Senior Operations Manager

Job Title: Senior Operations Manager

Actual Annual Salary: £43,386 - £46,737 (CLF Grade G)

Contract Type: Fixed Term, all year round until 1 September 2026 (Maternity cover)

Hours: Full-Time, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. (Other working patterns may be considered)

Provisional Start Date: 24 November 2025

This is an exciting opportunity to lead an experienced team of administrators during the current Senior Operations Manager's maternity leave.

The role will involve working with the Senior Leadership Team to ensure that the academy meet their goals and enable the teachers and education support staff to focus on the delivery of education for children who attend Bristol Metropolitan Academy.

About you:

You will -

· Have a passion for working with and supporting children and young people.

· Be hard working and enthusiastic.

· Have a keen interest in working within an education-based environment and commitment to inclusion and acceptance of all.

· Provide evidence of effective leadership and line-management of staff including a team.

· Have experience of undertaking and developing a range of administrative tasks to a high standard.

· Be able to work with and influence colleagues in a variety of roles from across an organisation.

· Manage and prioritise a varied and busy workload ensuring you work to deadlines.

· Be knowledgeable in using Bromcom or other bespoke Management Information system.

· Show experience of working on confidential matters.

Applicants are advised to refer to the full requirements of the role in the attached job description and person specification, prior to submitting an application.

About Bristol Metropolitan Academy:

Bristol Metropolitan Academy (Bristol Met) is an over-subscribed secondary school based in Fishponds, Bristol. It is characterised by energy, enthusiasm and a strong sense of community. The years at school are few and precious, and it is important that students at Bristol Met have a strong sense of belonging and a belief in their right and their ability to achieve highly. Our students are excited to learn and are real ambassadors for our diverse community. 60% of our students come from global majority groups. We have more than 40 identified primary languages in our student and staff community with over 35% of our students coming from having English as an additional language backgrounds. A higher-than-average number of our students are supported with overcoming barriers due to a special educational need. We believe we enable all students to achieve their very best through our approach to inclusion

coupled with our Metropolitan Way; High Standards, High Aspirations and High Expectations working in harmony with our PROUD values of being ResPectful, Resilient, CompassiOnate, AmbitioUs and UnifieD.

Why work at CLF?

We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters. Over 52% of the students who attend Bristol Metropolitan Academy are from global majority groups, so we particularly encourage applicants from those groups in order to represent the students we serve, as well as wider underrepresented groups including gender, transgender, age disability, sexual orientation or religion. We aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

What we can offer you:

· Access to a generous pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

· Generous annual leave.

· A comprehensive induction and ongoing commitment to wellbeing and career progression, through a range of training, apprenticeships and in-role/wider-trust development opportunities.

· Well-being support through an Employee Assistance Programme.

· Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs.

· A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay.

· Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, on-site parking plus many more!

Recruitment timeline:

Closing Date: 22 September 2025 @11.59pm

Short-listing: 23 September 2025

Interviews: 1 October 2025

If you would like to discuss this opportunity prior to the closing date, please contact our recruitment team who will arrange a suitable time.

As part of our commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we do not accept CVs – a full education and employment history must be provided through our application form.

Skilled Worker visas cannot be sponsored through this role.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high level of interest in the role. Therefore, candidates are advised to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid missing out.

The Cabot Learning Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles across the trust have a varying level of responsibility for ensuring safeguarding practice, with some roles holding significant responsibility and involving working with children on a daily basis in regulated activity. Regardless of the level of responsibility and involvement in each role, we expect all staff, visiting professionals and volunteers to share this commitment.

All successful candidates will undergo a comprehensive pre-employment checking process, including an enhanced DBS check (including a further check against the appropriate barred list), references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, child disqualification, prohibition from teaching/management and online checks. You must also tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.