Hub Business and Operations Manager

Post: Hub Business and Operations Manager

Location: Ecclesfield School (Base) with leadership oversight across three schools

Pay scale: NJC Grade 9, points 36: £47,181 to 40: £51,356 gross per annum

Contract: Permanent, full-time - 37 hours x 52 weeks

Start date: April 2026

Minerva Learning Trust is a growing multi-academy trust committed to providing an outstanding

education for students from a wide variety of backgrounds across Sheffield and Derbyshire. Founded in 2014, Minerva Learning Trust has expanded from an outstanding single academy to a thriving family of schools, including primary, secondary, sixth form, and a unique post-16 provision. We have a strong track record of school improvement, successfully transforming schools from Ofsted ratings of RI and Inadequate to Good.

We are looking to recruit a Hub Business and Operations Manager to support schools in the north of Sheffield City including Ecclesfield School, Chapeltown Academy and Stocksbridge High School. This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified individual with the skills, knowledge and experience to make a real difference across our group of schools, embedding systems, driving our change agenda and supporting colleagues to deliver high quality business services.

You will need experience of leading operations activities, project oversight and policy and procedure implementation and monitoring. The successful candidate must be committed to providing an exceptional service to our family of schools.

We are looking for someone who:

·Is a proactive and driven self-starter who can lead and motivate our support staff in the schools.

·Holds a School Business Leadership or other business qualification or equivalent.

·Who has previous experience managing operational activities and has knowledge and understanding of the range of operational areas to ensure compliance.

·Can monitor and oversee projects as directed by the Operations Director to ensure appropriate feedback and quality assurance is undertaken.

·Can effectively contribute to the Trust's business services plan delivery ensuring our schools have the best support possible.

·Can contribute to reports in liaison with your line manager to inform the executive of performance against the action plan.

·Can actively engage with school Business Support Managers/Support Services Officers to ensure schools receive the best possible services locally.

·Can lead with confidence across the hub and ensure that business and operations teams are operating effectively.

·Will effectively contribute to the operations team, showing a flexible and supportive approach.

In return the successful candidate will:

·Receive access to a range of professional development opportunities and appropriate apprenticeship levy funded programmes

·Have access to the local government pension scheme and terms and conditions aligned to the National Joint Council for Local Government Services

·Have access to support through our staff wellbeing charter and employee assistance programme

The closing date is at 9am on Monday 08 December 2025 with interviews scheduled to take place on Wednesday 17 December 2025 (applicants must be available on this date).

Candidates are encouraged to visit the school or have an informal discussion about the role with Adele France, Chief Finance and Operations Officer. Arrangements for this can be made by telephone to the central office

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment, further information can be found in our child protection and safeguarding policy on our statutory information page on our website Statutory Information - Minerva Learning Trust. The successful candidate will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In line with KCSIE, the trust/school will be carrying out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of their due diligence.

The application form and information pack is available on the school website. Please ensure that you do not fill in a Local Authority application form in respect of this vacancy, ONLY MINERVA LEARNING TRUST APPLICATION FORMS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Please provide telephone numbers and email addresses for yourself and referees.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £47,181.00-£51,356.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free flu jabs
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Work Location: In person