Regional Operations Manager

We are looking for a high-calibre candidates to take on the role of Regional Operations Manager. We currently have vacancies for a Regional Operations Manager in our West Yorkshire cluster and our Nottingham & Peterborough cluster. Please note: These are two separate vacancies, for more details please visit our website.

We’re an award-winning charity that runs local learning centres in the heart of communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide an innovative education programme which includes practical learning support and
motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to inspire students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to broaden their horizons and achieve their full potential.

As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping thousands of young people each year. From Spring 2024 we will have have forty three centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, with
ambitious plans to scale-up our provision further over the coming years. 

As a Regional Operations Manager you will line manage the Centre Leaders in your region to ensure that new centres are set up and launched and all centres are working effectively, that the high quality of programme delivery to young people is maintained across the cluster, and that targets are monitored and met. And of course, you will need to have a genuine passion and enthusiasm for working with young people and helping them achieve their ambitions. 

As a charity with social mobility as its core objective, IntoUniversity is wholly committed to equality of opportunity. We work with children and young people from a diverse range of backgrounds, and we believe that our staff team should be similarly diverse and representative. 

The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be, and we recognise that we have much more to do in this regard. We are committed to building a culture where students, staff and volunteers are valued for the unique people they are. We therefore encourage applications from candidates from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. In particular, we actively and warmly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, male candidates and candidates with a disability as they are currently under-represented within IntoUniversity. If you believe that all young people deserve the chance to develop their talents regardless of their background and want to play a part in helping them succeed, then we would be delighted to hear from you. 

Location

West Yorkshire Cluster

Location: At one of IntoUniversity’s four current centres in West Yorkshire (Bradford, Leeds East, Leeds Extension and Leeds South). Regular travel to centres in the region required.  

Nottingham and Peterborough Cluster

At one of IntoUniversity’s three current centres in Nottingham (Nottingham Central, Nottingham East, Nottingham West) Regular travel to centres in the region required.

Working hours

Mon and Thurs: 09:30-18:00 Tues, Weds, Fri: 09:00-17:30

Opportunity to work from home one day a week

Annual leave 

• 33 days (inc bank & public holidays) + additional 2 closure days in December and 1 in July + additional length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days)

Staff benefits

• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance
• Staff in FOCUS – rewards, competitions and prizes across the year
• Interest-free new starter loans of up to £1,000
• Year round ‘early finish’ Fridays at 4.30pm
• Summer working hours
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Corporate eyecare scheme
• Employer pension contributions of 6%