Operations Manager

Operations Manager

Posted: 19th May 2025

Closing date: 11th June 2025

Interviews held: w/c 16th June 2025

Start date: early September 2025

Salary: £45,718 (pay award pending)

Contract type: Permanent. Full time

Polam Hall School wishes to appoint an experienced Operations Manager on a full time basis to commence in September 2025.

We are seeking to appoint an experienced and extremely organised Operations Manager to join our school in September 2025 on a full time, permanent basis. The successful candidate will be able to marry forensic attention to detail with the ability to plan strategically. The role is varied and energising, leading a number of teams, and making a vital contribution that greatly impacts the operational success of our all-through school. We are a Department for Education Schools Rebuilding Programme school and so you will lead the operational aspects of this exciting capital project as well as offering whole school operations expertise and support. The role operates on a 52 weeks per year contract, with 36 days annual leave per annum along with local authority pension scheme.

The successful candidate will report into the Principal and work as a member of the Senior Leadership team. You will provide strategic leadership on all aspects of the school’s operations alongside capital projects, contributing to and supporting school improvement planning.

This role provides both day to day and strategic oversight and leadership for Operations. Key aspects of the role include, but are not limited to: site management, catering, data protection, marketing, wraparound care, IT, health and safety, community usage and capital projects.

If you are an ambitious individual with a passion for high quality systems and processes, we would love to hear from you

Our School:

Polam Hall School is a 4 – 16 all-through academy and is part of Woodard Academies Trust. We have 840 pupils on roll, with one and a half forms of entry in our Primary Phase and four forms in our Secondary Phase. Polam Hall is a school with a unique and long history which today is proud to be a fully comprehensive school serving the young people of Darlington. Our mission is to educate the whole child, developing leadership, compassion, character and academic ambition, through the combination of our Academic and Concordia Crescimus curricula. We have high expectations and aspirations for every member of our school community.

Polam Hall is a community where staff and students work together for common goals. We make every effort to develop our staff team, offering professional development opportunities and the chance to be part of a wider Trust, yet retaining the friendly atmosphere of a small school. We are looking for energetic and enthusiastic people to join our team, who have children at the heart of their practice and who will help us to drive forward our aim: to deliver an outstanding education to every single one of our pupils.

Visits to the school are welcome. Contact school reception to arrange.

Please note applicants should use the supporting statement section of the application form to clearly evidence their ability to meet the requirements outlined in the person specification. The information in this section will be used to shortlist applicants for the role and therefore it is important that enough detail is provided to give a full picture of skills and experience to contribute to the operational management of Polam Hall School.

Polam Hall School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.