Position: Operations Manager
Location: Newbury (RG14) – with hybrid working
Salary: £30,000 basic salary
Hours: Monday – Friday (09:00 – 17:30) with the occasional evening/weekend
Experience: Operations Management, Administration, Planning, Scheduling, Organising, Travel, Operations, Charity, Education, Volunteering 

Opportunity:  

Thompson & Terry Recruitment are working with a purposeful business with offices in Newbury who are looking to recruit a passionate and organised Operations Manager to join the heart of their organisation. 

As Operations Manager, a big part of your job will be to work closely with schools and students to plan and book a large volume of unique once in a lifetime volunteering opportunities overseas. In order to deliver, the successful candidate will have a strong attention to detail, be comfortable with a large administration workload and able wear many hats.  

In addition to the administrative duties required, the Operations Manager will also be responsible for leading briefing calls both in person and remotely, therefore it’s really important that you are able to confidently present to groups in a passionate and inspiring way.  

The Operations Manager vacancy is well-suited to a candidate with great organisational skills and a real passion for all things travel and volunteering.  

The Company:  

Thompson & Terry Recruitment are working with a purposeful business with offices in Newbury who work with schools, universities and students to create truly once-in-a-lifetime overseas volunteering opportunities. 

The whole business is socially driven and lives by a set of strong core values, with all of their trips supporting their charity, so it is important the successful candidate completely buys into this. 

Our client are looking to recruit an organised and resolutions-focused Operations Manager to join their offices based in Newbury, although they are happy for the right candidate to work a hybrid model with 1-2 days in the office as well as some travel to school and universities. 

Requirements:  

• Previous experience working within a busy administrative job that requires you to be highly organised with a high level of detail  
• A strong and engaging communicator with excellent written and verbal skills  
• Previous experience of travelling or working in the travel sector would be desirable but is not essential 
• As there would be some travel associated to the job, a Full UK driving license with your own car would be required  

Thompson & Terry Ltd, trading as Thompson & Terry Recruitment (thompsonandterry.co.uk), are an Abingdon based recruitment agency specialising in placing candidates into jobs in Oxford and across Oxfordshire. We typically source candidates into Office Administration Jobs, Sales Jobs and Marketing Jobs. No terminology used in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of any of the protected characteristics.  

PLEASE NOTE: Due to a high volume of applications, if you have not heard from us within 5 working days, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful at this time.