Operations Director

1 week ago


Wakefield, Wakefield, United Kingdom City & Guilds Full time
About the Role

**Centre Operations Management**

  • Oversee a team of operational support staff handling complex queries related to learners, qualifications, and assessments.
  • Manage the end-to-end exam and assessment evidence return process, ensuring timely internal marking and moderation.
  • Ensure effective contact management with centres, including data collation and approvals, delivery of results, and analysis of rules of combination.
  • Responsible for end-to-end exam marking processes through both online and e-marked platforms, working in collaboration with assessment teams and dealing with exceptions.
About You
  • Proven experience in an operations management role.
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to provide daily direction and support to a diverse multi-location team.
  • Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills, with a keen eye for detail.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Expertise in risk and issue management, able to assess risks and issues, work with teams to generate and execute effective mitigation and contingency countermeasures.
Our Story and Mission

**Our Vision**

Our vision is for a world in which everyone has the skills and opportunities to succeed. We support almost five million people each year to develop skills that help them into a job, develop on that job, and to prepare for their next job.

**Our Purpose**

We partner with our customers to deliver work-based learning programmes that build competency to support better prospects for people, organisations, and wider society.

**Our Values**

We believe that people deserve the opportunity to (re)train and (re)learn again and again - gaining new skills at every stage of life, regardless of where they start.

**Our History**

We were founded in 1878 by the City of London and the trade guilds of the time, to help people, organisations, and economies to develop their skills for growth.

What We Offer

**Career Development**

We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, engaging, and market-leading organisation with opportunities to develop your existing skills and explore new ones.

**Benefits Package**

You'll receive an excellent benefits package which typically includes a great base salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension, private healthcare, volunteering opportunities, and much more.

**Flexible Working**

We welcome a discussion about how this role could work flexibly for you. For example, work pattern, hours, or location.

Next Steps

**Application Process**

If you think this is the role and organisation for you, then we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and complete our short application form using the apply button.



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