We’re an award-winning charity that runs local learning centres in the heart of communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide an innovative education programme which includes practical learning support and motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to inspire students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to broaden their horizons and achieve their full potential. As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping thousands of young people each year. We have forty-one centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, with ambitious plans to scale-up our provision further over the coming years. We are looking for a high-calibre candidate to join our charity as Operations Manager, focusing on supporting the charity’s expansion and the smooth running of its sites. In your role, you’ll be identifying and researching sites for potential new IntoUniversity centres and will take the lead with support from the Head of Operations (Impact and Strategy) on their initial set-up. You will attend meetings with key stakeholders, conduct feasibility research in new areas, and write high-quality and compelling reports to share our findings. In this role you will work closely with IntoUniversity’s Data and Impact team to review and analyse the most up-to-date data on deprivation and disadvantage. Contract: Permanent Start date: As soon as possible, to be agreed with the candidate Working hours: 9:00 to 17:30, Monday to Friday. However, we operate core working hours in Head Office so you can choose to start early and finish early (e.g. 8:00 to 16.30), or start later and finish later (e.g. 9.30 to 18:00). Salary: £36,000, inclusive of London contribution of £2,200 Location: IntoUniversity Head Office, 95 Sirdar Road, London W11 4EQ Annual leave 33 days (inc bank & public holidays) + additional 2 closure days in December and 1 in July + additional length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days) Staff benefits – Employee Assistance Programme – Life Assurance - coming in 2024 – Staff in FOCUS – rewards, competitions and prizes across the year – Interest-free new starter loans of up to £1,000 – Summer working hours – Cycle to Work Scheme and Travelcard Loan Scheme – Employer pension contributions of 6% from April 2024