Operations Manager

Rock UK is a Christian charity that is passionate about transforming young lives by bringing adventure into outdoor learning. Every year we welcome over 60,000 visitors from schools, churches and youth groups to Rock UK’s four activity centres spread throughout the UK.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Operations Manager working in a national outdoor education organisation.  Reporting to the CEO, the post holder will provide high quality operational service delivery, ensuring there is a corporate approach to training, systems and process delivery.  Responsibilities across Rock UK will include IT hardware and software, telephony, updating of the risk register, procurement, Health and Safety, insurance, fleet, policy and project management.  He/she will provide quality training and support to the admin teams across the centres which will include ensuring that the administrators can genuinely represent the Christian ethos and values of Rock UK to both Christian and non-Christian groups.  We are looking for an experienced manager who has strong interpersonal, team, project and process skills and is fully conversant with current IT hardware and software environment. Sales system experience would be an advantage.

This role is subject to an Occupational Requirement (OR) that the successful applicant is a Christian who is committed to the values, beliefs and behaviours set out in our ethos statement.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract Term: Permanent, subject to satisfactory references, a DBS check and a 6 month probationary period

Location: The role is based at our Head Office at Frontier Centre (Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire) but will involve regular travel to UK centres; Northants, Kent, Scottish Borders & South Wales.