Operations Manager

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

You will contribute to the planning, development and monitoring of support services and/or management of support staff, including delegation of relevant activities. The role will also involve supporting the Senior Management Team by enabling effective strategic decision making.

At Woodland View Primary School, our first priority is to nurture our children to become successful, happy and respectful individuals who leave us with a love of learning and the tools they need to thrive in modern Britain or anywhere else in the world that they choose to live!

As a staff and Governors, we are going to take risks, make mistakes to learn from and take pride in our school as that is exactly the behaviour we want to model for our children.

Our other priority is to build a school that is the hub of the community, that uses trust, support and consistency to forge strong links with our parents and that has high expectations and delivers on our promises to the families of Huthwaite.

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

• Have general office or similar experience, ideally in an educational setting.
• Experience of managing people.
• Be able to carry out both routine and more difficult financial calculations.
• Have the ability to interpret data / information and present this to senior staff in an appropriate, understandable fashion.
• Be accurate and take pride in your work.
• Work well as part of a team.
• Be literate and numerate.
• Have excellent communication skills with children and adults.

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

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed, please contact the school office to arrange an appointment.

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you'd be suited to one of our roles we'd love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 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.

Please complete the online application form which you will find on the Transform Trust website  Please ensure that you follow the instructions within the application form and ensure that there are no gaps in your education or employment history that are not accounted for.

Any questions or queries should be directed to Saul Ratcliffe at Woodland View Primary & Nursery School Barker Street, Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, NG17 2LH
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Closing date for applications: 22nd February 2026 at 12 noon

Interviews will be held on:
Tuesday, 3rd March 2026

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