Senior Site Manager in Birmingham

Brainology is recruiting two highly experienced Site Managers to take overall responsibility for the leadership, standards and successful operation of our Saturday education centres. We are looking for one Site Manager for Broadway Academy, Perry Barr and one Site Manager for Ark Victoria Academy, Small Heath.

This is a senior, hands-on leadership position with genuine responsibility and decision-making authority. When the centre is operating, you are the senior point of responsibility for the site. You will lead the team, oversee the safety and experience of every student, manage parents, assess teaching standards, interview potential new staff, handle incidents and safeguarding matters, and make decisions that continuously improve the quality of the centre.

Your Responsibilities

• Centre Leadership & Operations
  • Take ownership of the end-to-end operation of your centre every Saturday.
  • Act as the senior point of contact for the entire centre.
  • Ensure the site is prepared and operational before students arrive.
  • Oversee the centre from opening through to final student collection.
  • Ensure classes, registrations, breaks, lunch periods and collections run effectively.
  • Take ownership of operational problems and resolve them quickly.
  • Ensure every student is accounted for and appropriately supervised.
  • Make appropriate on-the-day decisions without requiring constant direction from senior management.
  • Maintain consistently high standards across the centre.
• Staff Leadership & Teacher Standards
  • Lead and manage teachers, administrators and other centre staff.
  • Observe and assess teachers in the classroom.
  • Evaluate teaching quality, classroom management, engagement and professionalism.
  • Provide constructive feedback and clearly identify areas requiring improvement.
  • Hold staff accountable for Brainology's expected standards.
  • Identify high-performing staff and those requiring additional support or intervention.
  • Ensure teachers are prepared and delivering a consistently high-quality experience.
  • Ensure teachers provide complete and meaningful student feedback.
  • Address performance, conduct, attendance and operational concerns.
  • Support performance management where standards are not being met.
  • Help create a culture of high standards, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Recruitment & On-Site Interviews
  • Support Brainology's recruitment and selection process.
  • Interview prospective teachers and centre staff on-site.
  • Assess candidates' communication, professionalism and suitability for working with children.
  • Observe trial lessons or teaching demonstrations where required.
  • Provide clear hiring recommendations to management.
  • Help determine whether candidates meet Brainology's standards.
  • Support the onboarding and integration of new staff into the centre.
• Safeguarding & Student Welfare
  • Oversee safeguarding procedures throughout the day.
  • Ensure staff follow Brainology's safeguarding and child protection policies.
  • Handle and oversee incidents involving students.
  • Ensure safeguarding concerns are identified, documented and escalated correctly.
  • Ensure registers and student records are accurate.
  • Maintain appropriate supervision throughout the centre.
  • Ensure correct arrival, collection and handover procedures are followed.
  • Take responsibility for ensuring every student within the centre is safe and accounted for.
• Parent Management
  • Build strong and professional relationships with parents.
  • Handle questions, concerns and complaints.
  • Resolve issues professionally and decisively.
  • Support new and trial families.
  • Oversee important parent handovers.
  • Ensure parents receive appropriate feedback regarding their children.
  • Represent Brainology professionally at all times.
• Ofsted, Compliance & Centre Standards
  • Support compliance with applicable Ofsted requirements.
  • Ensure Brainology policies and procedures are implemented correctly.
  • Ensure safeguarding, incident, attendance and other required records are maintained.
  • Maintain high standards of health, safety and student welfare.
  • Identify compliance or operational risks.
  • Escalate serious concerns appropriately.
  • Ensure staff understand and follow the processes required of them.
• Continuous Improvement & Decision Making
  • Regularly assess how your centre is performing.
  • Identify weaknesses in existing processes.
  • Recommend and implement improvements.
  • Make key operational decisions that raise standards.
  • Improve teaching quality and consistency.
  • Improve the parent and student experience.
  • Improve staff accountability and performance.
  • Identify training and development requirements.
  • Introduce better organisation where required.
  • Work with senior management to develop processes that can be implemented across Brainology.
  • Take ownership rather than waiting to be told what to do.

Who We're Looking For

• Minimum 5+ years' leadership or management experience.
• Proven experience managing and developing staff.
• Confidence assessing performance and providing constructive feedback.
• Strong judgement and decision-making ability.
• The confidence to interview and assess prospective employees.
• Excellent communication and parent-facing skills.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities.
• The ability to manage difficult situations calmly and professionally.
• A proactive and highly accountable management style.
• A genuine commitment to improving standards.

Previous leadership experience within education, schools, tuition centres, childcare, children's services or another regulated environment would be highly advantageous.

Safeguarding Requirements

• Hold, or be willing to obtain, an appropriate Enhanced DBS check for working with children, including a Children's Barred List check where applicable.
• Hold or complete appropriate Safeguarding Children training.
• Have a strong understanding of safeguarding responsibilities.
• Complete any additional safeguarding or compliance training required by Brainology.
• Be legally entitled to work in the UK.

Locations

• Broadway Academy – Perry Barr
• Ark Victoria Academy – Small Heath

Please clearly state which centre you are applying for.

This Is a Leadership Position

We are looking for someone who can walk into their centre every Saturday and take ownership of it. You should be comfortable making decisions, challenging poor standards, recognising excellent performance, assessing teachers, interviewing potential staff, speaking confidently with parents and dealing with difficult situations when they arise. From the moment the centre opens until the final child has been safely handed back to their parent, you are responsible for ensuring the centre operates to the standard Brainology expects. If you have 5+ years of leadership experience and want a role where you have genuine responsibility and the opportunity to directly influence standards, we'd like to hear from you.

Apply through LinkedIn with your CV, the centre you are applying for and a short introduction outlining your leadership and people-management experience.