Key Role Information

Salary
£26,788 - £28,040
Job type
Part Time
Contract type
Fixed Term
Closing
08/05/2026 09:00
Interview
WB 18th May 2026
Contract term
TTO Plus - Term time only plus weeks
Pay grade
Support Pay Scale | 26 - 28
Department
Strive4
Key stage
Not Applicable
Hours per week
24.00
Weeks per year
40.000
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

Strive4 Academy Trust is looking for a talented and ambitious Operations Manager to join its Central Services team. This is an incredibly exciting time to join Strive4 with plans for expansion of the Trust, and the opportunity for substantial personal and professional development within the role.

 

The successful candidate will play a crucial role in a tight knit operations team, working across a diverse portfolio of responsibilities spanning health and safety, premises compliance, GDPR, and organisational resilience.

 

By ensuring that all Strive4 academies operate safely, legally and effectively, the Operations Manager at Strive4 Academy Trust, will have the opportunity to make a real difference to children’s futures, whilst developing professional skills and expertise.

 

 Potential applicants are both welcome and encouraged to visit the Trust. Please contact the Trust office by telephone on 020 8504 7301


Strive4 Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All applicants should read our safeguarding policy which can be accessed by clicking on this link. This post will require a DBS check and references will be taken up prior to interview.

 

Protection of your Data/Information:

Once the recruitment process has been completed the application form and associated documents for successful candidates will be retained to form the basis of an employment record and stored safely and securely. Unsuccessful candidates’ details will be retained for six months and after that period will be securely disposed of.

  

Qualifications

Management and/or facilities related qualification(s)essential
Degree or equivalent qualificationessential

Skills

Experience

• Strong organisational and planning skills, with the ability to manage complex workloads, competing priorities and tight deadlines.essential
• Highly developed analytical and problem-solving skills.essential
• Calm, resilient and solution-focused approach, particularly under pressure.essential
• Minimum of 3 year’s experience in operational, compliance, risk or governance leadership.essential
• Demonstrable experience of managing statutory compliance frameworks, inspections, audits and regulatory assurance processes.essential
• Proven ability to operate at senior leadership level, providing professional challenge, advice and assurance to executive leaders, Trustees and Governors. essential
• High level of competence in Microsoft Office and digital compliance systems.essential
• Experience of managing GDPR, information governance and data protection compliance.essential
• Experience of estates, premises or facilities compliance management.essential

Leadership

Effective leadership and motivational skillsessential
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence, challenge and support senior stakeholders.essential
• Ability to interpret complex regulatory frameworks and communicate requirements clearly to non-specialists.essential

Personal Attributes

Focusedessential
Integrityessential
• High levels of professional integrity, discretion and confidentiality.essential

Strive4 Central Team

Charlotte Gaspard

recruitment@strive4academy.co.uk

Ray Lodge Primary School
Snakes Lane East
Woodford Green
Essex
IG8 7JQ

Safeguarding Information

Strive4 Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children within its family of schools. It expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined for the purposes of this policy statement as:

Children includes everyone under the age of 18.


Where a child is suffering significant harm, or is likely to do so, action should be taken to protect that child. Such action might be taken under Section 47 and Section 44 of the Children Act 1989. Action should also be taken to promote the welfare of a child in need of additional support, even if they are not suffering harm or are at immediate risk. Such action might be taken under Section 17 of the Children Act 1989.


Strive4 Academy Trust believes that all staff have a moral and statutory responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils and that everyone who works in the Trust with our children and young people must share this commitment. Everyone who works within the trust must demonstrate the values of the Trust:

  • Each of our schools must follow the agreed model child protection policy and all other wider safeguarding policies; Failure to ensure that all policies related to the protection of children are followed could result in dismissal
  • Each school must pay due regard to the priorities, advice and guidance of its Local Safeguarding Board (LSB) and the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)
  • Safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility
  • All Staff ensure their approach is wholly child-centred and at all times, they consider what is in the best interest of the pupil