Job Title: Senior Operations Manager
Actual Annual Salary: £43,386 - £46,737 (CLF Grade G)
Contract Type: Permanent, All Year Round
Hours: Full-Time, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Provisional Start Date: 3rd November 2025
Are you looking for a senior administrative position in Somerset that offers variety, responsibility, and the opportunity to be part of an established trust during a promising period of change?
Exciting opportunity as Operational Lead for Kingsmead School as it integrates itself into a trust of 35 other academies. The successful candidate will join a team of experienced Senior Operations Managers and Operations Managers working in academies in Somerset, North Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire.
Reporting to the Principal, the Senior Operations Manager will be responsible for co-ordination of all large academy operations and administrative activities, as defined by student and staff numbers and complexity of the site. They will work with the Principal, senior leadership team and relevant cluster and central colleagues to ensure that robust administrative, compliance and operations systems, processes and procedures are in place.
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 as 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.
Why work at CLF?
We are a diverse and inclusive community of 36 academies across five cluster regions in the South West that is committed to excellence and making a positive impact. Our people bring unique perspectives, but we’re all driven by a shared moral purpose and a passion for making a positive impact, whether in a teaching, leadership or support role. We’re proud to foster a culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of others.
We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters and so encourage applications from underrepresented and global majority groups including ethnicity, 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: 26 August 2025 @ 11.59pm
Short-listing: 27 August 2025
Interviews: 11 September 2025
If you would like to discuss this opportunity with our Head of Administration 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, as it does not meet the requirements set out by government.
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.