School Operations Manager

Allenton Primary School; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Allenton Community Primary School in the East Midlands is seeking a School Operations Manager to lead the school office and coordinate HR, payroll and essential administrative processes.

The role works with the Head of School and Transform Trust to ensure accurate finance, HR workflows, health & safety and safeguarding across the site, with a focus on service planning, development and staff supervision from January 2027.

Qualifications

• Experience of general office management, ideally in an educational setting.
• Experience of managing people and supervising staff.
• Ability to perform routine and complex financial calculations.
• Ability to interpret data and present it clearly to senior staff.
• High attention to detail and accuracy, able to work as part of a team.
• Strong literacy and numeracy; excellent communication with children and adults.

Responsibilities

• Manage the school office and provide HR, payroll and other administrative, financial, health & safety and organisational processes within the school.
• Contribute to planning, development and monitoring of support services and management of some support staff, including delegation of relevant activities.

Skills

Office management

People management

Financial calculations

Data interpretation

Accuracy

Team player

Literacy

Numeracy

Communication

Job description

School Operations Manager

Required from Monday 4th January 2027

Full time, 37 Hours per week

Term time plus 2 (41 weeks per year)

Permanent

Grade F points 20-24 (£33,673-£36,581 FTE per annum)

£30,447.89 Actual Salary per annum

Allenton Community Primary School is seeking to appoint an Operations Manager to manage the school office and provide HR, payroll and other administrative, financial, health & safety and organisational processes within the school. Working closely with Head of School and the Transform Trust central team to ensure school finance and HR processes are completed in an accurate and timely manner.

We warmly welcome applications from motivated individuals to join our dedicated and highly effective team from January 2027. The role includes contribution to the planning, development and monitoring of support services and management of some support staff, including delegation of relevant activities.

You will:

1. have general office or similar experience, ideally in an Educational setting
2. experience of managing people
3. be able to carry out both routine and more difficult financial calculations
4. have the ability to interpret data / information and present this to senior staff in an appropriate, understandable fashion
5. be accurate and take pride in your work
6. work well as part of a team
7. be literate and numerate;
8. have excellent communication skills with children and adults

In return we offer:

1. A welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driventowards continuously raising standards.
2. Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives
3. Calm and purposeful learning environments
4. Friendly, polite, well behaved children who deserve the very best
5. Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community
6. A forward-thinking approach to teaching and learning throughout the school
7. Career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust

Equality and diversity matters to us.

We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer and as such anyone who is registered disabled and meets the essential person specification criteria will be shortlisted for interview.