Head of Operations at Westminster City School
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About this Role
Areyou passionate about how high-quality curriculum thinking, planning anddelivery can transform young people's lives?
Doyou wish to join an aspirational and collaborative school which is transformingthe life chances of all pupils?
WestminsterCity School is seeking to appoint a dedicated and solution-focused leader witha background in supervising premises to take up this newly created role in theschool.
Wehave split leadership of our support staff and the successful candidate wouldhave oversight of our premises team, oversee our extensive programme oflettings, lead on health and safety as well as being the day-to-day manager ofour outsourced catering and cleaning services. They would work closely andcollaboratively with the Head of Finance and the Headteacher's PA who is alsothe main HR Officer in the school.
Applicationsare strongly welcomed from candidates with a global majority heritage and theschool works closely with all its support staff to provide effective anddevelopmental training.
Thecandidate:
You,like us, will share our belief in the importance of excellent educationalfacilities and how this can transform young people's lives.
Thesuccessful applicant will have:
• Strongpersonal values of integrity, wisdom and compassion;
• Excellentcommunication skills both written and oral;
• SoundIT skills and experience managing varied and diverse teams;
• Akeen interest in developing leadership and management skills;
• Havea track record in effective premises management and delivery on maintenanceprojects
• Aspirationsto lead whole school initiatives; and
• Excellentattention to detail.
Youwill be joining a team of support staff who work tirelessly to play their rolein our mission of providing transformative educations in the heart of London.
Webelieve in developing our staff and have a dynamic and supportive managementteam and an effective CPD programme which includes membership ofprofessional networks, bespoke in-house CPD strands and opportunity forsecondment to the Leadership Team. At WCS we will offer you:
• Asupportive and collegiate staff culture;
• Abespoke CPD programme which will extend to support staff in 2026-27; and
• Staffbenefits including an interest-free season ticket loan and cycle-to-workscheme.
WestminsterCity School is a successful 11-18 boys' Christian non-denominationalcomprehensive academy with a heavily oversubscribed, mixed sixth form. Ours isa vibrant learning community situated in the heart of central London with allthe opportunities and advantages of an inner-city school.
"Pupilsare happy and safe. They typically spoke enthusiastically about their schooland said that the school community feels like a family." OFSTED 2022
"Leadersand Governors are proud of and ambitious for the school. They consider staffworkload carefully, for example when introducing recent changes to the school'sfeedback policy" OFSTED2022
Theschool is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children andexpects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will needto undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.
fyou would like to discuss the role informally via phone or video call with theHeadteacher please e-mail l.ellens@wcsch.com (PA to Headteacher). You may also wish tovisit our website www.wcsch.com to read more about the school.
Wereserve the right to interview exceptional candidates before the deadlinecloses.