AddressAbout The Role
The Operations Directorate are seeking to appoint an Operations Officer based in Portsmouth. It is anticipated the role will be based at The Portsmouth Academy, but it could be at other schools in the Portsmouth area of the Trust, which are within walking distance. You may also be required to travel to any of those schools in the course of your duties.
Reporting to the Head of Procurement and Operational Delivery, the successful candidate will be working with the local Facilities and IT Teams to support the delivery of the services on an operational basis. Duties will include responsibility for reactive purchasing, working with colleagues and suppliers to achieve best value for money and ensuring the supply of goods meets the needs of the schools. Other duties include assisting on larger projects and purchases, managing and purchasing items such as uniform for the teams, maintaining purchase and project spreadsheets and providing other administrative and operational support as required by the local team.
What you will need to succeed:
For further details please see the attached Job description
- Be an effective communicator and a team player, who is keen to expand the role so being flexible is a must.
- You will work as a team, with 2 other Operations Officer, who are based in Kent and Devon, supporting and covering for each other as required, on a remote basis.
- Excellent IT skills, particularly across Microsoft packages and have a good standard of education (GCSE maths and English at grade C/4 or equivalent qualification).
- Ability to learn new systems, interpret data, have experience of being an effective and organised administrator and demonstrate experience in managing your own workload, being able to identify areas of service delivery to provide support on and proactively undertaking that.
This role will specialise in contract management, so previous experience would be an advantage, but is not essential, as on the job training will be provided so that the successful candidate can provide advice and assistance across the various contracts within the team.
About Us
The Thinking Schools Academy Trust
The Thinking Schools Academy Trust is a family of schools consisting of both primary and secondary schools across Kent, Hampshire and Plymouth.
We believe that every young person in our community deserves to have the best opportunities at life regardless of their individual circumstances.
Education is the key to transforming life chances and we support and develop every member of our community to:
- Think about their Thinking
- Be their Best self
- Shape their Success
In this way we transform life chances
What our Trust will offer you:
- The opportunity to join a growing organisation during an extremely exciting time
- A pro-rata annual leave entitlement of 27 days, increasing to 31 after 5 years of service
- An excellent Local Government pension scheme
- As a Trust we aim to foster a culture of appreciation with our fantastic Colleague recognition scheme
- Health and Wellbeing benefits including access to Thinking You - A 24/7 employee assistance programme for legal, financial, emergency health or lifestyle support
- Support staff have access to 'Discount for Teachers' with a huge range of money saving deals and vouchers
- A 'Refer a Friend' incentive scheme
Next steps:
If you are interested in working for our Trust in our Facilities Team, benefitting from a supportive network of colleagues across our Trust, and are keen to progress your career then please apply today!
Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found.
To arrange an informal telephone conversation please contact Tessa Irvine: Tessa.Irvine@tsatrust.org.uk
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. As per KCSIE we will also undertake online searches for all shortlisted candidates, if you have any questions regarding this process please email recruitment@tsatrust.org.uk
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: £27,668.00-£32,123.00 per year
Work Location: In person
