minds scheme
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 keeping children safe in education guidance. 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.