Central Operations Business Manager

The Emmaus Catholic Academy Trust is dedicated to providing an outstanding Catholic Education to our children and pupils. We are seeking to expand our central team and appoint a Central Operations Business Manager to support our Executive Administrative Manager will the strategic delivery of administrative and operational business systems across the schools within our CAT.

The post would be suitable for an enthusiastic, driven business professional looking to join a growing CAT, someone who posses the skills and determination to support the business and operational systems in place across our CAT.

The Central Operational Business Manager will support the Executive Administrative Manager with ensuring that business and operational services are supported across our schools, especially in times of absence or recruitment initiatives.

The role will add capacity to the central administrative and business team, contributing to the strategic development of our systems along with supporting on-site as and when needed with systems to include, but not inclusive of, health & safety and statutory compliance, human resources, absence management and recruitment, governance and statutory returns, data protection, IT & website management, marketing, people and resource management, and site & general school logistics.

This position will also ensure that new schools joining Emmaus CAT are effectively and efficiently onboarded to the central business and operational systems following conversion.

Contract/Hours of work: Full-time, 35hrs per week TTO + 10 days

Salary: NJC Grade 9, SCP 36 – 40, FTE £45,718 – £49,764 (actual pro rata salary approx. £40,159 – £43,704)

Further information is detailed in the attached application pack. Applications should be submitted on the attached application form.

Completed application forms and supporting documents should be returned to liz.moran@emmauscat.com by the closing date of Wednesday 8th January 2025, 9.00am.

Safer Recruitment

Emmaus Catholic Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS application and will be subject to further safer recruitment checks, such as references, with ID documents retained on file. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check, as part of our due-diligence in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024.