Operations Manager - Fulltime Permanent in Eccles

Lead the day-to-day operation of a specialist SEND Post-16 provision where your leadership, organisation and commitment to young people will help create a safe, structured and aspirational environment for students to thrive.

This specialist SEND Post-16 provision in Salford supports young people with a range of additional needs, including SEND, SEMH, anxiety, trauma and social communication difficulties. Through a therapeutic and relationship-based approach, the college helps students develop the confidence, independence and life skills they need to achieve positive outcomes in education, employment and adulthood.

As Post-16 Operations Manager, you will provide operational and pastoral leadership across the provision, ensuring the smooth, safe and effective day-to-day running of the college. You will oversee key areas including attendance, behaviour, safeguarding, student wellbeing and pastoral support, helping to create a calm, nurturing and purposeful environment where learners can engage, regulate and succeed.

Working closely with senior leaders, staff and external agencies, you will coordinate operational systems, support compliance and contribute to the ongoing development of the provision. As Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL), you will play a key role in promoting safeguarding, supporting vulnerable learners and ensuring best practice is embedded across the college.

This is an excellent opportunity for an organised, resilient and highly relational professional who is passionate about supporting young people with additional needs and wants to make a meaningful impact within a growing specialist education setting.

Requirements

• Have experience working within education, SEND, SEMH, alternative provision or specialist settings
• Demonstrate strong organisational, leadership and communication skills
• Have experience supporting vulnerable young people with additional needs, including SEND, SEMH, anxiety, trauma or social communication difficulties
• Be confident overseeing behaviour, attendance, safeguarding and student wellbeing systems
• Build positive and effective relationships with students, families, colleagues and external agencies
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of safeguarding procedures and multi-agency working
• Be able to lead operational systems effectively within a complex and fast-paced environment
• Show a commitment to inclusive, student-centred practice and positive outcomes for young people
• Have experience of pastoral support, behaviour management and relational approaches
• Have experience using systems such as CPOMS, Arbor or similar educational platforms (desirable)
• Have experience delivering Functional Skills or supporting post-16 learners (desirable)

If you are a Post-16 Operations Manager or experienced education professional based near Salford with the leadership skills and commitment to support young people with additional needs, then we want to hear from you.