At a Glance
- Tasks: Ensure operational compliance and safety across multiple schools while driving improvements.
- Company: Join Amethyst Academies Trust, a values-driven environment focused on collaboration and achievement.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, wellbeing support, and clear pathways for career progression.
- Other info: Work in a supportive team with opportunities for professional development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on school operations and contribute to a safe learning environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in school operations and strong knowledge of health & safety compliance required.
The predicted salary is between 36363 - 40777 £ per year.
Amethyst Academies Trust is seeking a motivated, detail‑driven Operational Assurance Officer to join our Central Team. This Trust‑wide role offers the opportunity to develop breadth and depth of operational expertise across multiple schools, strengthening assurance, compliance and operational effectiveness across estates, health and safety, statutory requirements and wider operational systems.
The Opportunity
Working closely with the Chief Operations Officer, you will operate as a key partner in ensuring the Trust remains compliant, safe and operationally robust. Combining analytical rigour with a proactive, solutions‑focused approach, you will:
- Provide operational assurance across all Trust sites and functions
- Strengthen compliance systems, ensuring statutory requirements are consistently met
- Undertake audits, inspections and reviews to identify risk and drive improvement
- Support schools to improve practice, offering constructive challenge and guidance
- Track actions and ensure delivery, maintaining clear audit trails and evidence
- Contribute to Trust‑wide risk management and reporting
Areas of Responsibility
Sites & Estates Assurance
- Oversee site compliance across Trust schools
- Conduct regular site visits, inspections and reviews
- Monitor contractor arrangements and follow up actions
- Escalate risks and compliance issues appropriately
Health & Safety & Statutory Compliance
- Coordinate health & safety audits and action plans
- Support risk assessments and post‑incident learning
- Monitor accident and incident data, including RIDDOR
- Ensure the Trust remains inspection‑ready
Statutory Training & Compliance Framework
- Maintain a Trust‑wide statutory training system
- Track compliance, renewal cycles and escalation
- Produce termly assurance reports
Risk Management & Assurance
- Identify and track operational risks
- Maintain action plans and mitigation strategies
- Provide risk intelligence to support Trust reporting
- Act as an escalation point for significant incidents
Operational Assurance & Reporting
- Produce clear, high‑quality reports for senior leaders and Trustees
- Maintain auditable records of compliance, inspections and actions
- Support Audit & Risk Committee reporting
Policy to Practice Assurance
- Test and evaluate whether operational practice aligns with Trust policy
- Identify gaps and support continuous improvement
Qualifications
- Experience within a school or Trust operational environment
- Strong knowledge of health & safety and statutory compliance
- Proven ability to implement systems and track compliance
- Experience producing reports for senior leaders or governance bodies
- Strong analytical skills with attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and prioritise effectively
- Highly organised and methodical approach
- Confidence to support and challenge professionally
- Strong sense of accountability and integrity
- Commitment to continuous professional development
- Experience working across multiple schools or within a MAT advantageous
Benefits & Development
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Wellbeing support
- Clear pathway into senior operational leadership
- Opportunities for professional development and career progression
- Collaborative working across a strong family of schools
- Values‑driven environment focused on aspiration, achievement and collaboration
Commitment to Safeguarding
All appointments are subject to enhanced DBS clearance, satisfactory references and pre‑employment checks in line with statutory guidance.
Operational Assurance Officer - Amethyst Academies Trust (Across all schools in the Trust) in Wolverhampton employer: WMJobs
Amethyst Academies Trust is an exceptional employer that prioritises the professional growth and wellbeing of its staff. With a competitive salary and benefits package, alongside a clear pathway into senior operational leadership, employees are encouraged to thrive in a collaborative, values-driven environment focused on aspiration and achievement. The role of Operational Assurance Officer offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact across multiple schools while enjoying the flexibility of working from home one day a week.
