Director, operations Work, Jobs in Reading, Eng (with Salaries)

Chief Operating Officer at More House School
More House School —Farnham
- Full-time
- Management
- Human resources
- IT
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Executive Director for Place
Wokingham Borough Council —Wokingham
- £148,609 a year
- Full-time
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
7d
Head of Training
LRG —Camberley
- Hybrid work
- Project management
- Team management
- Organisational skills
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Head of Learning and Development
Head Office —London
- £70,000 - £75,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- No degree
- Training & development
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
Head of Performance and Improvement
Affinity Trust —Thame
- £65,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Team management
- Leadership
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Director of Academy EMEA
Pax8 Global —Farnborough
- £100,000 - £120,000 a year
- Full-time
- Travel
- Budgeting
- Communication skills
- Free parking
1h
Graduate Project Manager (Part-Time, Fixed-Term Contract)
Urbis Schréder LTD —Basingstoke
- Microsoft Excel
- Analysis skills
- Organisational skills
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14d
Head of Operations (Property/Mortgages)
Castle Trust Bank —Basingstoke
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Continuous improvement
- Team management
- Travel
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
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Sr Director, Drug Development Lead
IQVIA —Reading
- Full-time
- Remote
- Management
- Doctoral degree
- Master's degree
- Work from home
10d
Senior Organisation Change Specialist
OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL —Oxford
- £46,142 - £49,282 a year
- Part-time
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
1h
Head of Workplace Experience
Mitie —Reading
- Hospitality
- Presentation skills
- Continuous improvement
11d
Head/Director TAM Transformation & Services, Airports
SITA Switzerland Sarl —Reading
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Master's degree
- Business development
- Continuous improvement
- Work from home
- Employee assistance programme
Project Coordinator
Evolution Security —Marlow
- Full-time
- Microsoft Outlook
- Research
- Administrative experience
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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Operations Manager - South
The New World Trading Company —Reading
- Up to £70,000 a year
- Full-time
- Sales
- Continuous improvement
- Recruiting
- Employee discount
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7d
Senior Lifecycle & Projects Manager
OCS Group —Reading
- Business development
- Bachelor's degree
- Continuous improvement
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Operations Director
BaxterStorey UK —Earley
- Full-time
- Sales
- Hotel
- Business development
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
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Director, Global Service Delivery (f/m/d) - EMEA Based
Siemens —Farnborough
- £100,300 - £205,900 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Computer Science
- PMP
- Engineering
7d
Project & Deployment Coordinator
KCP Network —Bracknell
- £35,000 - £40,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hotel
- In-person
- AI
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
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2d
Thames Valley Strategic Planning Director
Bracknell Forest Council —Bracknell
- £108,047 - £126,093 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- In-person
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
1h
Director of Operations - UK & Ireland
InterContinental Hotels Group —Windsor
- Hotel
- Continuous improvement
- Budgeting
- Employee discount

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Chief Operating Officer at More House School

More House School
Farnham

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Job details

Full-time
5 hours ago

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme
On-site gym
Discounted or free food
Company pension
On-site parking

Qualifications

Management
Financial modelling
Senior management experience
M&A due diligence investigations
Human resources
IT
Financial management
Project leadership

Full job description

We have built something that works. Now we want to build more of it — and we are looking for the person who can help us do it.

More House School is the leading independent school in the country for pupils who experience Specific Learning Difficulties, Developmental Language Disorder and associated conditions. Over thirty years we have grown from 65 pupils to 515. We have been awarded the highest gradings in six successive Ofsted inspections over more than a decade, and were judged Exceptional under the new inspection framework in February 2026. Around 270 mainstream schools across the UK now come to us for help in becoming more inclusive.

We are full. Demand for places exceeds what our campus can provide, and it has done for years. Nearly 70% of our pupils have their places funded by one of 35 local authorities under an EHCP, which gives us an unusually resilient income base — and a waiting list we cannot serve. That is why the next chapter of More House is about growth, and why we are recruiting a Chief Operating Officer with the range to lead it.

What we want to do

We are in year two of a five-year strategy. Its central ambitions are:

To extend our provision to girls. This is our foremost priority. There are many girls who would flourish in a More House education and who cannot currently access one, and we have committed publicly to changing that.
To grow beyond the Frensham campus — by merger, acquisition, partnership or new site. We are actively evaluating opportunities, and we would expect to be the senior partner in any of them, protecting the model and the culture that make this school what it is.
To continue developing our Frensham campus. Construction of a major new sports facility begins this summer, and the next phase of campus development is being planned now.
To grow our outreach and consultancy work, and to keep influencing national policy on SEND and inclusion.

The role

The Chief Operating Officer is the most senior non-teaching post in the School, reporting to the Headmaster and working closely with the Board of Governors and the Core Leadership Group. The role has two dimensions, and we mean both of them.

Run. You will lead Business Operations — Finance, HR, Estates, IT, Administration, Catering and governance support, some 60 staff in total — and hold our operational, financial and regulatory position at the standard our inspections reflect. Our foundations are sound; your job is to keep them that way while the School changes around them.

Grow. Alongside the Headmaster, you will be the executive lead on the commercial, financial and delivery side of our expansion: appraising opportunities, building the models, running due diligence, directing the external advisers, and project managing transactions and new provision through to completion and integration.

Who we are looking for

You will be an experienced senior leader who enjoys running a broad and diverse operation well, and who wants to do something more ambitious than steady state. You do not need to be an accountant, but you must be able to own the finance function, hold your own with the Governors on financial matters, and be comfortable modelling where this School is in one year, five years and ten.

Experience of mergers, acquisitions, group formation, or of opening and integrating a new site or division would set a candidate apart — as would an understanding of local authority commissioning and EHCP funding. We will resource specialist transaction advice externally; what we need in this role is the judgement and the project discipline to direct it.

Above all, you will need a real affinity with what we do here. This is a values-led charity, not a commercial group, and our values of Kindness, Spirit and Responsibility are not decoration. Candidates are welcome from a broad range of backgrounds, in and beyond education.

Founder’s Day at More House was described by one parent as “a beautifully emotional, thoroughly uplifting celebration of achievement, resilience and fellowship”. It is a fair description of the school as a whole.

Key facts

Role: Chief Operating Officer — the senior non-teaching post in the School

Reporting to: The Headmaster, and to the Board of Governors

Location: Frensham, Surrey (Farnham station one hour from London Waterloo)

Closing date: 12 noon, Monday 7 September 2026

Interviews: Weeks commencing: Monday 14 September 2026 and Monday 21 September 2026

Start date: At the earliest date the successful candidate’s notice permits

Adviser: David Stephens, Joining The Dots · 07739 457000 · [email protected]

To apply

Interested candidates are encouraged in the first instance to contact our recruitment adviser for a confidential and informal conversation:

David Stephens, Joining The Dots

07739 457000 · [email protected]

In order to be further considered for this vacancy, candidates are requested to send a CV and covering letter to [email protected] at the earliest opportunity because candidates will be considered as and when received.

The most suitable candidates will be invited to visit the School and meet the Headmaster and the incumbent COO at a time of mutual convenience. Any such candidates will be required to complete the School's Safer Recruitment application form in advance of visiting the School for interview. Applications should be sent to [email protected].

We wish to conclude this appointment by mid-September 2026. The timetable is deliberately brisk, confidential approaches are already under way, and candidates are urged to make contact early.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

Company pension
Cycle to work scheme
Discounted or free food
On-site gym
On-site parking

Ability to commute/relocate:

Farnham GU10 3AP: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

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director, operations jobs in reading, eng

Chief Operating Officer at More House School

Executive Director for Place

Head of Training

Head of Learning and Development

Head of Performance and Improvement

Director of Academy EMEA

Graduate Project Manager (Part-Time, Fixed-Term Contract)

Head of Operations (Property/Mortgages)

Sr Director, Drug Development Lead

Senior Organisation Change Specialist

Head of Workplace Experience

Head/Director TAM Transformation & Services, Airports

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Operations Manager - South

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Operations Director

Director, Global Service Delivery (f/m/d) - EMEA Based

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Thames Valley Strategic Planning Director

Director of Operations - UK & Ireland

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