Your new company This organisation is a well-established, values-driven education group operating a network of independent schools across England. With a strong reputation for academic excellence and innovation, they support a diverse community of staff and students across multiple sites, including locations in Sheffield, Nottingham, Norwich and Northampton. The schools blend a rich heritage with a forward-thinking approach, placing a strong emphasis on digital transformation, modern learning environments, and high-quality support services, with technology playing a critical role in enabling teaching, learning, and operational efficiency across the organisation. The IT function underpins a geographically dispersed estate, providing robust infrastructure, responsive support, and ongoing improvements to systems and services and this is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative and evolving IT team, contributing to the delivery of reliable, secure, and user-focused technology solutions across a varied and dynamic educational landscape.Your new role As IT Operations Manager, you will take ownership of IT service delivery across a cluster of 4 schools, ensuring that infrastructure, systems and support services operate reliably, securely, and in line with organisational standards, also being responsible for a team of 8 across these sites. Working on a hybrid basis but also across multiple sites (including Sheffield, Nottingham, Norwich and Northampton), you will play a pivota