Job Description
Responsibilities
Overview: You will lead our operational delivery across our 34 academies with responsiblities for the estates, maintenance, catering, capital investment and our business administration teams. A key part of this role will be engaging with our key stakeholders; including our staff, student and parent communities to ensure our business operations are providing a world class service. Alongside this, you will steer our estates strategy and all property management activities including insurances, utility’s, maintenance, security, fire and projects. Strategic: Review the business structure and process to ensure that they are fit for purpose and the operational teams deliver upon our strategic vision. Ensure the operational side of the business is robust, resilient and compliant with all legal and regulatory requirements; ensuring that our business model is scalable and effectively supports the growth of the network, ensuring that we are leveraging the economies of scale to enable even greater investment in children’s education. Develop programmes for the engagement of all staff and students in the development and implementation of sustainable approaches; Contracts – Review existing contracts for services, works and material supply. Develop a quality and value based framework for services, contractors and suppliers; Procurement – Manage and procure value for money contracts for Software, Catering Energy, Construction and Maintenance Supplier frameworks Sustainability – Review energy usage and generation, and develop policy and implementation proposals. Review existing procedures and make policy and implementation proposals for recycling. Consider the effective development of green travel planning for each site and operation. Consider appropriate methods for carbon offsetting; Training – Develop guidance, advisory notes and training forums for colleagues dealing with Estates such as school/academy Business Managers, building managers etc; Market standards – Review the emerging standards and services of similar organisations and make appropriate recommendations.
6 Head of Operations
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